Understanding Trump

** I wrote this back in June 2016. I did not do much with it. It is a draft. Posting for reference for a friend for something else. **

For aspiring writers, I did not do anything with it because I had, unknowingly, sent my draft to a Trumper. Know your audience and don’t listen to people who are not in your audience.

It is interesting to re-read it — I did not anticipate the total capitulation of the GOP — first term.

Also, remember I wrote this when the idea of a Constitutional Crisis was extremely fringe. The entire document seemed a bit extreme at the time and now it looks rather soft.

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Understanding Trump

Background:

This is not going to be another explanation about how Trump is a narcissist, sociopath or psychopath. No diagnosis will be given. Additionally, no judgment will be passed. Some statements may seem harsh but that harshness is a judgment that the reader is assigning to the statements. I am going to explain Trump. What makes him tick (currency and tactics) and what we could expect with Trump as a candidate or President.

My lessons come from experience. I have not met Trump but I have met and dealt with people just like him. It took some painful experiences to learn the lessons and I see people going through the same struggle. I see them making the same mistakes, making the same excuses. This, I hope, will help speed the process of understanding. I understand too that some of what I explain will not be easily accepted because it goes against things that are embedded deeply in most of us but perhaps, after reading this, as you see Trump in action, you will be able to understand that it is so and act accordingly. I understand that it will take time because I too struggled with acceptance.

Before we get started, I will highlight some of his statements and actions that are difficult to understand completely by many or even most people but will make more sense once you understand how Trump views the world:

Examples:

1. “I could shoot someone and not lose any voters.”

2. “I’ll pay your legal bills if you rough them up.”

3. “You know, you’re not gonna support me because I don’t want your money” to a Jewish group (and others).

4. About Putin’s comments about him: “”It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond.”

5. Use of childish nicknames: “Little Marco”, “Lyin’ Ted”, “Crooked Hillary”

6. Targeting groups with open racism, contempt for truth and/or use of stereotypes.

7. Telling a Christian group he had not sought forgiveness.

For me, as with many others, that he does and says these things is appalling. But not only did he do them but, when questioned, he often doubled down on what he said. It was after a number of these incidents and after listening to the conversations of others that I finally recognized what was going on. I saw The Pattern.

The Pattern: Introduction to Currency

The first thing you have to understand about Trump is that power is his currency. We all have currency and we often work with several. Some of us desire love more. Some of us desire acceptance more. Some of us desire safety, control, freedom and so on. Our currency may shift depending on the time and the circumstances. We use these currencies in everyday life. Someone who demands control may match up with someone who wants security. They are willing to give up freedom to someone who demands control as long as that person provides security. These exchanges go on every day and we are often not aware of them.

We also have several “buckets” for different currencies. Someone with a need for control may have a very big control “bucket” they keep trying to fill at the expense of other things. Others may have a bigger freedom “bucket” so their security “bucket” may be smaller. The fact that we tend to have different “buckets” is helpful. We can engage with more and different people and have more opportunities for constructive exchanges.

These exchanges are unwritten and we tend to use them unconsciously. That is how most of us work but Trump and people like him are different. They have one currency only — power. (Others may have a single currency which is not common. Trump’s and people like him use a single currency of power.) Everything they do, every situation they are in, every interaction is viewed from the standpoint of power exchanges and their goal is to always win. Aways. At everything. It is just the way they are. Just as we are often not aware of our currency at different times, he is not aware that there is any other way. It is embedded in how he sees everything and this is the key: the currencies that others use are not in important to him but he uses people’s desires for these other currencies to strip them of their power.

For example, he will provide someone’s need for security by offering them a good job. They will begin to feel comfortable — safe. But he knows that he can and will hold over their head when he feels like it, the fact that he can fire this person at anytime. He gives people safety, security and acceptance in a good paying job (fills those buckets) so that he can take it away from them if he wants to. A person in this situation may give to Trump acceptance, gratitude, loyalty, respect and even love but these mean nothing to him. While the person who got the job feels that they are reciprocating appropriately, Trump is converting these things to his power.

