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DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 12:35 AM Dec 2019

I Have A Theory On Why Trump Is So Evil / Mean / Cruel

I will bet as a child Donald was so stupid that people picked on him relentlessly and made fun of him. We all know he can't stand being laughed at. Since his daddy was rich and powerful, Trump was able to fight back by doing evil things to the mean kids and get away with it. Being picked on and made fun of because your are dumb as dog poop would be hard to take. My guess is Trump didn't take it too well.

I haven't read this anywhere. It is my own diagnosis.

What do you think?

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I Have A Theory On Why Trump Is So Evil / Mean / Cruel (Original Post) DanieRains Dec 2019 OP
Simply put, I think he's a narcissist, racist and wasn't loved by his father. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #1
I have no doubt he's a narcissist Rorey Dec 2019 #32
Probably not loved by his mother either Pachamama Dec 2019 #38
Why even wait until he's old enough to interact with other kids? It could have happened earlier... RockRaven Dec 2019 #2
From what little I've read about his father, he was disapproving and abusive. Laffy Kat Dec 2019 #3
I have a simpler theory COLGATE4 Dec 2019 #4
yeah thats my theory jcgoldie Dec 2019 #10
Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #13
I agree with the above poster... uriel1972 Dec 2019 #22
Your theory is more plausible than any other....eom at140 Dec 2019 #28
If other older children called him "Donnie Dump" the only thing he learned NotASurfer Dec 2019 #5
Live To Hurt Others DanieRains Dec 2019 #16
He had a grandfather that sold women and girls, a father participating in KKK. Lexee Dec 2019 #6
Evil, Mean, Cruel, Racist, Vindictive, Power Hungry, Gluttonous Behavior.... magicarpet Dec 2019 #30
The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree. BuffaloJackalope Dec 2019 #42
He definitely had cooties. Mme. Defarge Dec 2019 #7
That's what I think too! 2naSalit Dec 2019 #17
It could be his childhood, or it could just be in his DNA. RDANGELO Dec 2019 #8
I think this is a waste of time. virgogal Dec 2019 #9
I don't care. Arthur_Frain Dec 2019 #18
Now, now... uriel1972 Dec 2019 #21
Love it. Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #26
Relax, this site doesn't have a post budget ck4829 Dec 2019 #25
Fred Trump raised his kids to be "killers" True_Blue Dec 2019 #11
Huh, so why did he get so many deferments from the war? Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #29
I read somewhere Kitchari Dec 2019 #12
Fetus Donnie probably had a shit fit in the womb,... magicarpet Dec 2019 #33
I suspect the family secret randr Dec 2019 #37
Trump is a life-long arrogant spoiled brat and narcissistic psychopath. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #14
Good assessment Rorey Dec 2019 #34
Fish swim. KentuckyWoman Dec 2019 #15
Don't care why or how. But he just needs to get out of the people's house lunasun Dec 2019 #19
Noooo, I think being a psychopath is the basis... uriel1972 Dec 2019 #20
Like тя☭мρ, I was sent away to military school in the 60s. safeinOhio Dec 2019 #23
:) I think I read what professionals are reporting. Hortensis Dec 2019 #24
i don't think rich kids get sent away to military academy unless rampartc Dec 2019 #27
I don't think his mother liked him kimbutgar Dec 2019 #31
Here is an article on what he was like as a child. A confident. Incorrigible bully: CentralMass Dec 2019 #35
Summary of a Psychopath: Pachamama Dec 2019 #40
+1 CentralMass Dec 2019 #41
Fetal alcohol syndrome randr Dec 2019 #36
Cruelty became the requirement. Ron Green Dec 2019 #39

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
32. I have no doubt he's a narcissist
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:26 PM
Dec 2019

His father was probably a narcissist too, and 45 was never able to gain his approval.

I don't believe that 45 has the ability to actually love anyone. He can possess, but he can't love.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
38. Probably not loved by his mother either
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 02:29 PM
Dec 2019

His whole life is about rejection and the desperate search for approval and “love”...

And he has none...

RockRaven

(14,992 posts)
2. Why even wait until he's old enough to interact with other kids? It could have happened earlier...
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 12:39 AM
Dec 2019

His daddy was abusive to him (and everyone else).

So he abuses EVERYONE in his life. Which now, as POTUS, includes every human on earth (and those in flight/orbit and undersea/ground too).

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. Thank YOU!
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:24 AM
Dec 2019

I honestly believe he was just born bad. He has been an asshole since day one. His parents might have made thing worse, but the evil has been in him from the start.

NotASurfer

(2,153 posts)
5. If other older children called him "Donnie Dump" the only thing he learned
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 12:53 AM
Dec 2019

was that hurting other people gave you a feeling of power.

And now, he hates going to sleep at night because there are so many ways at his disposal to inflict suffering and misery on human beings.

 

DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
16. Live To Hurt Others
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 02:48 AM
Dec 2019

To call his soul empty would mean or suggest there might be something there.

Not.

 

Lexee

(377 posts)
6. He had a grandfather that sold women and girls, a father participating in KKK.
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 12:54 AM
Dec 2019

He is Evil/Mean/Cruel because that is what he lived with and the example he was given. I imagine he was as full of himself young and quite the bully.

magicarpet

(14,167 posts)
30. Evil, Mean, Cruel, Racist, Vindictive, Power Hungry, Gluttonous Behavior....
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:07 PM
Dec 2019

Imprinted deep within his DNA.

He rejoices in his ability to inflict damages, injury, hurt, suffering, and pain.

 

BuffaloJackalope

(818 posts)
42. The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 03:44 PM
Dec 2019

No surprise that a family of abusive, cruel narcissists spawned another abusive cruel, narcissist.

