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WASHINGTON When President Trump grows frustrated with advisers during meetings, which is not an uncommon occurrence, he sits back in his chair, crosses his arms and scowls. Often he erupts. Freaking idiots! he calls his aides. Except he uses a more pungent word than freaking.
For two years, Mr. Trump has waged war against his own government, convinced that people around him are fools. Angry that they resist his wishes, uninterested in the details of their briefings, he becomes especially agitated when they tell him he does not have the power to do what he wants, which makes him suspicious that they are secretly undermining him.
Now, the president who once declared that I alone can fix the system increasingly stands alone in a system that seems as broken as ever. The swirl of recent days a government shutdown, spiraling scandals, tumbling stock markets, abrupt troop withdrawals and the resignation of his alienated defense secretary has left the impression of a presidency at risk of spinning out of control.
[2018 in Review: The Highs and Lows of Trumps Year]
At the midpoint of his term, Mr. Trump has grown more sure of his own judgment and more cut off from anyone elses than at any point since taking office. He spends ever more time in front of a television, often retreating to his residence out of concern that he is being watched too closely. As he sheds advisers at a head-spinning rate, he reaches out to old associates, complaining that few of the people around him were there at the beginning.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/us/politics/trump-two-years.amp.html
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)A sociopath doesnt relate to stress the same way you and I do.
For a sociopath stress is when you are not getting what turns you on, in his case attention. As long as he gets that, he will be healthy.
The sick fuck gains years the more of us he takes money from, the more of us he grifts. Problem is he has NO idea how to take our money, he has to have someone else do it for him
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)as POTUS.
The shock of going from Obama to this pos is immeasurable.