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I realize your post was a humorous quip - and I like it - but I think it hits the nail on the head. Trump has an obvious personality disorder being an extreme narcissist. He has an obsession with what he terms WINNING and believes that he himself can do no wrong. He obviously views himself in the mold of the superior man - the superhero if you will. Sadly, if you drew a line that is a continuum with Batman on one end and the evil Joker on the opposite end, Trump would be far far closer to the Joker than Batman. The Joker is mentally disturbed as is Trump. The Joker is a figure of chaos as is Trump. The Joker uses people like kleenex and throws them away when he is finished with them as does Trump. The Joker knows no law or moral code besides what is good for himself as does Trump. They are both abusive bullies who view themselves as above the law.
And they both have really weird hair.
Comic books --- yeah - that fits Trump to a tee.
Trump "views himself in the mold of the superior man", is well said, I think, but his incessant need for reassurance is a need the superior man wouldn't have. So I think the other side of this self image is
fear that he is fooling himself, and everyone else. The idolatry he gets at his rallies seems to be why he keeps holding them even after the election. The rallies tell him maybe he really is the superior man, or at worse, that the fooling is still working. Think about what would happen to him if he went to a rally and the crowd booed.