I have some uncomfortable questions I’d like to pose. Are you a child rapist? Did you rape children? Is the entire GOP filled with pedos or is it just most? Did you murder any of the children you raped or did you just witness it and not care?
He could try to back out by saying “it wasn’t rape” or some shit like that.
“Have you ever, after the age of 18, placed any part of your body, in any way into any part of another person’s body who was under the age of 18?”
“Have you ever witnessed someone else place any part of his or her body, in any way, into any part of another person’s body who was under the age of 18, where the situation was not related to a medical procedure billable under Medicaid guidelines?”
Not exactly news, it’s his standard MO. Remember the “shut up piggy”.
Totally indicative of how little he respects women.
I read the article and he did not in fact explode. How disappointing!
If you want to see a good approximation of what that would look like, you can put a chocolate pudding cup in the microwave for a few minutes.
ABC News’ Rachel Scott asked Trump, during his visit to the Lincoln Memorial to check out his new paint job on the Reflecting Pool, one of his many vanity projects in the capital: “Mr. President, you are here against the backdrop of the war in a Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now especially with gas prices soaring?”
Good question.
Yes, very good question.
It was kind of interesting (in a horrible way) watching him gradually unravel in his response, and get himself so worked up that he started adding nonsensical context and ridiculous biases to the original question, which just got him all riled up even more. He basically descended into a feedback loop of hysteria.
Mentally he is very unwell.
Mentally he is very unwell
Bit of an understatement there chief. Narcissism is a mental illness. I would also argue pedophilia is a mental illness. I suspect he has many more.
He’s a sociopath. So that’s fun. In the mix, there.
Sounds like he was serving up a narcissist word salad. How accurately does this describe Trump’s response?
1. Complete lack of logic
The first most overt sign of ‘narc speak’ in action, is unsurprisingly the nonsense that issues forth. It is the very epitome of verbal chaos.
You’ll find a bunch of unrelated words and concepts all smooshed together, including contradictions and disjointed phrases, or random irrelevant and impromptu comments thrown at you.
The effect and very deliberate purpose of this is to leave you entirely unable to follow the narcissist to throw you off your game in following YOUR logic and holding them to account for their behaviour.
2. Circular conversations & repetition
It’s not just about absurd semantics as it relates to words, it’s also about being caught in structural hell completely reflective of their disordered mind.
Linearity is something the narcissist assiduously avoids in discussion, particularly so when a topic is raised that is in some way challenging them or seeking to hold them to account for their behaviour.
By frustrating the logical progression of a point of view from A to B to Z, the point is never made and accountability a non-event. The key tactics used are repetition and circular conversations that lead NOWHERE.
This strategy is also used not only to frustrate your argument, but to frustrate you into submission, relinquishing further attempts to resolve the matter at hand.
As well as communicating to you that YOU are the problem, otherwise the poor exasperated narc would not need to keep stating the same things they have already told you!
3. Overgeneralisations
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is marked by a set of pervasive behaviours which are underpinned by certain cognitive errors. One of these is the tendency to overgeneralise which is due to their black and white thinking resulting from something called ‘splitting’.
Splitting is the inability to comprehend that people (and things, events etc.) are usually made up of strengths and weaknesses, positive and negatives. The pathological narcissist cannot intellectually integrate these two concepts into the one whole.
This means that their world view is one of extremes. You will be familiar with this with the stark contrasts of idealisation vs. devaluation and discard, for example.
Within the context of the word salad, you’ll cop a bunch of ‘you always…’ statements, because for the narc, if you do something once, they draw the conclusion that you always do so and assign you a label. You know the ones: ‘you always take things too seriously’, ‘you’re always so sensitive’ etc.
4. Projection & blaming
Projection is evident when the narcissist handballs their flaws onto you. Whatever is unacceptable within them is attributed to you. You know it’s happening when their very own traits are being flung at you. ‘You’re so selfish’, ‘all you do is lie and deny’, ‘there’s something wrong with you, you are mentally unstable’ etc.
