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struggle4progress

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Tue Oct 3, 2017, 10:45 PM Oct 2017

A narcissist's tour de force

y Michael D'Antonio
Updated 7:54 PM ET, Tue October 3, 2017

... A world waited to see if in a crisis, an unscripted Trump would rise to the occasion. He did not.

Upon arriving, Trump sat with a group of government officials and began praising his own administration. Like Snow White's evil stepmother who demanded the mirror remind her that she is "the fairest of them all," he then asked Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón to join in the fawning and flattering.

"I watched the other day," said the TV-addicted President, "and she was saying such nice things about all of the people who have worked so hard. Jenniffer, do you think you can say a little bit of what you said about us today?" He quickly added, "It's not about me," but of course it was ...

... In his world, problems are caused by bad people, especially his personal enemies, and if you don't want him to blame you for causing problems then you had better make it clear that you agree with him ...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/opinions/trump-in-puerto-rico-narcissists-tour-de-force-opinion-dantonio/index.html

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