One thing I don't get: With the entire KGOP at his feet, why be a raging maniac all the time?

[NewsCenter28]

Dear Leader is so angry and hateful all the time. Like, if I were him, I would be joyous every day. Everyone in the KGOP will still defend him even after Mueller finds he is culpable for obstruction and conspiracy. Unless he knows that 17 GOP senators will vote to convict, why be so deranged, insane, and unhappy all the time? I mean he can fear losing the house but that didn’t stop Reagan, Clinton, or Obama.

Please don’t misunderstand. I don’t care that he is a raging maniac but just the psychology of him is interesting to me. Reagan, Clinton, and Obama didn’t lose their minds over substantial midterm losses. Why is he?

Again, he’s not fit to shine those 3’s shoes (well maybe Reagan who just put a smily face on evil). That’s beside the point though. No other president has ever come this unglued or unhappy over an IC/SC investigation or substantial midterm losses.

He got his tax break for millionaires through. So, again, why wake up a raging hysterical unhappy lunatic maniac Every. Single. Day?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He's a rage junkie.

Some people get off on anger. A lot of his cult followers are rageaholics, too. Anger makes them feel energized and powerful.

[NewsCenter28]

3. True. Also I think he knows he is hated

And he can’t stand the fact he is hated rather than adored.

[Boomerproud]

7. Rage is in their DNA

They don't know how to function any other way.

[Claritie Pixie]

10. Did you know that anger is a step up from helplessness on the emotional scale?

Helplessness is at the very bottom. Trumpsters live in perpetual helplessness and are always victims. Anger gives them relief and yes, it’s like a drug to them.

[lindysalsagal]

17. I'd love to see that. Gotta link? (Not challenging, just curious.)

[Claritie Pixie]

18. Sure. This article explains anger as a secondary emotion to helplessness. It's self-soothing.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/200807/what-your-anger-may-be-hiding

[NewsCenter28]

21. Bookmarking that link!

It helps me to understand why some people in my own life seem so angry as well.

[lindysalsagal]

23. Wow! That's awesome!

I can see it happening in many relationships, at work and home. Makes sense. I love DU!

[dalton99a]

2. Gotta keep his cult dumb and happy

[Garrett78]

22. Yeah, it's all about maintaining the cult. And the cult is why...

...the only Republicans who will speak out against Trump are those leaving office or those not in office. Because, as sad as it is, Trump can make or break Republican candidates. This primary season has made that abundantly clear.

[uponit7771]

4. Because Yeltsin was, Putin wants revenge not just an asshole in office

[NewsCenter28]

5. Forgot about that

Yeah his master told him to incite as much chaos in the US as he can or else. That’s probably the primary reason.

[potone]

6. He knows that he isn't respected.

That is why he can’t stop talking about the election, and so vindictively aspires to overturn everything Obama did. He is a hollow man.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. Its nothing but a smokescreen to hide what's really going on.

He's trying to change the subject and focus attention elsewhere.

[pecosbob]

19. This

They're dismantling the government, privatizing everything they can and doing everything they can to neutralize government regulation of corporations...

[gulliver]

9. He's cornered. His only hope is to turn the whole thing into a TV show.

[Maxheader]

11. Partly an act in my honest opinion...

Playing to his voters hatred of the democrats and everything
we stand for..They can't live with it....

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. He knows no one likes him or respects him, so he keeps pushing. He's happy only when people

pay attention to him.

[Orsino]

13. Because he was a raging maniac long before taking office.

The maniacal rages were pretty much what he ran on.

A narcissist president could never feel safe in a society with any remaining amount of democratic oversight, and Trump's erratic behavior will never stand up to even a moment's scrutiny. He's been afraid for decades that his career of fakery is always just that close to becoming common knowledge, and the sheer magnitude of questioning he's dodged since the inauguration has him terrified.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Narcissists are never satisfied, though many clever enough to act it at times.

The more malignant the narcissist, the less the satisfaction.

It's not enough to be prez. He has to have the biggest crowds, biggest parades, biggest numbers. He is always inflating his numbers and making every story / issue about him.

[CrispyQ]

15. His base is angry, too. That's partly why they relate to him.

Constant outrage at how life has been so unfair to them.

[empedocles]

16. Rage makes rageholics feel purposeful and strong

[meadowlander]

20. Because he's an attention whore and measured reason doesn't get ratings.

[smirkymonkey]

24. He despises himself, and rightly so.

No amount of adoration or attention will ever fill him up because he knows that deep down inside he is an empty black hole. He is too self-absorbed to ever feel the joy of loving anyone else because he has no love to give.

[hatrack]

25. It's who he is, and he just loves loves loves loves loves loves who he is.

Combine that with the self-control of a two-year-old, and, well, here we are.

[MaryMagdaline]

26. There are two things to fear

Charges of money laundering (unlikely he will be charged)
Losing all future money laundering (at least 50-50)

[thegoose]

27. It's the asshole's shtick

Isn't that what he did on his fucking TV show? I never watched it because he's always repulsed me.

"You are bright, you are charming, you are the anti-Trump.' -- Bea Arthur to Merv Griffin on The Golden Girls 26 years ago! Remember when you could just ignore the circus peanut? Good times.

[vlyons]

28. He is a deeply deeply insecure man

[yonder]

29. Rage is all he has. I've never seen a clip of him laughing, Not even a chuckle.

Has he ever laughed?