Similarly, any relationship difficulties must be the fault of others. Specifically, yours.
They go to any extent to construct a reason, or excuse as to why ‘the thing’ is your fault. No matter how completely bonkers their finger pointing may sound, you are blamed for everything.
‘It’s your fault I’m yelling at you, you’re making me do it’, ‘of course I’m sleeping around you are not attractive enough for me’ blah, blah, blah… 5. Denial & gaslighting
There is no concrete evidence solid and indisputable enough that the narcissist in their hubris will not deny its existence.
They make bold statements one second, and in the very next sentence proclaim, ‘I never said that’.
Before your very eyes they undertake an act only to hold your gaze steadily and pronounce ‘that never happened’.
You may look at irrefutable proof like a written document in their own hand, or even footage of them busy at something, and they assert ‘it wasn’t me’.
Denial is all about protecting themselves from reality due their inability to cope with who and what they really are.
It’s also gaslighting in action. Repeatedly denying fact has the pleasing effect of having you question your take on reality, and whether you are indeed the problem.
6. It’s all about winning & losing
Listen to the language used by the narc with as much detachment as you can.
There is NOTHING that will issue forth from their mouth that is about finding solutions and relationship building.
Their verbiage will centre on establishing they are right, and you are wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Every interaction for the pathological narcissist is a matter of competition.
No matter what you say, they will engage in a duel of words to establish you are wrong.
They’ll do this on EVERY utterance you make, even about completely inconsequential things, because to their minds if you they make you wrong about everything, you must also surely be wrong about any concerns you have about their behaviour.
Not only this, but clearly this is also classic supply. By making you always wrong, they believe this authenticates that they are always right.
7. Narc rage
This bad baby is horrifying.
In the true sense of narcissistic rage, it is the fury that is sparked by being unmasked. Being found out. Of realising that another sees them for what they really are…and more than this, it is their own flash of insight that underneath their denial, they are the very opposite of superior, always right, omnipotent and always in control.
And this moment of comprehension is the narcissistic injury that flips the switch on white hot fury expressed from verbal through to physical aggression.
For anyone wondering if someone in their life might have npd, diagnosis requires 5 of the 9 criteria outlined in the DSM-V. Many of the symptoms are common traits, but this is disordered levels we’re talking about. You can’t diagnose someone with it, but you can accept that that person in your life sure seems to meet the diagnostic criteria of it.
They aren’t some mystical threat or uniquely evil group. They’re people with a mental disorder that is likely learned behavior, and they may very well be capable of changing and healing with help, but most, much like the president here, wouldn’t ever consider it. Sorry about all the caveats, it’s valuable information that many misuse.
From the Cleveland Clinic’s page on narcissistic personality disorder:
- Grandiose sense of self-importance.
Overestimating their capabilities or holding themselves to unreasonably high standards. Bragging or exaggerating their achievements.
- Frequent fantasies about having or deserving:
Success. Power. Intelligence. Beauty. Love. Self-fulfillment.
- Belief in superiority.
Thinking they’re special or unique. Believing they should associate only with those they see as worthy.
- Need for admiration.
Fragile self-esteem. Frequent self-doubt, self-criticism or emptiness. Preoccupation with knowing what others think of them. Fishing for compliments.
- Entitlement.
Inflated sense of self-worth. Expecting favorable treatment (to an unreasonable degree). Anger when people don’t cater to or appease them.
- Willingness to exploit others.
Consciously or unconsciously using others. Forming friendships or relationships with people who boost their self-esteem or status. Deliberately taking advantage of others for selfish reasons.
- Lack of empathy.
Saying things that might hurt others. Seeing the feelings, needs or desires of others as a sign of weakness. Not returning kindness or interest that others show.
- Frequent envy.
Feeling envious of others, especially when others are successful. Expecting envy from others. Belittling or diminishing the achievements of others.
- Arrogance.
