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http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ex-trump-executive-knew-ill-35-years-article-1.2959293?cid=bitlyThis is really ironic. Many years ago, I am going to say some time in 1982, The New York Times published a piece on narcissism. One member of our crew read the Times every day on the way to work and brought the article into the office.
Being the team who was charged with building Trump Tower, we all knew Donald Trump very well, especially myself. To a person, we all agreed that the characteristics outlined in the article fit Donald to a T. Now, 35 years later, professionals are saying what we knew back then. Only now he is so much worse.
It is gratifying to see a confirmation of our speculations. I pray America survives his presidency, for however long it lasts.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)jaxind
(1,074 posts)I certainly appreciate that she is speaking out, but I just wish she had spoken up during the campaign!
PJMcK
(22,048 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)But there was simply so much coming out so often that it was lost for many.
karynnj
(59,504 posts)most candidates to be President. I have seen this on the far left and far right --- and narcissist or sociopath may be the most common. The worst use the DSM to try to "proof" that the candidate fits the definition.
The difference this time -- is that Trump may really be what was alleged. (Not to mention, this was someone who KNEW him rather than an armchair psychologist with no degree, who might never have even been in the same city as the candidate.)
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)..."I learned very quickly when I went back that you dont talk back to him anymore, she said. If I had to tell him something, an idea of his was stupid or I didnt want to do it, I would try to figure out a way to make him think that he had changed his mind, or that my idea was his idea, and I used to tell him how great he was and how great Ivana was all the time.
Res explained that as Trumps fame grew, his ability to withstand criticismor even honestyshrank. He got too famous. He started believing his own shit, she said. He got way too famous and, you know, people were telling him he was great and he was buying that. He started thinking that he walked on water, he really did.
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Now, she said, I dont think he respects anybody. I dont think theres a person alive that he respects, because he thinks hes God.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)probably because he has the blackmail material on Trump
cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)It appears she did speak out against Trump as early as May 2016, maybe earlier.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)probably why he didn't have his kids IN his Admin. so they can still threaten lawsuits to silence some people.
Heck Russia is outright killing off those involved with Americas election hacking and democracy destabilizing. Probably blackmailing others.
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)you will not be seen again................
Hmm.......little Donnie you are playing with an ex KGB'er.
mopinko
(70,208 posts)her tenure probably pre-dates all the nda's.
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)may Drumpf's presidency be short as he goes to get the deep healing he so desperately needs. And spend more time with his family
librechik
(30,676 posts)on the rigged election. That was not our fault. We could never have stopped it.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Republicans supported a sick man for president.
manicraven
(901 posts)Cosmocat
(14,572 posts)Only 1/3 of this country had the simple common sense to vote for Hillary.
Trump EASILY speaks for the 1/3 that voted for him.
1/3 of the country either did not vote or voted third party and clearly were willing to accept him as POTUS.
We cant fight this until we accept the amormity of the mean/stupid in this country.
librechik
(30,676 posts)by stupid local election officials, poor technology, anachronistic rules and partisan gerrymandering. Now this cyberwarfare problem.
Read the article on my sig. Voters have very little to do with anything that happens in US leadership no matter who is in charge. Yet every day I hear things like Hillary was a bad candidate, or Trump's people are more passionate than Dems.
I refuse to accept the blame since it is out of our hands and has been for many many years, with no means of redress.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Don't include us in your blanket insult.
librechik
(30,676 posts)whathehell
(29,090 posts)all of us. "Voting had nothing to do with Trump,". If you've got a better explanation, one you can document, do tell.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)"Dangerous & Unfit" passion.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)This coup has been in the works for a long time... conducted in such a way as to serve as the wedge that splits the log.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)....by pointing out he never was one, at the Convention by old-fashioned smoke-filled room machinations, and again at the Electoral College. They OWN this catastrophe, every damn bit of it.
The rest of us did our very best to defeat him, and in fact the majority of Americans voted for Hillary Clinton.
