Even at this post election time, it's truly amazing (in the worst sense of the word) how very little Americans and the American mass media know about the real persona and true character (indeed, the very essence of the man) known as Donald J. Trump.
Well, if you want to begin to know the real Donald J. Trump, you must view PBS's Frontline documentary program entitled "President Trump," which I believe first aired on January 3, 2017. If you do this, you will finally know (if you haven’’t already) how much of an existential danger the world is in right now.
For example, the program documents the following: Donald's father, Fred Trump, inculcated very early into his young son his own "golden rule" (actually the "Trump Family Rule"). It was that life was a constant continuum of hard fought battles in which one must take no prisoners but had to completely and mercilessly destroy one's competition, one's foes. In this regard, Fred Trump told his boy to think of himself as a "KILLER," when he successfully destroyed his competition. However, if his son were to lose against his foes, then his father told Donald, he would be a crushed loser and would amount to a nothing disgrace in life.
Fred also inculcated into his son the idea that he came from a long genetic line of highly superior and exquisite genes, and therefore he would always be superior to everyone else in the world.
Of course, Donald took his father's advise and thoughts (as described above) to the very core of his heart and always tried (at all costs) to be the winner or a KILLER). However, this resulted in young sociopathic Donald Trump becoming a terrible bully at home (and his parents were not spared), in the streets and at school (nor were his teachers spared); and his father realized this, so he sent his bratty, sassy and disobedient son (when he was in the 7th grade) to the strictest military academy in New York, the New York Military Academy located near West Point.
The New York Military Academy was brutal and was a totally enveloping place. Hazings were commonplace and students were often physical assaulted by the school cadre. Also, commonplace were prearranged fights in which students would have to fight other students (without cause or justification) whether they wanted to or not. (By the way, two of Donald's classmates were the sons of the gangster John Gotti and the son of then Cuban dictator Baptista.)
Yet, over time, despite the constant "rough and tumble" environment of the military academy, Donald came to love it and he actually thrived there; and he especially loved the fact that there was a military prize to be won for most every activity at the school, be it in school or out of school activities. Narcissistic Donald also excelled at sports and was a star athlete there, bragging (even to this day) that he could have played pro-baseball.
Still, what gave Donald the most pride was the fact that his peers at the military academy in the school's year book named him as "The Ladies' Man." For he and his cadet peers at the school, even more than sports, were at the time into explicit sexual subjects (calling it "barracks talk") and into the "Playboy" magazine (and the walls of most of the cadet rooms evidenced it); and for them Hugh Hefner was the ultimate iconic role model. Many of the boys later in life admitted that the sexist ideas and notions of what was contained in "Playboy" was exactly how most boys thought women were all about and were to be treated. Of course, most of these military school peers dramatically changed their views of women upon leaving school; but not Donald J. Trump. Indeed, many of these now grown up and aged academy classmates also stated that Donald has not changed at all over time with regard to any of his views, including those of women. This static view of self is supported by the fact that Donald Trump himself has stated more than once in the past that he "has not changed since the first grade."
After graduating from college and after Donald Trump had delved head first into the real estate business in Manhattan proper, he sought out and found a mentor (which he subsequently thought of as a second father - and certainly one he did not have to compete with like he did with his father, Fred). That person was none other than lawyer, Roy Cohn. Of course, it was the same Roy Cohn who became a close confidant, associate, alter ego, attack dog and errand boy of Senator Joe McCarthy of the communist witch hunt infamy of the 1950's.
As expected, fellow sociopath Roy Cohn taught Donald many bad and unethical things which included the idea that whenever Trump was sued that he must always counterclaim (and by doing so be a vicious counter puncher) in an amount many times that amount he was being sued - as this would likely delay the trial date of the case (justice delayed is justice denied) and force the plaintiffs to spend large sums to defend his ridiculous counterclaims. He also told Trump to always make a case that he, Trump, was the true victim in the case. His mentor also advised Trump to never settle unless it were for paltry sums.
Roy Cohn also told Trump that no matter whether it was a loss in business or a loss in court to always declare himself (over and over again) the winner; and repeat this many times publicly and people will eventually come to believe that lie. (Sound familiar?) He also told him to never admit an error or a mistake. (Also sound familiar?) In this vein, Trump coined a term "truthful hyperbole," which meant that so long as there was at least a smidgeon of truth in what he said in any statement he might make, he could lie about anything else contained in that statement - and doing that has clearly become an indispensable and integral part of his lifelong modus operandi. Of course, there is no such thing as "truthful hyperbole."
At this point I will cease in describing the Frontline documentary, since I do not want to ruin the program by telling all of it here. You must see it yourself because it surely is a must see; so please find it and down load it, so that you might understand how Donald J. Trump has become the devious psycho-sociopath that he truly is today.
Finally, it is too bad that this documentary did not air in last October last.