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posted by janrinok on Monday November 14 2016, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-a-different-president dept.

I've come across an article on The Atlantic that analyses Trump's personality:

Many questions have arisen about Trump during this campaign season—about his platform, his knowledge of issues, his inflammatory language, his level of comfort with political violence. This article touches on some of that. But its central aim is to create a psychological portrait of the man. Who is he, really? How does his mind work? How might he go about making decisions in office, were he to become president? And what does all that suggest about the sort of president he'd be?

It's a long, but very interesting read.

Here's a list of sentences the article itself highlights:

Combined with a gift for humor, anger lies at the heart of Trump's charisma.

Trump appeals to an ancient fear of contagion, which analogizes out-groups to parasites and poisons.

Narcissism in presidents is a double-edged sword. It is associated with historians' ratings of "greatness"—but also with impeachment resolutions.

Andrew Jackson displayed many of the same psychological qualities that we see in Trump.

Trump has never forgotten the lesson from his father: The world is a dangerous place. You have to be ready to fight.

And the final paragraph summarizes:

Who, really, is Donald Trump? What's behind the actor's mask? I can discern little more than narcissistic motivations and a complementary personal narrative about winning at any cost. It is as if Trump has invested so much of himself in developing and refining his socially dominant role that he has nothing left over to create a meaningful story for his life, or for the nation. It is always Donald Trump playing Donald Trump, fighting to win, but never knowing why.


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  • (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:48PM

    by SanityCheck (5190) on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:48PM (#427066)

    Your whole comment just reeks of the same doom and gloom predictions I have been seeing in mainstream media for 18 months. And just like them you are whipping out your magical crystal ball to show how big and shiny it is. It got old 12 months ago. They were full of shit, and you are full of shit. Whatever happens is not the end of the world, and it can be remedied by next election if it is not what the voters voted for. And if Democrooks put up another crooked puppet to run against him at that time, there will be serious independent alternatives like Bloomberg, who probably should have jumped into the fray this time but didn't. So please take your chicken little nonsense and shove it.

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  • (Score: 2) by http on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:17AM

    by http (1920) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:17AM (#427290)

    When you say

    Whatever happens is not the end of the world"

    ..it's like you haven't realized that Trump is going to have the nuclear launch codes.

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  • (Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Wednesday November 16 2016, @06:30PM

    by Zz9zZ (1348) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @06:30PM (#427665)

    I specifically said it is not "doom". You just don't like any criticism of your chosen knight in shining armor. Sanity check yourself, I voted third party since both D and R were so full of shit.

    Did you miss this?

    I would love to believe that he will help stop the corruption and get us moving back in the right direction.

    I'm serious, if Trump is truly the independent tough guy who can shake things up (or at least give it an honest try) then I will view him in a much more favorable light. If HRC had won I'd be saying things along the lines of "welp, we're in for more war and probably WW3" and just hoping that she would at least promote environmental protections. Its funny that the "winners" of the election seem to be way more pissed off than the losers, I guess it illustrates quite well the anger wave that pushed Trump to victory, can't let go of that righteous indignation even if its unwarranted.

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