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In reply to the discussion: The Georgia investigation: Trump's point man/secretary/errand boy, is a big, big, target. [View all]calimary
(89,722 posts)His ego wont let him fade into the background like all the other ex-presidents have (especially the ones who were driven by out after only one term).
Hes gotta be the center of attention everywhere. At all times. With and from everybody. My guess is its some deep-seated personality flaw or thereabouts. Im no shrink but this is one SERIOUSLY screwed-up individual. I bet therell eventually be libraries full of books written just about the inner demons of the donald.
Ive already said this elsewhere here: we are not going to be rid of him. Not anytime soon. First, because he simply refuses to go away, or fade away gracefully like so many other ex-presidents have (both those who didnt make it past one term and others who did but recognized distinguished retirement status when it was their time to be escorted back out to the private sector).
Hes too much of an attention whore to fade away gracefully. Hes too prideful and has spent too much of his snakey life to accept the solid, provable reality of his own defeat. Hes spent too many decades building this facade and myth of invincibility (I never lose) to step to the side now, even after the most high-level, most intensely covered, and most public loss.
Nope. He HAS TO try to spin it or bend it to his wishes to keep being perceived as a life-long never-failed undefeated demigod. No matter how many lies hes told or how many people hes destroyed along the way.
I wish hed retire to Mar-a-Lago and have somebody write his books for him. He wont do that. Especially after hes had an actual taste of it (however dubious because he cheated) and is desperately hungry for more.