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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs it the honor (ego) of the Peace Prize or the $$$ that comes with it?
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Is it the honor (ego) of the Peace Prize or the $$$ that comes with it? (Original Post)
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newdeal2
(4,895 posts)1. His unhealthy obsession with Obama
Agree. It's all about Obama
BlueKota
(5,064 posts)2. It's the ego
yardwork
(69,011 posts)3. Trump has narcissistic personality disorder.
He believes he has a right to... everything. Money, prestige, ultimate power.
He wants the world to bow down to him. He believes it's his due.
History is full of examples of narcissists who grab power and then destroy themselves and those around them.
Ocelot II
(129,412 posts)4. Ego. The money is pocket change in Trump's world.
The fact that Obama got it sticks in his craw, and Machado's sloppy-seconds gift of her medal doesn't seem to have filled the void.
highplainsdem
(60,363 posts)5. Entirely ego.
malaise
(293,409 posts)6. It is the fact that the black president
won one.
The needy insecure shameless low-life vulgarian is obsessed with his own self importance.
NewHendoLib
(61,631 posts)8. Somebody has something he wants. He's a young child.
Undeveloped mind throwing a tantrum