Has there ever been a more emotionally insecure and manipulative human being on the planet?

[kpete]

At a meeting on Wednesday at the White House, President Trump had something he wanted to discuss with his advisers, many of whom have told him his chances of succeeding at changing the results of the 2020 election are thin as a reed.

He then proceeded to press them on whether Republican legislatures could pick pro-Trump electors in a handful of key states and deliver him the electoral votes he needs to change the math and give him a second term, according to people briefed on the discussion.

It was not a detailed conversation, or really a serious one, the people briefed on it said. Nor was it reflective of any obsessive desire of Mr. Trump’s to remain in the White House.

“He knows it’s over,” one adviser said. But instead of conceding, they said, he is floating one improbable scenario after another for staying in office while he contemplates his uncertain post-presidency future.

There is no grand strategy at play, according to interviews with a half-dozen advisers and people close to the president. Mr. Trump is simply trying to survive from one news cycle to the next, seeing how far he can push his case against his defeat and ensure the continued support of his Republican base.

By dominating the story of his exit from the White House, he hopes to keep his millions of supporters energized and engaged for whatever comes next.


More:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/us/politics/trump-future.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Ivan the Terrible?

Vlad the Impaler?

Napoleon Bonaparte

Josef Stalin?

[llashram]

2. hitler, pol pot, mooseolini, joe McCarthy?

[dware]

3. The Japanese during WWII.

Idi Amin Dada.

There are thousands of 'em throughout history.

[nevergiveup]

4. I am in my 70's

and I consider him to be the most morally corrupt and dangerous American public figure in my lifetime. He is America's wanna be Hitler. The only major difference between Hitler and Trump is that Hitler had a much higher IQ.

[Silent3]

5. Plenty... but not that rise to such power.

That's the huge mystery for me.

Plenty of people are as fucked up as Trump is, but typically nearly everyone can plainly see what a hot mess they're dealing with, and wouldn't even hire such a person as night manager of a 7/11.

What I want to know is how nearly have the country can tune this out in Trump's case, because his glaring deficiencies, and plain old nastiness, have been obvious to me all along.