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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 07:23 PM Dec 2016

Trump Biographer Michael DAntonio: "The President-elect probably cannot control himself."

Trump biographer: Stop overestimating him — he’s a cross between a junkie and a hungry chicken

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trump-biographer-says-stop-overestimating-him-hes-a-cross-between-a-junkie-and-a-hungry-chicken/

“The President-elect probably cannot control himself,” D’Antonio wrote in the New York Daily News. “I interviewed him for six hours when writing a biography, and I mean that literally.”

“Long an advocate of responding ’10 times harder’ when his feelings are hurt — and they are very easily hurt — Trump has a tendency to strike with massive force without much concern for the size or vulnerability of the person in his sights,” D’Antonio said. “I suspect this is because the pain he feels when criticized doesn’t depend on the source. No matter who speaks out, he cannot bear disapproval.”

“Trump, who has long been addicted to attention, had found a new, super-potent form of it in social media. This hit was not only powerful; it was available in an endless supply that he could access at will,” he wrote.

“He no longer had to manipulate journalists and wait for them to act. He could tap out a few words and get what he wanted immediately. It reminded me of psychologist B.F. Skinner’s experiments with chickens that learned to push a button with their beaks for the reward of a food pellet. Once they had trained themselves, the birds couldn’t stop pecking even when the pellets no longer came and they injured themselves,” he said.
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Trump Biographer Michael DAntonio: "The President-elect probably cannot control himself." (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 2016 OP
Trump biographer: Stop overestimating him hes a cross between a junkie and a hungry chicken Cha Dec 2016 #1
Mad King Donald in his golden tower... Please send him back there... Hekate Dec 2016 #2
Notice as I have said manny times, Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #3
Ever read Napoleon Hill's "Think And Grow Rich?" Miles Archer Dec 2016 #8
Thanks,do remember reading The Secret way Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #10
Probably? I would substitute the word "probably" for "definitely". n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2016 #4
We, the American Public, should demand... Raster Dec 2016 #5
these professionals are coming out bdamomma Dec 2016 #6
But WE have social media dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #9
At least two of his biographers think he is completely off the rails. And they have spent LuckyLib Dec 2016 #7
He's learned to push a button with a tweet. Beartracks Dec 2016 #11
a really bad drug rurallib Dec 2016 #12
His so called Thank You Tours are connected to the same quest for Grammy23 Dec 2016 #13

Cha

(295,929 posts)
1. Trump biographer: Stop overestimating him hes a cross between a junkie and a hungry chicken
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 07:24 PM
Dec 2016

Take note fucking m$m enablers.. just like they did bush2cheney until they couldn't hide the bodies anymore.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
8. Ever read Napoleon Hill's "Think And Grow Rich?"
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 08:03 PM
Dec 2016

Originally published in 1937, one of many books that Rhonda Byrne ripped off when she "wrote" her book "The Secret."

Anyway...he talks about "The Mystery of Sex Transmutation" in Chapter 11.

Sex transmutation is simple and easily explained. It means the switching of the mind from thoughts of physical expression, to thoughts of some other nature. Sex desire is the most powerful of human desires. When driven by this desire, men develop keenness of imagination, courage, will-power, persistence, and creative ability unknown to them at other times. So strong and impelling is the desire for sexual contact that men freely run the risk of life and reputation to indulge it. When harnessed, and redirected along other lines, this motivating force maintains all of its attributes of keenness of imagination, courage, etc., which may be used as powerful creative forces in literature, art, or in any other profession or calling, including, of course, the accumulation of riches. The transmutation of sex energy calls for the exercise of will-power, to be sure, but the reward is worth the effort.


(That's from my Kindle copy, so no...there is no link).

Anyway...the premise is simple. You find a way to channel the quest for the "most powerful of human desires"...sex...into anything else you want in life, like "the accumulation of riches." And it has been exceptionally easy for Trump to do that, because he did it on the back of his father's wealth and connections. There has been no sacrifice, no consequences for his actions, and it just feeds the beast. A by-product of that is his lust for "tenfold revenge."

This is the kind of thing that should keep most sane people awake at night while pondering the next four years.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
10. Thanks,do remember reading The Secret way
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 08:18 PM
Dec 2016

back in the fifties. Thank you so much for energizing old Gray Matter. Just more info to understand the narcissist known as Trump.

Raster

(20,996 posts)
5. We, the American Public, should demand...
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 07:46 PM
Dec 2016

...that in the future, ALL CANDIDATES FOR POTUS must submit to a rigorous psychological assessment to determine mental fitness for the role. The examination should be fair non-biased and even-handed. The results should be part of the public record.

bdamomma

(63,658 posts)
6. these professionals are coming out
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 07:51 PM
Dec 2016

and saying how dangerous this man is. From Dr. Justin Frank, to Robert Reich, Noam Chomsky, these people are warning us. I only wish our stupid M$M would report the truth but there is so much hatred and division in the country now.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
9. But WE have social media
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 08:08 PM
Dec 2016

Our job is to point out, just factually, stuff like this on Facebook or Twitter or whatever.
A good way to do that is in a calm reply to someone else's comment....

once read, the info is out there....

LuckyLib

(6,814 posts)
7. At least two of his biographers think he is completely off the rails. And they have spent
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 08:03 PM
Dec 2016

hours with him.

The M$M should be all over this. Ha!

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
11. He's learned to push a button with a tweet.
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 10:03 PM
Dec 2016

Super-potent hit of attention and approval.

Our President-elect is an addict.


And he's addicted to himself.

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Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
13. His so called Thank You Tours are connected to the same quest for
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 10:34 PM
Dec 2016

Attention. Watch him when he strolls onto the stage at these events and the thrill he is getting out of the whole thing is almost palpable. He looks around at the adoring masses and barely can conceal his glee. As Tony Swartz has said, tRump is a bottomless pit of neediness. No amount of adulation will ever fill the hole. If he makes it to the inaguration, we can count on years of rallies and events like that because now that he's had a taste of glory, he won't give it up.

Given the late breaking news tonight about Russia's interference in our 2016 elections, I can imagine the panic going on in the Trump camp as they scramble to concoct a reason why we should pay no attention to this news. Move along, nothing to see here. I just hope President Obama and the security officials stick to their guns and follow the threads to the truth of what was done to "help assure" Trump's win. Trump might want to hold off on planning that helicopter landing at the Washington Monument.

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