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PJMcK

(22,075 posts)
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 11:18 AM Jul 2016

A tremendous and critical analysis of Donald Trump's campaign

Richard North Patterson has written an excellent column about the Trump Campaign and the insanity at its center.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-north-patterson/kidnapped-by-a-narcissist_b_10682938.html

Mr. Patterson is detailed, specific and merciless:

But left to his own devices, Trump has the self - destructive self - involvement common to malignant narcissists. He refuses to learn; or to bone up on policy; or to listen to advice; or, in general, to do anything which suggests a sense of obligation to his party — let alone the country.

Trump is his own campaign and his only cause, obsessed with feeding the boundless need for admiration fueled by his psychic emptiness. He is not “off — message” — in his own mind, he is the message.


In the history of presidential politics, he is a mutation — shockingly ignorant, unwilling to learn, indifferent to fact, addicted to lies, blindingly self- absorbed, reckless in his behavior, wholly unpredictable, and gripped by a profound personal disorder which renders him not merely unfit, but an existential menace to the country.


Donald Trump is a very dangerous man. I highly recommend reading this.
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A tremendous and critical analysis of Donald Trump's campaign (Original Post) PJMcK Jul 2016 OP
Trump campaign. Thanks. Marking for later read. underpants Jul 2016 #1
Trump Scampaign napkinz Jul 2016 #2
Great article. salin Jul 2016 #3
Man that was good underpants Jul 2016 #4

salin

(48,955 posts)
3. Great article.
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 03:17 PM
Jul 2016

Summarizes many of the distinct instances demonstrating how dangerous trump would be as president.

off hand remark - I love Richard North Patterson's books. I find them riveting.

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