Eric Trump says his father "tunes out" criticism so he doesn't commit suicide "out of depression"

[Miles Archer]

Eric Trump says his father ‘tunes out’ criticism so he doesn’t commit suicide ‘out of depression’



During an interview Tuesday on The Joe Pags Show, Trump’s son said “politics is the nastiest business I’ve ever seen” because the president is constantly bombarded with criticism.

“I mean, just the evilness and the hatred in that world is unlike anything I could have fathomed before. And no matter what he does, they’re going to hit him on it and they’re going to go after him, and it’s the swamp and it’s a corrupt system.”

“It’s the media, the mainstream media, who does not want him to succeed. It’s government who does not want him to succeed… No matter what he does, he’s going to get hit, and listen, I think you have to tune it out. You obviously have to be tuned into it, but at the same time you have to take it all with a grain of salt.”

“If they weren’t talking about you, you wouldn’t be doing something right and it’s important to keep it in context, otherwise quite frankly you’d probably end up killing yourself out of depression,” Eric Trump said. “But he’s doing a great job.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/listen-eric-trump-says-his-father-tunes-out-criticism-so-he-doesnt-commit-suicide-out-of-depression/

[Atman]

1. I'd be killing myself out of depression if that was my son.

Sorry...too much?

[lunatica]

19. Not too much. I feel the same way

You'd think all those billions would have fixed his teeth. Or something.

[SonofDonald]

26. When he goes out to a club...

He has $100 bills stuffed in his collar, so you know, like girls will talk to him, you know....

[lunatica]

29. Or he sticks a sign on his sweaty forehead that says Trump Son.

Every gold digger in the room will throw themselves at him.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

48. When he was a kid, they tied a pork chop around his neck

so dogs would play with him.

[Doreen]

57. No, you are wrong. The dog ran away before they could get near it.

[malaise]

78. They could both help each other out

and spare the planet

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Sociopaths dont commit suicide unless we have an expect here to say otherwise

Trump is a textbook sociopath

[Baconator]

67. It goes beyond sociopathy...

... and into full fledged narcissism.


Basic similarities of narcissists and sociopaths:

• Both have charisma or charm that they use to get people engaged.

• Both tend toward grandiosity – big ideas, big stories, big visions.

• Both take credit when things go right and point fingers when things go wrong.

• Both are self-serving.

• Both lack empathy; narcissists are unable to see things from another’s point of view and sociopaths can see how they effect others but just don’t care.

• Both exhibit a sense of entitlement.

• Both have a total lack of personal insight into their emotional selves.

• Both can skillfully re-craft the past to suit their own needs.

• Both can speak of emotions, but their experiences differ from that of people with empathy.

• Neither apologize when it would be appropriate to do so, although a sociopath might offer a fake apology in order to keep things moving along.



What’s different:

A narcissist will talk about himself, a sociopath will get you to talk about you.

A narcissist will introduce topics of interest or concern to himself, a sociopath will introduce topics of interest to you.

A narcissist wants to be perceived well, a sociopath wants to be perceived in whatever way will best suit his purpose.

Both ignore social rules, but a narcissist does it out of lack of awareness, while a sociopath does it to manipulate situations for his purpose.

A narcissist is somewhat hapless and unaware of his personality predicament his behavior and his effect on others; a sociopath is likely to be aware he is different from people who experience empathy and knowingly use this difference to get his way.

A sociopath is pre-occupied with winning, while a narcissist is preoccupied with being appreciated and admired.

A sociopath is a stimulation junky seeking ways to avoid boredom, while a narcissist may or may not be oriented to high stimulus activities.

A narcissist is unaware of the aggravating effect he has on others, while a sociopath is very aware of the effect on others.

A narcissist may demean you, be a bully, or mess with your career if he perceives you as a threat, while a sociopath will knowingly try to take you down or out altogether if you get in his way. A sociopath is likely to be cunning, patient and strategic in this process. He plays a long game while a narcissist plays a shorter term game.

