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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Biographer Michael DAntonio: "The President-elect probably cannot control himself."
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, DAntonio 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, DAntonio said. I suspect this is because the pain he feels when criticized doesnt 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. Skinners 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 couldnt stop pecking even when the pellets no longer came and they injured themselves, he said.
Cha
(295,929 posts)Take note fucking m$m enablers.. just like they did bush2cheney until they couldn't hide the bodies anymore.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)this Guy will hit back 10 times harder when his feelings are hurt.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Originally published in 1937, one of many books that Rhonda Byrne ripped off when she "wrote" her book "The Secret."
Anyway...he talks about "The Mystery of Sex Transmutation" in Chapter 11.
(That's from my Kindle copy, so no...there is no link).
Anyway...the premise is simple. You find a way to channel the quest for the "most powerful of human desires"...sex...into anything else you want in life, like "the accumulation of riches." And it has been exceptionally easy for Trump to do that, because he did it on the back of his father's wealth and connections. There has been no sacrifice, no consequences for his actions, and it just feeds the beast. A by-product of that is his lust for "tenfold revenge."
This is the kind of thing that should keep most sane people awake at night while pondering the next four years.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)back in the fifties. Thank you so much for energizing old Gray Matter. Just more info to understand the narcissist known as Trump.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)Raster
(20,996 posts)...that in the future, ALL CANDIDATES FOR POTUS must submit to a rigorous psychological assessment to determine mental fitness for the role. The examination should be fair non-biased and even-handed. The results should be part of the public record.
bdamomma
(63,658 posts)and saying how dangerous this man is. From Dr. Justin Frank, to Robert Reich, Noam Chomsky, these people are warning us. I only wish our stupid M$M would report the truth but there is so much hatred and division in the country now.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)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)hours with him.
The M$M should be all over this. Ha!
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)Super-potent hit of attention and approval.
Our President-elect is an addict.
And he's addicted to himself.
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rurallib
(62,346 posts)Grammy23
(5,808 posts)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.