Trump attacks reporter after she revealed his 2024 adviser thinks 'the magic is gone'

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38. His "magic" is definitely gone and he knows it.

It's easy for us to scoff at the idea that he ever had any "magic." After all, it never worked on us. But there's no denying that he had something that worked on a lot of people. He never would have gotten past the primaries, much less won the general election otherwise.

It's fun to make snarky jokes and all, but there was a time when he was attracting large crowds to his rallies, enthusiastic crowds who hung on his every word and gave him the adoration that narcissists like him crave. That adoration was like a drug for him, while it lasted. But it's been gradually drying up, and it's at the point now where even he can't avoid being aware of it. And he wants it back! He NEEDS it back. As a narcissist, he needs that adoration the way addicts need their next fix, and for him it's not just a matter of finding a dealer and some cash. There are no dealers for his drug, and he is starting to panic.

I think it was a huge shock to him when the announcement of his 2024 election bid fell so flat. Along with whatever other reasons he has for running (like trying to avoid prosecution for his crimes), I think he saw it as a pathway to more stadiums full of adoring fans and more fixes of the drug he misses so much. But, aside from whatever few diehard loyalists he has left, the country reacted to the announcement with the equivalent of a giant shrug, and I think that just about killed him (not literally, but in an emotional sense.

As much as he likes to complain about "haters," the hardest thing for a narcissist to accept is not hate, but indifference. He's getting a ton of both these days, and I think he's finding it incredibly hard to deal with and responding with narcissistic rage.