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lunatica

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Wed May 10, 2017, 08:41 AM May 2017

The Malignant Narcissist miscalculated big time by firing Comey [View all]

Because his problem is that he has no idea how other people function. He, like his ilk, who he has surrounded himself with and who he has appointed to destroy our government can "read" other people and that's why they're successful. Except they're blind to certain characteristics in normal human beings. They can't read people who are honest an who have principles of right and wrong they live by. People like Sally Yates for example.

Because Trump thinks the way he does he assumes that everyone is like him in that they're selfish and self-centered to the point that if they get what they want they'll be happy and free of any weaknesses such as the integrity to stand on principle or to question things that don't entail logic. He can read the lower and baser instincts because he has them himself. Integrity, or the sense that something is wrong in spite of one's personal opinion or preferences is impossible for him to read.

Trump and the other psychopaths he's surrounded himself with truly thought that because Democrats wanted Comey fired that we wouldn't question Trump's agenda if, after all, he did what we wanted anyway. That we would be so pleased that Comey was gone that we would just move on with our lives. It never occurred to them that we would question the timing, the motivations and the about face that Trump was exhibiting. That the principle he was violating would mean anything to us.

His problem is that we can see him for what he is now. We all know what he's doing. But he still thinks he has us fooled because he believes he managed to control the conversation again by deflecting what we were all talking about.

He's the one who has a tin ear when it comes to honesty and principle, and knowing right and wrong.

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Nicely put! Canoe52 May 2017 #1
Trump is actually shocked at the reaction to these actions Gothmog May 2017 #2
How has he "miscalculated big time"...? regnaD kciN May 2017 #3
Wait a bit lunatica May 2017 #5
It's been less than 24 hours Bradical79 May 2017 #13
Watergate took two years to unfold from the break in to the resignation. FSogol May 2017 #21
YES,,,,well said indeed. Stuart G May 2017 #44
or... BigRig May 2017 #4
By who? lunatica May 2017 #6
it was just a theory but... BigRig May 2017 #11
Our side does the spy thing too lunatica May 2017 #12
and... Iggo May 2017 #10
I agree. But, shockey80 May 2017 #7
Except the American people are awake now lunatica May 2017 #8
I agree with you, lunatica spiderpig May 2017 #9
Yeah, not really Cosmocat May 2017 #14
You're dismissing all the hundreds of thousand who have marched since the Inauguration lunatica May 2017 #16
Again - sorry, but Cosmocat May 2017 #18
Don't kill the messenger, but this is totally disconnected from reality Cosmocat May 2017 #15
You said it yourself lunatica May 2017 #17
You do know who is in charge of congress, right? Cosmocat May 2017 #19
Yes. lunatica May 2017 #20
You do know they are a year and a half away Cosmocat May 2017 #23
Watergate took a few years also lunatica May 2017 #24
Right, RobinA May 2017 #25
Well then be one of the ones who speaks out lunatica May 2017 #27
Just for precision: the House impeaches, and then the Senate conducts the trial. nt tblue37 May 2017 #33
Thanks! lunatica May 2017 #36
That's because you aren't leftynyc May 2017 #32
I don't know, but I sure as hell hope you are right! hamsterjill May 2017 #22
If you're like me you know many more people who aren't being fooled by him lunatica May 2017 #26
I wish that were the case for me, too, but it's not. hamsterjill May 2017 #28
When the tide turns on Trump what you'll probably hear a lot of lunatica May 2017 #31
You're probably right. hamsterjill May 2017 #34
The timing was pure idiocy Saviolo May 2017 #29
Your thinking is exactly what I'm talking about lunatica May 2017 #30
Trump is behaving just like a typical Narcissist Gothmog May 2017 #35
Yeah lunatica May 2017 #37
I don't have any idea how this will play out, of course TeapotInATempest May 2017 #38
If they go after the small fry someone will roll over on him lunatica May 2017 #39
No honor among thieves, right? TeapotInATempest May 2017 #42
R#18 & K UTUSN May 2017 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Oneironaut May 2017 #41
. lunatica May 2017 #43
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