Yes, Donald Trump is addicted to his supply of narcissistic energy and fuel. These rallies are his high. He is addicted to them and the feelings of praise and adulation he gets from his followers. But the flip side to that for Trump is that if he is not made to feel great by his followers and rallies, then he will simply find another way to get pleasure. Trump does that by killing, harming and degrading others. In other words, Trump’s mind works in the following way: “I get my narcissistic supplies by your praising me. I can get them by hurting you as well. That’ll make me feel good too.” Trump chooses to hurt the American people.
What is your analysis of Trump’s rally at Mount Rushmore?
He did everything to feel aggrandized and powerful. In his mind, he could see his face on Mount Rushmore. Trump needs the crowds. He needs them close together, he needs them praising him. Trump had military jets flying overhead and all his supporters singing his praises. But what was Trump’s message for Independence Day? All the people who do not praise me are bad. They’re evil. They’re left-wing troublemakers. All those people who don’t praise me want to destroy this country and that is not going to happen under my watch because we are going to get them first. Donald Trump takes a perverse pleasure in destruction — and that destruction is the destruction of the American people, the country, our way of life, our actual lives themselves. Donald Trump is reveling in our destruction and our deaths.
During his two Independence Day weekend speeches, Donald Trump declared that anyone who does not support him is an enemy of America who should be destroyed. Trump is not kidding. He is not making a “harmless joke.” He is deadly serious. Why are so many Americans still in denial about this reality? At this late date, is it even possible to awaken them to the truth?
It is a defense mechanism. Trump always telegraphs every terrible thing he is ever going to do, and then he does it, and then most people are always shocked. And then the next time Trump says he is going to do something terrible the same people think that it is somehow going to not happen.
Such reactions are a defense mechanism because most people cannot imagine that Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is as evil and destructive and out of control as he truly is. Trump is going to take his behavior all the way to the end. His dangers are not just with the coronavirus but with how there will not be a peaceful transition of power if he loses the 2020 election.
Here is an observation: Trump is going to find a way to steal the 2020 election. And even if defeated at the polls, he still has two months between Election Day and supposedly stepping down in January. These months up to Election Day and then to January will be some of the most dangerous in the country’s history. Trump is capable of anything.
I agree. The American people and the world really need to understand that we are heading towards the endgame with Donald Trump. This moment is extremely dangerous because Trump is wounded, rejected and feeling devalued. Trump is going to be a loser and probably go to jail if he is not re-elected. Trump is going to take everyone down with him. But Trump also has enablers in place throughout the government to protect him. This is all very dangerous.
As with drug addicts, is Donald Trump capable of hitting “rock bottom” and then having a moment of clarity where he recants and then changes his behavior?
Again, look at the last days of Hitler. He was losing his mind towards the end, but he was still giving orders and people were still following them. We do not know what crazy orders Donald Trump is going to give and we do not know who will follow them. But whatever Trump does it will be destructive, and he will have followers willing to do what he commands. In the end Donald Trump will have the full force of the executive branch trying to rig and invalidate the 2020 election in his favor.