A narcissist doesn’t mind working hard if it leads to approval, while a sociopath manipulates to do as little work as possible for the purpose of having money without expending effort.

A narcissist will have many relationships that end badly, while a sociopath is more likely to cut and run altogether once their manipulations are revealed or thwarted.

Both are chameleon-like and adapt their stories to please their particular listeners, however a sociopath may skirt closer to the edge of believability somehow managing to get you to doubt yourself rather than the fantastic story.

A narcissist is likely to adapt better to a work situation in established organizations with clear rules and social codes while a sociopath will prefer a start up or entrepreneurial environment where the rules and social codes are not clear.

A narcissist will get frustrated that his attempts to interact with empathetic people seem to go awry; he’ll feel like a victim because his efforts don’t work. A sociopath will not feel this sort of frustration, he processes what other people would consider to have emotional import as neutral information.

Both can make poor collaborators and team members. With a narcissist it’s due to poor social/emotional skills, self-orientation, and hapless attempts to get their own needs met, while with a sociopath it’s due to manipulation to get out of work, thwart others, win out, and get what they want.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140827144831-15342750-working-knowledge-how-to-tell-the-difference-between-a-narcissist-and-a-sociopath

I'll self delete if I'm breaking a copyright rule...

[Eliot Rosewater]

68. OK, so what we then know is he is so sick, SO bad that the psychiatric books have to be

rewritten.

For real.

What is the medical term for evaluating this disease?

Sounds like the books have to be rewritten, that he is a combo of two malfunctions that is new.

[Baconator]

69. Nothing has to be rewritten...

The standards in place seem to cover it quite nicely.

The sticking point is that we don't have any check in our system to remove people or deny positions of power based on an objective diagnosis of such things.

If anything, our system is designed to encourage these types of people.

Every big time politician, including the ones we know and love, falls somewhere in this spectrum.

[Caliman73]

84. He can be both. No books need to be re-written.

There isn't actually a diagnostic method or label of "sociopath" it is a term, along with psychopath, that mental health professionals use to describe people who appear significantly out of the norms of social behavior. A clinical diagnosis encompassing the two terms is Antisocial Personality disorder. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is also a diagnosis for people who exhibit personality traits and behaviors that Trump displays. They are not mutually exclusive.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. O horseshit!

He doesn't tune out shit. He is the most sensitive snowflake to ever come down the pike. Qusay's attempt to dishearten daddy's critics fails miserably.

[NewJeffCT]

9. agreed - why did he almost immediately attack

both Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep for criticizing him? Not to mention countless others.

[anneboleyn]

39. Exactly. Trump is a huge man-baby worshipped by man-babies.

[Johonny]

75. +1

He tweets about mild criticism on Fox and friends mid-hurricane relief visit so...yeah he doesn't tune any of it out.

[bitterross]

4. Can we get him to "tune in" for a while - a short while? /nt

[oasis]

22. You bad.

[tanyev]

5. Oh, please.

The only way he would ever commit suicide is to fake it so he could see all the nonstop media coverage about it. And then he'd have a resurrection press conference three days later.

[mythology]

23. Depends on if he could scam getting a life insurance payout

[leftstreet]

6. Trump would never commit suicide n/t

[HughBeaumont]

11. That'd be doing his enemies a favor.

He only does his "class" favors.

[SummerSnow]

33. Malignant narcissist don't kill themselves, they lead others to suicide.

[ismnotwasm]

7. Typical knee-jerk white entitlement defense of racism

"not a racist bone in his body" is the same as "I have black friends, so I can't be racist" or the infamous "I'm not a racist but"

[bullwinkle428]

17. Chris Christie literally used the exact same phrase in his defense of Trump

last night in an interview. It followed his "proof" that he's know him for so many years, and therefore knows him way better than any of the general public.

