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spooky3

(36,266 posts)
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 01:32 PM Nov 11

Sarah Cooper has some suggestions for women [View all]

https://sarahcpr.substack.com/p/the-week-i-encourage-all-women-to

(Scroll to the Friday entry)

“… When I was lip syncing Trump, I noticed how he did not consider at all what he was saying. He spoke with no forethought or filter. He just said whatever he wanted to say whenever he wanted to say it. And he assumed everyone was hanging on his every word. He spoke with total and utter confidence while being utterly incompetent. He has what I am calling Trump Brain.

What is Trump Brain? Trump Brain is the opposite of imposter syndrome. Trump Brain is what allows Trump and so many men to say things that are categorically false with so much confidence that it makes you question your own reality.

Imposter syndrome says:

You're not ready. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

Trump Brain says:

You totally got this. You're smarter than all the generals, and all the scientists, and every single human being that ever lived...”
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