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My beef is no longer with Trump, it's with the clearly mental people that support him.
In retrospect, wouldn't have Donald Trump's presidency been easier for him had he hired competent professionals, and then simply rubber stamped their decisions?
I feel like this question misunderstands Donald Trump and the nature of deeply narcissistic personalities. When I was a young producer, I went to work for a European billionaire who built his own movie studio in the Philippines. His background was not film production, but he was convinced that he knew everything about the process, better than the scores of veteran pros he flew over. He would constantly shut productions down, fire talent, and just create chaos. An entire studio would constantly sit dormant, films never finished, project canceled as punishment to some slight. I would always ask my younger self, “Why doesn’t he just get out of his own way?”
What I would finally learn is, as we see with Trump, getting stuff done is never the goal, especially through someone else. Narcissistic personalities have one goal, which is to constantly feed the open-wound ego that they have. To that end, chaos is not only good, it’s necessary. A finished project is not a good thing, because the attention is now on the project and not the person. A deeply narcissistic person must create constant dysfunction and stress wherever they go, and they must remain at the center of that dysfunction. Otherwise, people move on, they don’t need you, they create their own power and agency apart from you. Narcissists cannot have that.
This is why the wall will never be completed. There will never be a new healthcare system. Every project that will be announced (Space Force!) will be a half-assed zombie after the press release. It’s important to always ask, “What are the incentives at play?” Well, with Trump, legislative achievements and efficiency are never, ever the incentives at play.
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In May 2016, shortly after Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, his son Donald Trump Jr. reached out to the staff of his father’s former rival, Ohio governor John Kasich.[1]
Despite the acrimonious ending to the campaign, Junior still had an offer for his vanquished political foe:
How would John Kasich like to become the most powerful vice-president in United States history?
“Ohio governor John Kasich speaks to Donald Trump during a commercial break at the CBS News Republican presidential primary on Feb 13, 2016, in Greenville, S.C. John Bazemore, AP.” Donald Trump edges John Kasich in new Ohio primary poll
After observing the Trump presidency for three years, we now know that such an arrangement would have been untenable. President Trump is incapable of sharing the spotlight or the credit.
Early staffers like Paul Manafort floated the idea that Trump would embrace a largely ceremonial, “chairman of the board” role as president.[3] These announcements were always at best fanciful, or head-in-the-sand wishful thinking.
Trump’s presidency would indeed have been far easier for him (and for all of us) if he had implemented a European-style, figurehead type role for his presidency. In an alternate reality, I can easily imagine President Trump enjoying all the perks, prestige, and pomp of the presidency, unencumbered by boring policy discussions and endless congressional debates.
Unfortunately, the man’s pathological need for validation will squash any competing power centers in his administration.
For what it’s worth, Donald Junior later strongly denied making the strange vice-presidential offer to Kasich (first reported in The New York Times.)[4]
[1] Report: Trump camp told Kasich he could run foreign and domestic policy as VP
[2] How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate
[3] Report: The Trump campaign asked John Kasich to be the 'most powerful vice president in history'
[4] Report: Trump camp offered to make Kasich 'most powerful VP in history'
[5] Trump, Kasich feud over 'most powerful' VP offer
I feel like this question misunderstands Donald Trump and the nature of deeply narcissistic personalities. When I was a young producer, I went to work for a European billionaire who built his own movie studio in the Philippines. His background was not film production, but he was convinced that he knew everything about the process, better than the scores of veteran pros he flew over. He would constantly shut productions down, fire talent, and just create chaos. An entire studio would constantly sit dormant, films never finished, project canceled as punishment to some slight. I would always ask my younger self, “Why doesn’t he just get out of his own way?”
What I would finally learn is, as we see with Trump, getting stuff done is never the goal, especially through someone else. Narcissistic personalities have one goal, which is to constantly feed the open-wound ego that they have. To that end, chaos is not only good, it’s necessary. A finished project is not a good thing, because the attention is now on the project and not the person. A deeply narcissistic person must create constant dysfunction and stress wherever they go, and they must remain at the center of that dysfunction. Otherwise, people move on, they don’t need you, they create their own power and agency apart from you. Narcissists cannot have that.
This is why the wall will never be completed. There will never be a new healthcare system. Every project that will be announced (Space Force!) will be a half-assed zombie after the press release. It’s important to always ask, “What are the incentives at play?” Well, with Trump, legislative achievements and efficiency are never, ever the incentives at play.
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In May 2016, shortly after Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, his son Donald Trump Jr. reached out to the staff of his father’s former rival, Ohio governor John Kasich.[1]
Despite the acrimonious ending to the campaign, Junior still had an offer for his vanquished political foe:
How would John Kasich like to become the most powerful vice-president in United States history?
“Ohio governor John Kasich speaks to Donald Trump during a commercial break at the CBS News Republican presidential primary on Feb 13, 2016, in Greenville, S.C. John Bazemore, AP.” Donald Trump edges John Kasich in new Ohio primary poll
After observing the Trump presidency for three years, we now know that such an arrangement would have been untenable. President Trump is incapable of sharing the spotlight or the credit.
Early staffers like Paul Manafort floated the idea that Trump would embrace a largely ceremonial, “chairman of the board” role as president.[3] These announcements were always at best fanciful, or head-in-the-sand wishful thinking.
Trump’s presidency would indeed have been far easier for him (and for all of us) if he had implemented a European-style, figurehead type role for his presidency. In an alternate reality, I can easily imagine President Trump enjoying all the perks, prestige, and pomp of the presidency, unencumbered by boring policy discussions and endless congressional debates.
Unfortunately, the man’s pathological need for validation will squash any competing power centers in his administration.
For what it’s worth, Donald Junior later strongly denied making the strange vice-presidential offer to Kasich (first reported in The New York Times.)[4]
Footnotes
[1] Report: Trump camp told Kasich he could run foreign and domestic policy as VP
[2] How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate
[3] Report: The Trump campaign asked John Kasich to be the 'most powerful vice president in history'
[4] Report: Trump camp offered to make Kasich 'most powerful VP in history'
[5] Trump, Kasich feud over 'most powerful' VP offer
Anyone else remember an American president advocating on behalf of foreign nations like Russia and Saudi Arabia to raise the price of oil during the worst recession in a century while tens of millions of Americans are out of work? Can you name a single time when Trump was putting our interests before Russia's or Saudi Arabia's? Of course no Republican will ever answer that for obvious reasons.
Thanx for the gifs @MASTERBAKER …. the MASTERDOTARD of MODS.... now you're actually a useful dotard
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@MASTERBAKER …. make some better gifs you lazy fuck.... the whole thread you posted was fucking crap....
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