The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing to build Trump's $250 million ballroom

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38. Oh, he's compensating all right.

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Or trying to, anyway.

The Mayo Clinic research group defines narcissistic personality disorder as “a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe that they're superior to others and have little regard for other people's feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem, vulnerable to the slightest criticism.”

Narcissism is often interpreted in popular culture as a person who’s in love with him or herself. It is more accurate to characterize the pathological narcissist as someone who’s in love with an idealized self-image, which they project in order to avoid feeling (and being seen as) the real, disenfranchised, wounded self. Deep down, most pathological narcissists feel like the “ugly duckling," even if they painfully don’t want to admit it.

More here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/communication-success/201807/5-ways-narcissists-compensate-for-their-inferiority

As for whether he'll ever leave office willingly, well... he didn't leave willingly in 2021, so I don't know why he would this time. To be honest, I'm hoping he'll be dead by then. Either that, or so profoundly incapacitated that it will be impossible for his henchgoblins to hide.