Greetings, F & L. :2wave:
:agree: on the certainty that Trump is apparently not thinking things through before acting. :thumbs: Is it that he might not be listening to his advisors, because it just seems weird that he would deliberately do things that make him hated, and that just does not make sense! :no:
Off topic, but how are you?
Thanks for asking. I feel the best I have so far this year, and yesterday took advantage of the terrific weather and my new found strength, so I am a bit stiff in places. The cardioversion was quick and painless, the nurses, doctors and staff were excellent, humorous and gracious.
As to our Mr. Trump and his actions:
First Mr. Trump is a sociopath:
Yet another conceptualization, the triarchic model,[1] suggests that other conceptualizations of psychopathy emphasize three observable characteristics to varying degrees. Analyses have been made with respect to the applicability of measurement tools such as the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL, PCL-R) and Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) to this model.[1][2]
Boldness. Low fear including stress-tolerance, toleration of unfamiliarity and danger, and
high self-confidence and social assertiveness. The PCL-R measures this relatively poorly and mainly through Facet 1 of Factor 1. Similar to PPI Fearless dominance. May correspond to differences in the amygdala and other neurological systems associated with fear.[1][2] Psychopaths tend to have reduced fear.[12]
Disinhibition. Poor impulse control including problems with planning and foresight, lacking affect and urge control, demand for immediate gratification, and poor behavioral restraints. Similar to PCL-R Factor 2 and PPI Impulsive antisociality. May correspond to impairments in frontal lobe systems that are involved in such control.[1][2]
Meanness. Lacking empathy and close attachments with others, disdain of close attachments, use of cruelty to gain empowerment, exploitative tendencies, defiance of authority, and destructive excitement seeking. The PCL-R in general is related to this but in particular some elements in Factor 1. Similar to PPI Coldheartedness but also includes elements of subscales in Impulsive antisociality.[1][2]
https://www.debatepolitics.com/gene...uist-idiot-he-forgetful-3.html#post1067250129
He seems to be learning to listen to advisors, I see the cabinet as baby sitters who let the terrible two year old go nuts in public.
I have seen this phenomena several times before in corporate heads, politicians and high ranking clergy.
Poor impulse control including problems with planning and foresight, lacking affect and urge control, demand for immediate gratification, and poor behavioral restraints. There's the key, spelled out perfectly with the Muslim ban. Instead of waiting to stack the supreme court, he moved and got burned. With that, another world leader will that he's rash and impulsive.....easy characteristics to exploit.
But this one explains his behavior best:
Lacking empathy and close attachments with others, disdain of close attachments,
use of cruelty to gain empowerment,
exploitative tendencies, defiance of authority, and destructive excitement seeking.
The three bolded have been exhibited all throughout the campaign. Taken to the woodshed by a reporter, he reacts by cruelly and viciously mocking a handicapped reporter. His speech patterns show that his level of understanding on most anything is shallow; everything is "greatest, "biggest", etc. while he deals with negatives with an even narrower vocabulary. In my time with politicians is they are not being at least descriptive of the problem I know they don't really understand it.
His current pressure on NAFTA show a sociopath clearly. It can only be said that his rhetoric has created an attitude of revenge to international trade. His words about how China, Mexico and Canada "are making fools of us", "cheating Americans", "the worst deal every in the history of the United States"
John McCain had to differ with his president harshly saying if Trump tore up NAFTA his state would be bankrupted. Trump does not understand the deal well enough to know the US actually makes out better than if the pact had not been in place. He has been told this, by many colleagues, but the word is, he's likely to tear it up anyway.
Normal social rules don't apply to Trump. No other human being could brag about "grabbing ******s" and get elected. He simply does not care