Now we have to pick up our weary bones and engage in a battle we never thought would happen in real life. No, it is not our fault, nor is it Hillary's fault.
But here we are. Imua.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)While it's true that there are things that happened that I don't know about that damaged liberals, while it's true that there are an incredible number of idiots and Reich-wingers, I personally think repukes, their complicit media and Putin's people are the causes.
PS. What is Imua?
Hekate
(90,793 posts)...but boy howdy did I have to fight with Hillary-haters at DU over this point. She freaking got 3 million votes more than Trump, but -- well you read it, I'm sure.
So you and I seem to be in agreement there.
Imua is a Hawai'ian word meaning Forward, or Onward, and was the name or slogan of a labor union there a long time ago when I was a kid. It's been rattling around my head as the Resistance grows.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Have been looking to take over for decades. Then there are neo-liberals (obsfuscating word for "far righters interested in global wars", from my limited understanding).
Russian interests in destabilizing the U.S. would have been studying all of these movements and more, I have no doubt.
I'd like to be in Hawaii! I'll have to settle for a new word for now.
jaxind
(1,074 posts)I honestly had no clue she had spoken up before...good for her for at least trying to warn us!!
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)Why do you think he has been so successful? Trump represents what every Republican voter wants to become. They only see him as a success because no one has delved deep into his business relationships to examine how many times his social networks have bolstered him to avoid failure.
And without these facts, you really can't assess the situation properly. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if his voters are perfectly fine with Trump's connections to Russian mafia, Putin or any other enemy of the state. There is only one thing that will wake them up. And that's the realization that all the damage that will occur during Trump's presidency will be paid by taxpayer money.
Our next Democratic president should not come in with the desire to unify the two parties. They should come in ready to recriminate Trump supporters, since we cannot move forward with backward people still waiting for the Great White Hope.
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)In a padded cell.
madokie
(51,076 posts)future
manicraven
(901 posts)Might get a LOT worse.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)I can't post this enough...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad
niyad
(113,552 posts)bdamomma
(63,922 posts)thanks javaman
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Any lack of pathology in him is made up for with Bannon.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)And terrifying
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,077 posts)... nothing to add to the OP.
7962
(11,841 posts)at 74 yrs old
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)niyad
(113,552 posts)Lanius
(599 posts)That's my diagnosis for Drumpf. Narcissistic personality disorder with antisocial features, paranoid traits, absence of conscience and a psychological need for power.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)It would be interesting to know, what percentage already regret their vote for orange man.
Kaotic
(83 posts)His craziness is obvious to everyone but his supporters...or maybe it is but doesn't matter.
calimary
(81,466 posts)I think it's your second option. I don't think they care. I read a story about a longtime Democrat who declared she voted for trump because she was so angry, felt so left out of whatever recovery wasn't coming her way, felt folks like herself weren't being heard and she just wanted to "burn it all down", assuming that by doing so we could start from scratch and build a new Democratic Party. And I'm sure they didn't stop or even slow down to think about what might REALLY happen in response to these very REAL utterances and actions.
They're going with their gut. Emotional reactions and extreme impulsivity. Just what seems to feel satisfying right this minute. Over a longer term? Meh, fuck that. I'm ANGRY!
Problem is - when you're choosing someone to be your leader, you really need to go with your HEAD. Facts and reality and what IS (and does not lie to you or speak with a forked tongue). At least for me, something like that has always been head-over-heart. That's what made me marry whom I married. I made all my job choices that way, too. I never fully trusted my heart on the big stuff. And it's always worked out.
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)GET HIM OUT NOW BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Is "it" the country or his presidency??!
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wishstar
(5,271 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Killed and wounded our military and scores of civilians. He pushed a mission prepped by Obama admin for months, yet tabled because ground missions are to dangerous. trump acted alone, he's responsible. god I hope they didn't capture any of our people alive.
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