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I think the worst of Trump's personality traits is his cruelty. (Original Post) raccoon Oct 2018 OP
Yes, the mocking of the disabled reporter was a perfect example. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #1
Cruelty is the point! FM123 Oct 2018 #2
He is a sadistic pig. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #3
He straight up likes to hurt people and mock them. forgotmylogin Oct 2018 #4
I think there are so many to chose from. LisaL Oct 2018 #5

FM123

(10,053 posts)
2. Cruelty is the point!
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:59 AM
Oct 2018

"Somewhere on the wide spectrum between adolescent teasing and the smiling white men in the lynching photographs are the Trump supporters whose community is built by rejoicing in the anguish of those they see as unlike them, who have found in their shared cruelty an answer to the loneliness and atomization of modern life."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
3. He is a sadistic pig.
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 10:04 AM
Oct 2018

He is so insecure that whenever he sees anything that is not like him or that opposes who he is, he immediately moves to crush it in any way possible. His ego is so fragile he cannot stand to have him image or his sense of self challenged by anybody. Someday, someone or many someones will deliver the crushing blow and he will shatter like glass.

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