This New York Magazine story — no matter what the title ended up being — is a must read, as are the articles it provides links for.
The president is a 70-year-old child whose TV time must be closely monitored — because any news story that upsets his ego will trigger a temper tantrum followed by irrational demands that his indulgent, overwhelmed guardians will be helpless to refuse.
Or so Donald Trump’s aides keep confiding to the nearest available reporter.
On Sunday, one of the president’s confidantes told Politico that his staffers have to “control information that may infuriate him,” a task made difficult by the fact that the leader of the free world “gets bored and likes to watch TV.” Continued: New York Magazine
Here’s my scoop. I’ve learned from posting many pieces on Daily Kos that once I click the publish button, whatever title I choose stayed as the URL, even if I change the title later on. So check out what Eric Levitz, the writer of this New York Magazine presumably originally wanted to title it — and what someone, I assume an editor, changed it to.
“Can’t handle embarrassment” is yet another understated, borderline deceptive, headline or title.
We are dealing with a president who is, in slang language, a madman. Clinically he is mentally ill, dangerously so.
If I, as a former therapist, ever had a client as vengeful and thin-skinned as Trump who had access to weapons (as Trump does) I would seriously evaluate whether he had to be hospitalized as a danger to others.
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017 · 3:48:31 AM +00:00
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HalBrown
As long as this is still on the front page let me add this from the New York Magazine story about what the Washington Post wrote:
Ultimately, though, the most astounding sentence in the Post’s write-up might be the following:
This account of Trump’s tumultuous first days in office comes from interviews with nearly a dozen senior White House officials and other Trump advisers and confidants, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations and moments.
Nearly a dozen of Trump’s closest confidantes helped plant an embarrassing news story about how their boss can’t handle embarrassing news stories. Which is to say: A president who prizes loyalty in his subordinates has already been betrayed by a huge swath of his inner circle.
It isn’t hard to understand why Trump’s aides would want to distance themselves from the mogul’s decision to begin his presidency by shouting self-aggrandizing delusions at CIA employees, congressional leaders, andthe Fourth Estate. But we aren’t in the late days of a losing campaign, when it’s normal for advisers to start leaking dirt on the boss to save their reputations. We’re less than four full days into the Trump presidency, with (barring death, impeachment, resignation, or coup) at least 1,461 to go.
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017 · 4:28:44 PM +00:00
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HalBrown
Having looked at the comments I think it’s appropriate to reference this 2012 article from Psychology Today on narcissistic rage. It will not be reassuring!
Narcissistic rage occurs when that core instability is threatened and furthermore threatened to destabilize them even further. Not unlike a wounded animal being the most vicious (because they think the next wound would kill them), narcissistic rage occurs when narcissists believe the next insult/assault to their grandiose based stability would shatter them.
In essence the reason narcissists are so self-centered is that their grandiosity based center needs to be constantly reinforced to remain stable.
www.psychologytoday.com/...