Patronizing behavior. Behaving in a way that’s snobby or disdainful. Talking down or acting condescendingly. People with NPD may also show other behaviors related to the nine criteria, but still different, such as:
Fear of or avoiding vulnerability. Withdrawing from others to hide feeling vulnerable. Perfectionism (with or without a fear of failure). Hypersensitivity to criticism, rejection or failure. Experiencing severe depression related to rejection or failure. Reacting with anger (or even rage) when they feel criticized or rejected. Faking humility to hide their feelings or protect their sense of self-importance. Avoiding situations where failure is possible or likely, which can limit achievements.
Trump meets all 9 easily demonstrable.
In fact that’s one thing that he’s good for. If someone asks “what’s narcissism” you just go “like Trump”. And then they’ll totally know what it means 😆
In fact calling it Trump syndrome might be the one thing that deserves his name on it.
There is a lot to hate about the 10+ years of PEDOnald being front and center in, well, just about everything, but I really hate how all these assholes have appropriated the term “fake news” and now talking about fake news - in the real sense - sounds, to these assholes and to a lot of the low info, much like the way the right uses it, which is equivalent to the way the Nazis talked about “lugenpresse”.
This dickhead did it again right there, saying she’s part of “fake news ABC” or whatever.
And so now the rational have to do all this unnecessary throat clearing when discussing cases of actual fake news. They did much the same with “MSM”, by the way. The critique of corporate news (aka, “MSM”) from the left has always been rather cogent and on point. The way these mouthbreathers blurt it out now just means “any fact I don’t like is fake news”.
Yep. Faux News was designed for that very reason, and no other corporate news sewer ever took them on for it.
Oh except the NYT Opinion column. Ugh.
Shouldn’t it read : Trump Explodes At Reporter For Being Female
No. He’s fine with female reporters that know their place. /s
That’s not a sarcastic statement.
That did not need the /s.
Yeah if they are what he considers bangable and flatter him with unworthy praise and give him figurative (and possibly literal) blowjobs and maybe even a shiny medal, he thinks they are great.
I don’t think there are many 13 and younger reporters out there, unless they let middle schoolers in the press room for school project journalism classes…
Doesn’t this happen every week?
Since 2015 or so.
Beauty built this country.
I read beat poets, outlaw poets, stream of consciousness, freestyle hip hop, but I cannot for the life of me figure what this could actually mean. Is he calling poor people beautiful? Seems out of character.
It was, Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and we had a terrible, disgusting … you probably don’t see dirt. But I do. And you walked down this pond. If you would’ve walked down, they’ll tell you better than anybody.
The White House crowed about the moment on X.
“@POTUS destroys ABC Fake News reporter,” it captioned the exchange.
Guess which version is going to get more traction with “middle America”.
The words “Trump explodes,” should absolutely not be used together in a sentence. Ever. The last thing I want to be reminded of is this prick’s loose, flappy asshole unleashing a torrid of rancid, frothy shit into his adult diaper.
Unless he spontaneously combusted or they’re referring to some kind of incident in which a device blew him up… you’re right.
. . . Go on
I’d watch that on pay per view
Maybe if enough people ask him tough questions he’ll implode.
Thin-skinned piss baby hates women asking him questions
Fucking snowflake.
Still a truckload of filth they didn’t haul out in my opinion.
Fascists tend to be very obsessed with cleanliness.
Hm.
There was an actual scientific study that found there is a correlation between having an easily triggered ‘disgust’ reaction (in general) and being right-wing.
EDIT: seems the are multiple such studies. Here’s one.
This finding, however, is predominantly based on assessments of disgust to specific elicitors, which confound individuals’ sensitivity and propensity to the experience of disgust with the extent to which they find specific elicitors disgusting. Across five studies, we vary specific elicitors of disgust, showing that the relations between political orientation and disgust sensitivity depend on the specific set of elicitors used. We also show that disgust sensitivity is not associated with political orientation when measured with an elicitor-unspecific scale. Taken together, our findings suggest that the differences between conservatives and liberals in disgust sensitivity are context dependent rather than a stable personality difference. Broader theoretical implications are discussed.
