He Has This Deep Fear That He Is Not a Legitimate President

[elleng]

On the eve of the inauguration, Trump’s biographers ponder his refusal to bend his ego to his new office.

'In the days immediately after the election that shocked the world, POLITICO Magazine convened the group of people who know Donald J. Trump better than anyone outside his family. We asked his biographers the questions that were on everyone’s mind: What happens next? Will the unabashedly self-promoting and self-obsessed businessman transform himself into a selfless and dignified president of the nation he was elected to lead?

Now, after more than two months of Trump’s norm-shattering transition, we gathered Gwenda Blair, Michael D’Antonio and Tim O’Brien by conference call (Wayne Barrett, the dean of Trump reporters, could not participate because of illness) to assess whether Trump has continued to surprise them. Their collective wisdom? In a word, no.

From his pick of nominees for posts in his cabinet to his belligerent use of Twitter (our conversation was a day before he traded barbs with Congressman John Lewis) to his unwillingness to cut ties with his business to avoid conflicts of interest, they see the same person they’ve always seen—the consummate classroom troublemaker; a vain, insecure bully; and an anti-institutional schemer, as adept at “gaming the system” as he is unashamed. As they look ahead to his inauguration speech in two days, and to his administration beyond, they feel confident predicting that he will run the country much as he has run his company. For himself.

“He’s not going to be that concerned with the actual competent administration of the government,” D’Antonio said. “It’s going to be what he seems to be gaining or losing in public esteem. So almost like a monarch. The figurehead who rallies people and gets credit for things.”'>>>

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/trump-biographers-presidency-legitimate-214655

[revmclaren]

1. It is a well founded fear...

for which millions of us will NEVER let him forget!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Powerful Story.

Every thing most people suspected is laid out in this piece. Told you so moments.

[ffr]

3. You mean he got something right?

I'm falling over in my chair! Even he knows it. Hillary Rodham Clinton should be our next president. She's the rightful owner of that title and only person of the two who is REMOTELY qualified to hold that office.

He'll be sitting in her chair. The only thing stopping the rightfully elected president is a congress too vested in its own power. The KGOP.

[SharonAnn]

4. Dunning-Kruger effect: Simply, it's "people who are too stupid to know how stupid they are".

"I don’t think he feels that he’s not up to this task. I think he did at different points during the campaign, and I certainly think on election night, and the first few days after that, you could see a kind of a watering down of his bravado. But that seems to have lasted for about a millisecond. Because I think he now feels like he’s fully in charge and has all the aptitude he needs for the office."

[Doreen]

5. Yes Trump, worry, your are right, YOUR NOT.

[Thekaspervote]

6. Well, for once his instincts servered him right.. he's not legit

[2naSalit]

7. He's afraid he's not legit because

he's afraid of being caught and worst of all, punished.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

8. This piece is like an intelligence report on trump

Very interesting in itself and paired with the link to the article about Roy Cohn you are able to get a real insight into who and what he is.

Here's the link
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/donald-trump-roy-cohn-mentor-joseph-mccarthy-213799

I'm bookmarking this post for use at a later time. As was mentioned in a post up thread , it has some real "I told you so" moments.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Not a fear ... an awareness. nt

[milestogo]

10. Well, duh.

He's not. He's not even a legitimate human being.

[Judi Lynn]

11. Hope his fear eats him alive!