RDANGELO

(3,434 posts)
8. It could be his childhood, or it could just be in his DNA.
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:09 AM
Dec 2019

Either way he is not going to change. That is one thing you can count on - he going to continue to be an asshole because he has no self awareness.

True_Blue

(3,063 posts)
11. Fred Trump raised his kids to be "killers"
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:20 AM
Dec 2019

"Be a killer, be a king: The education of Donald Trump"

"From early childhood, Hurt wrote, Fred used to tell his boys “you are a killer … you are a king … you are a killer … you are a king…” As a result, he wrote, Donald came to believe that “he cannot be one without the other. As his father has pointed out over and over again, most people are weaklings. Only the strong survive. You have to be a killer if you want to be a king.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/killer-king-education-donald-trump-000000711.html

Farmer-Rick

(10,207 posts)
29. Huh, so why did he get so many deferments from the war?
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:05 PM
Dec 2019

I joined the Navy, but a year later my draft number came up.

So he had a good chance of going to the Vietnam war to .....kill.

Kitchari

(2,168 posts)
12. I read somewhere
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:21 AM
Dec 2019

That his mother was hospitalized several times for hemorrhaging after Donald's birth. He was probably traumatized as an infant by her absence.

magicarpet

(14,167 posts)
33. Fetus Donnie probably had a shit fit in the womb,...
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:26 PM
Dec 2019

.... and tore and scratched his way to the exterior eager to commence his career of plunder and pilfering.

Trashing his mother's innards to bloody shreds where reconstructive surgery was required to stop the internal hemorrhaging and bleeding of the birth canal.

She likely regretted that squirt on seminal fluids did not end up on the bed sheets or better yet in the toilet and flushed down the sewer drains.

That poor woman,... it seems she realized she birthed a vindictive gluttonous viper monster of unimaginable consequences - upon her family - and then later the whole of society.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
14. Trump is a life-long arrogant spoiled brat and narcissistic psychopath.
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:26 AM
Dec 2019

It's just that simple............

When we add his adult business and personal history as icing on that rotten cake, we have the exact opposite of what it takes to make a good American president.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
19. Don't care why or how. But he just needs to get out of the people's house
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 04:21 AM
Dec 2019

He can be a private asshole on his own dime and time not the taxpayer’s
I thought I read he was mean as a kid and got sent off to military school to shape him up - an obvious fail if true

safeinOhio

(32,714 posts)
23. Like тя☭мρ, I was sent away to military school in the 60s.
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 06:05 AM
Dec 2019

I knew a lot of kids that were dumped there by parents and wondered about abandonment issue latter in life for them. I remember other cadets that remind me of him.



From Healthline dot com

People with abandonment fears exhibit many of the same behaviors, though some may be more prominent than others. These symptoms include:

Cycling through relationships. Some may engage in numerous shallow relationships. They may fear intimacy and find a reason to leave a relationship before the other person can.

Sabotaging relationships. Some may act irrationally to get out of relationships. For example, you may knowingly push away a partner so you won’t feel hurt if they leave.

Clinging to unhealthy relationships. Some people with abandonment issues may stay in relationships despite a desire to leave. The fear or being alone is more powerful.

Needing constant reassurance. Some may constantly seek out a friend or partner and demand emotional guarantees. They may regularly urge friends or partners to make broad statements, such as “I’ll always be here,” and then say they’re lying.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
24. :) I think I read what professionals are reporting.
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 06:11 AM
Dec 2019

And that's only a start. Why not begin by finding out what psychiatrists believe? They all started with 8 years of medical school and residency, then continued their education on the job and with continuing education, for years. We can't begin to know what they do.

Btw, a new book about this is out, Dangerous Charisma: The Political Psychology of Donald Trump and His Followers, by

Jerrold M. Post, M.D., is considered the founding father of political personality profiling, having served a 21-year career with the CIA as the founding director of the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior. Following his CIA career, he became Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs at George Washington University. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale College and received his M.D. from the Yale University School of Medicine. He received postgraduate training in psychiatry from Harvard Medical School and the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Post is the author of fourteen books in the field of political psychology, most recently Narcissism and Politics: Dreams of Glory from Cambridge University Press.


I've only read the Kindle sample so far; it's new out, so waiting for the price to drop.

rampartc

(5,435 posts)
27. i don't think rich kids get sent away to military academy unless
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:03 PM
Dec 2019

no prep school will take them . fred sent his little darling to new York military academy in order to learn discipline. it obviously did not work.

kimbutgar

(21,185 posts)
31. I don't think his mother liked him
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 01:20 PM
Dec 2019

He comes off as a not cherished child. He has no love to give because he never got much growing up. I read when he came home from boarding school in the summers his mother would take off for Scotland. He was not a mama’s boy that’s why he can’t be faithful to his wives.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
40. Summary of a Psychopath:
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 02:53 PM
Dec 2019

1) In grade school pulled girls hair and shot spitballs

2) as a young boy was caught throwing rocks at a neighbor child in a playpen using the child and playpen for target practice

3) Reputation for saying whatever came into his head and doubling down even when caught lying

4) In his memoir, “The Art of the Deal,” Trump wrote that his main focus as a youngster was “creating mischief.” As a second-grader, he wrote, he “actually” gave his music teacher a black eye because “I didn’t think he knew anything about music, and I almost got expelled.” (The teacher claims this never happened).

5) In high school at the military academy was stopped as he tried to throw a fellow cadet out of a second story window



No surprises here on how he turned out....

Ron Green

(9,823 posts)
39. Cruelty became the requirement.
Sun Dec 8, 2019, 02:36 PM
Dec 2019

A vulgar, anti-intellectual “strongman” is exactly what was called for as the U.S. arrived at the flowering of late-stage Capitalism and Neoliberalism.

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