03-06-2017, 02:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2017, 03:02 PM by Eric the Green.)
(03-06-2017, 02:05 PM)David Horn Wrote:(03-06-2017, 12:18 PM)TeacherinExile Wrote: My doubts about Trump's fitness for command are diminishing by the tweet. It's still possible that he's not crazy as some in the press have recently speculated...just "crazy like a fox," instead.
Here's the real danger as pointed out in this passage from the WaPo article you cite:
What happens in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, during a natural disaster or amidst an economic crisis? He’ll desperately need the American people to trust and rally behind him, but he will have drained the reservoir of goodwill. That is when Trump’s credibility gap is going to become a cataclysmic problem for his presidency and, frankly, for the country.
I've said it before in a previous post: I want our president to succeed--with some qualifications. There is simply too much at stake for the country, indeed for all of us, if Trump should fail. Especially if he should fail spectacularly in a moment of renewed crisis.
I heard what may be the most generous version of why Trump is the way he is: he lives in the perpetual 'Now'. Whether that qualifies as a mental issue is open to the opinion of a more qualified person than me, but, if it's true, he's unlikely to ever be ready for what's coming or able to restrain himself in responding to any slight.
Living in the perpetual now is all anyone can ever do, but I would put it like Drump is too "reactive;" like brower mentioned about the freudian concept of the id. He is a slave to his appetites and reactions. Most of us are, to some extent. But he is more so than others who have been elected to leadership positions. He is certainly a narcissist; his ego is uppermost in his mind. Using another freudian concept, it appears he has little ability to make "reality checks." To make wild charges and claims with no evidence seems to be part of his modus operandi. Sometimes he can make it part of his ingenious marketing technique, which appeals to his public that likes prejudice and passion, but it frequently just takes him off the rails.