Seth Abramson is live-tweeting the traitor's fury-rally now

[Random Boomer]

55. He focuses his smarts on what matters to him

Overall, my dog isn't all that bright. But when it comes to food and car rides, she turns into Einstein. I could swear the minute going for a drive crosses my mind, she wakes out of a deep sleep and bounds up, ready to keep me company.

What matters to Donald Trump is being the center of attention. It's his narcissistic fuel. And he's mastered the art of getting attention because this is central to his sense of well-being, it props up the hollow parts inside him. He will do or say anything, no holds barred, to hold an audience's attention. He's good at it, because he can't emotionally survive without it.