[lunatica]

21. Knowing someone for 20 years doesn't mean a thing

When both parties are sociopaths and corrupt to the bone. I doubt they've ever had a heart to heart.

[Orrex]

8. Now more than ever, I wish he'd listen.

[HughBeaumont]

10. Wow, color MY confidence in Trump with rainbows and glitter!

This presidency has all the discipline and planning of a lethal injection using Drano and petrochemicals.

[mindfulNJ]

12. I'd totally spring for a giant

bucket of KFC a day sent directly to the White House everyday...you know...to cheer him up

Who's with me????

[defacto7]

13. A control statement.

Maybe he said it, but psychopaths don't mean it, they use it.

[bullwinkle428]

14. PLEASE, PLEASE!! A WARNING would be nice before unleashing

that picture on us!

[Girard442]

15. Amazing. Just amazing.

/revision/latest?cb=20120108001808

[Docreed2003]

24. Lmao...an incredible likeness!!

[lunatica]

32. Uncanny!

[livetohike]

16. If he is that unstable, he should resign. The whole family

is repulsive.

[NRaleighLiberal]

18. YOU NEED A GRAPHIC WARNING for the pic in your OP!

[Miles Archer]

37. Here's a blanket warning for all future posts

Every time I post an Eric Trump thread, I go for the "gums" pic.

[Iliyah]

20. pretell?

[mercuryblues]

25. So he is saying

his father is suicidal.

[NightWatcher]

31. That's how I took it

[Lars39]

45. Or he's laying some groundwork.

[smirkymonkey]

60. If only!

too good to be true.

[Docreed2003]

27. His kids are as delusional as he is!

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. That is one scumbag. If his doofus old man was even 1% reasonable maybe he

wouldn't be hated quite so much?

[louis-t]

30. Fuck off, crybaby.

He's depressed and suicidal looking at you. The evilness and hatred is within him you ignorant bastard.

[oldmanandthesea]

34. He should, without a doubt, tune it back in.....

[MontanaMama]

35. FFS.

Get over yourselves.

[COLGATE4]

36. For the billions he supposedly has

you'd think he'd spring for a few K's worth of orthodontic work on Qusay

[dhol82]

41. Sorry, no amount of dental work would improve his looks

Head transplant, maybe.

[Yonnie3]

38. Eric is saying 45 can dish it out, but can't take it.

Where have I heard that saying before?

Daddy dished out hateful lies in his campaign and now he can't take truthful criticism? It would kill him? I'm having trouble getting my mind around that.

I give up, why don't you give up Herr Twitler?

[TexasBushwhacker]

40. There must be a "tonedeaf" gene n/t

[dhol82]

42. I still think the offspring have Stockholm Syndrome

That would explain the tone deaf responses we keep hearing about daddy.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

43. He doesn't seem to actually "tune out" the criticism much

He flies into a blinding tweetrage. I have to imagine that THAT'S more his coping mechanism.

[Warren DeMontague]

44. And then he chewed through a fallen log and continued working on his dam

[smirkymonkey]

61. ROFL!!

OMG, it looks like him w/ fur!

[onecent]

46. E. Trump is UGLY.

[CanonRay]

47. Don't fear the reaper Donald

[CousinIT]

49. Poor Orange Pissant. He should have to tolerate what Obama put up with.

Pffft. His privileged white ass has NO clue.

[Paladin]

50. Blow it out your ass, fredo.

And spare us the major league snowflake routine, OK? Your old man directed a filthy, dishonest, racist Birther campaign against President Obama, and we never heard Obama whine about it, much less go suicidal. If your daddy isn't up to the job, let him do everybody a favor and step down.

[TheDebbieDee]

51. This means we must criticize him LOUDER!

[wryter2000]

52. Ummm

Totally inappropriate response. Will not post.

[rurallib]

53. trying to elicit sympathy for one of mankind's biggest ever assholes?

ain't agonna work there, Bub

[rock]

54. Oh, he shouldn't do that!

I mean tune out the criticism!

