It just occured to me, why Trump never apologizes for anything..

[Stuart G]

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...Just to explain why this came up to me. In discussing John McCain, I was wondering if Trump ever apologized for the mean things he said about him in the past. Then, I was wondering if Trump ever apologized for the mean things he said to the father who lost his son in war. That father gave a speech at the Democratic Convention, and afterwards Trump went after him and his wife..

The answer is "No" Trump never apologized for either event. Why not?..Then it occurred to me the answer.

... If he never apologizes publically for anything, he never has to admit doing anything wrong. If there is no public record of his apologies, then there is no public record of him doing something wrong, and he can argue forever, "I did nothing wrong."

No public apologies and Trump can argue that he did nothing wrong..

......Of course, the whole idea is lie, but that is what he always does.

Now in his businesses, the bankruptcies and divorces. Well that is done and gone according to Trump. He is not going to talk about them. Those are private matters.
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I think that is the reason he never apologizes for anything. Fairly simple Because of the above, he can then accuse the accuser of "lying" and not getting all the facts.. Then he attacks the accuser, instead of having to defend himself. And that is also what Trump seems to be doing. Trump is always attacking someone...(Today's attack...back to Hillary's emails.)

[lark]

1. Exactly and Sarah Sanders weaponized it.

President Trump (and I ue that erm only quoting her) did nothing wrong, he never apologized because he has nothing to apologize for".
I must have heard her say that dozens if not 10x a dozen times. He only admits to his lies whenn he wants to punk someone with it, like lying to Trudeau about the trade deficit, just because he felt like it but really had no clue about the facts

[Stuart G]

3. Yes, Sara Sanders .."...he has nothing to apologize for." One lie on top of another..no text..

[roamer65]

2. Narcissistic sociopaths can never admit guilt or fault.

They simply aren’t wired to do it.

They are defective humans in need of psychiatric care.

[unblock]

4. Exactly. Apologize and you lose that last 30% that still believe you.

[meadowlander]

5. It's a legal trick

like when you're involved in a car crash you're not supposed to apologise or admit any fault but leave it for the police and insurance inspectors to determine who has liability.

Trump's entire life is a car crash that he's desperately trying to avoid taking any legal or moral responsibility for.

[leftieNanner]

6. I don't think he apologizes privately either

He's a toxic narcissist and in his mind, he never makes a mistake. I agree with your concept, but I think it goes deeper.

This is one screwed up human being.

[2naSalit]

7. His mantra: "I'm always right and I never lie."

One of my parents had this kind of illness. You either learn to outsmart them or perish.

[Stuart G]

8. I am sorry you had to go through that experience. I am glad you are still here. .

[2naSalit]

10. Thanks

I share it to let others know it also exists in the lives of the non rich and famous. There are so many who suffered from this sort of thing... but I digress. One of my siblings came up with that during one of our secret conversations about our collective abuse, it sums it up so well. I see the same thing here in the occupant of our WH. Not only the statement but the retaliation for disagreeing.

I know this illness, you just have to resist and keep your sanity while you stand up for yourself in battle.

[leftieNanner]

11. You are very brave Tuna

Thank you for sharing your story.

In the past, my husband had trouble ever being wrong, but we have worked on it over the years. Not the same as your situation, though.

And we are in a battle for the soul and existence of our country.

[Blue_true]

9. If you have ever dealt with intense narcicissts, you would know they NEVER apologize.

Or accept blame.

[2naSalit]

12. Yup...nt

[smirkymonkey]

13. He is a raging narcissist. He has no empathy so he has no capacity to

understand how he might have hurt somebody. There is only him and his feelings. For him to apologize would require an understanding of another person's feelings and worth and he is simply incapable of it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. Narcissists never apologize or admit they are wrong.

My mother was one and in all her 94 years I never heard her say she was sorry for anything. I have known a couple of others and they never apologize for anything either.

The also never admit they were wrong. They just go completely silent and don't say anything at all.

[Captain Stern]

15. I think I know why he doesn't apologize too.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a Psychologist, but I DO play one on the internet. I might not have all the fancy degrees that real Psychologists do, but I have googled numerous articles that support what I believe. Ok...not all that numerous....it was two of them, but they were really long (so, I didn't finish them. I quit reading when they got to the part that I agreed with)

All humor aside (yeah, I know.. what humor?). I think trump doesn't apologize for anything because he looks at every single interaction in his life as a win/lose situation. He doesn't have even the feeblest grasp of the idea of synergy.

In his eyes, apologizing means admitting defeat. It means admitting that you are a loser.