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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI 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?
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)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)His whole life is about rejection and the desperate search for approval and love...
And he has none...
RockRaven
(14,992 posts)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).
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)That would explain a lot.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Trump was born a genuine, 100% Grade A USDA Certified Asshole.
jcgoldie
(11,643 posts)Nothing mysterious about it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)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.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)carry on
at140
(6,110 posts)NotASurfer
(2,153 posts)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)To call his soul empty would mean or suggest there might be something there.
Not.
Lexee
(377 posts)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)Imprinted deep within his DNA.
He rejoices in his ability to inflict damages, injury, hurt, suffering, and pain.
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)No surprise that a family of abusive, cruel narcissists spawned another abusive cruel, narcissist.
Mme. Defarge
(8,041 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)RDANGELO
(3,434 posts)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.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)Arthur_Frain
(1,856 posts)Do you?
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)Be Best!
Farmer-Rick
(10,207 posts)ck4829
(35,090 posts)True_Blue
(3,063 posts)"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)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)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).... 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.
randr
(12,414 posts)is that his mother was an alcoholic.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)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.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)Definitely a narcissist.
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)Birds fly.
Shitheads are shity.
That is all
lunasun
(21,646 posts)He can be a private asshole on his own dime and time not the taxpayers
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
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)my $0.02
safeinOhio
(32,714 posts)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 wont 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 Ill always be here, and then say theyre lying.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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
I've only read the Kindle sample so far; it's new out, so waiting for the price to drop.
rampartc
(5,435 posts)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)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 mamas boy thats why he cant be faithful to his wives.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)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 didnt 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....
randr
(12,414 posts)and he was the proverbial "fat" kid in class.
Ron Green
(9,823 posts)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.