[Blue_Tires]

55. Just fuckin' great...

Now he has to go on and cheapen those of us who are truly depressed and have contemplated suicide...

Everything's just a big fucking joke to this family, isn't it? It's like Trump is the star of his own "Seinfeld" show, the White House is his apartment, and the entire nation are the neighbors/secondary-tertiary characters...

[procon]

56. When a booking officer tells a psychopath to smile, that's the look. nt

[NurseJackie]

58. I say TURN IT UP LOUDER!

[Cracklin Charlie]

59. Sounds like dad.

Stream of consciousness.

[smirkymonkey]

62. STFU Eric, and get back under the stairs where you belong.

Your father does enough whining about how mean everyone is being to him, we don't need to hear it form you.

[MineralMan]

63. Gosh! If he's that unstable, perhaps he should resign to get some help.

If he is a suicide risk, I'm not sure that's a good thing when you're President of The United States. No President can afford to "tune out" things he doesn't want to hear. That's not safe for the nation.

Resign, Donald. Save yourself from a horrible fate! Do it today!

[MineralMan]

64. Eric "Gums" Trump is Concerned about Daddy...

Isn't that just the sweetest thing?

[progressoid]

65. I was going to post something sarcastic, but instead I'll go with

FUCK YOU and your faux gold plated father.

[mountain grammy]

66. I despise this family

Bunch of rich, Whitney babies.

[KentuckyWoman]

70. Dear Eric

You are correct. Most of us don't want your Daddy to succeed. We don't want him lining his own, his family's and his associates' pockets with our money. We don't want him selling us out to the highest bidder. We don't want him telling the world that the poeple of this country stand for hate and intolerance. We don't want him being BFFs with Vlad.

Don't ask me who he paid to hack the vote and make himself the winner but we know he did. So he really should not be shocked that everyone and their momma is against him.

All that said, we certainly don't want you to be fatherless. Please encourage your Daddy to resign. He can retire to a villa in Moscow or something and play poker with his friends. He can hire a bunch of assistants to yessir him back to mental health.

With all my heart and sincerety

KentuckyWoman

[Solly Mack]

71. ET prone gnome.

[struggle4progress]

72. Sweet Eric's heartfelt plea has brought tears to my rheumy old eyes!

Our President, subject to such nasty criticism in DC -- and after all the poor man has done to increase the civility of political conversation in our country!

[L. Coyote]

73. In other words, "If everyone agrees you are a total fuck up, you're doing everything right."

This kid is just as reality deluded as his father. And this one actually looks like Trump is his real father.

[ornotna]

74. Fuck Eric Trump

[secondwind]

76. He's going to be a father next month. A boy.

[Frustratedlady]

77. I've predicted for months that The Donald will do himself in.

Not so much because of depression, but of failure.

[Motley13]

79. I'd like to recommend this site to LOSER 45

[Butterflylady]

80. Well

Like they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[MyNameGoesHere]

81. Well it sounds like we need to turn the criticism level

up to To 11. Or higher if it helps.

[Hekate]

82. "Whiiiiine. You're soooo mean to us, and we're all such good people. All we want is continuous ...

....Ass-kissing and all your money. Whiiiine."

[doc03]

83. What a dork nt

[WinkyDink]

85. Take "evilness and hatred" "with a grain of salt"? Eric is a moron a whiny-baby who sees opposition

to his old man as "evil"!

This entire family needs to...well, I can't say. *coughRomanovscough*

[Corgigal]

86. You kids

Should have talked the old man out of running. Everyone knew where this was gonna go. You should have slipped the media something to blow him out of the political campaign.

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you guys? Are you so far up your own asses you didn't fear what our country is capable of?

Man, if you cared about him a little, or more likely your shady company, you should have put an end to it. Never seen dumber, possible rich people in my life. All predictable.

[Demtexan]

87. Good.

Nobody is stopping him.

Nobody will miss him.