Quote Originally Posted by Kalam View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
You would hope that our nations leader would by dint of personality be interested in protecting and defending those who can not protect themselves (because they are kids).

But as you described him, Trump is a narcissist … a malignant narcissist as it turns out.
Maybe I just have a more banal view of humanity than you do. I am not really surprised to find out our leaders act in similar manners to other leaders over the last 1 million years.

Also, Druff is a partisan Republican. It is just level 0 tribalism. If a Democrat leader did the same thing as Trump he would be completely outraged.

What is interesting about that?
I’m one of the original EoT founders here. The present iteration of what we refer to as democracy consistently yields the worst outcome. My cynicism is pretty well developed. Yet my disdain is still strong.

These guys aren’t just banal. I believe this is malignant narcissism presenting. I believe Trump takes pleasure in others suffering.

I can still be outraged