Those in his inner circle are there at his will, for as long as he wants. He makes no secret of it. They all know it. So they are trying to please him. Again, the power currency is flowing his direction and the crazy thing is that they don’t even get the security they sought in the first place — the power flows so strongly to Trump.

This is one of the ways in which we get turned around. We interpret his actions with our constructs and it never occurs to us that someone is playing a completely different game. It is hard because we do this unconsciously — they are part of the social norms and values with which many of us were raised. We reciprocate with the currency we think is appropriate and is what is normally given in these exchanges. In a sense we feel that we have met our unwritten requirements of the exchange. What we have given to Trump (or those like Trump), however, has no meaning to him. He does not care about it/them. He will take what he wants. And everything is viewed in terms of power. Power is the only thing that has value so he takes it and the people involved only realize this too late if they realize it at all.

Tactics:

The example above is just one example of how power can be acquired. Catching people off guard and by surprise is amazingly effective. They are not guarding their power — so he can take it right from underneath them. It is also effective because, in giving him currency, we have created a “relationship” or “social contract” as part of the exchange. We may have come to conclusions about the type of person he is. We may have convinced ourselves that he is not that bad. We are thankful for the well paying job — we do not want to appear unthankful. This makes the shock even greater and more difficult to overcome when he pulls the rug out from underneath us or others — we can not understand what just happened. We may even try to rationalize his horrible behavior and the harm he inflicts on others by blaming his victim in an effort to make ourselves feel, at least temporarily safe again,

That said there are other common ways and tactics that Trump uses to acquire power. This is not an exhaustive list and the items are not mutually exclusive but it should help you get started:

A. Create a victim class:

This serves two purposes for some desiring power.

First ,he demonstrates his power by victimizing others. It both tests and validates his power to himself and others. He is reassured that he can in fact do things that greatly affect others without retribution and demonstrates to others his power (and their relative lack of which gives him even more power).

Second, he can attract supporters. People who do not want to be part of the victim class will be far less likely to challenge power, be much more likely to fall into line and, ultimately, give their power of the victimizer. He has done this with Muslims, Mexicans, and the media and has gained strong support from others. In a sense by siding with him, his supporters feel that they have some power also but this is a great misjudgment. He has given them nothing but by supporting him, his supporters have given him even more power. Power that he can use later against them when/if he chooses to. He has no “bucket” for loyalty. Supporters are tools that he can use to demonstrate his power — either to intimidate others or to disempowered them by publicly humiliating them.

Notice how he has done nothing to really demonstrate his support for specific things which will help his supporters. Prior to this, he has admitted that he participated in some of the things that arguably have hurt this country: manufacturing products other seas, “buying off” politicians, and using the court system for eminent domain (as starters). His support is coming largely from people who feel powerless (so he is filling their power bucket under false pretenses). Unless he has help (handlers and speech writers), he would never be able to explain in detail what he would do to help others because he has no clue what they want/need but it is not a lack of knowledge that is the issue. This question, to Trump, would be impossible to answer because he would have to understand someone else’s situation. He can never step out of himself — and, even if he could, he has no desire to.

Trump regularly attacks the media and the two will always have a unique relationship — even among celebrities and politicians. The media is particularly useful because they have the power also but at the same time they pose a unique threat in the Trump power equation which is why he needs to demonstrate that he is more powerful. It is why he isolates them so he can make fun of them at events.

While other politicians will try to covertly influence the news, Trump is doing it overtly and aggressively. Remember this is about power. If he is not demonstrating his power at the expense of others and in front of an audience he is wasting the opportunity. He needs the audience for the power shift to reach it maximum potential.

Additionally, he may not lose that much — from a power standpoint. When he is bashing the press, he is gaining power. They are unable to respond or retaliate because they are adhere to social norms and professional standards. Later, when/if they print something critical or harsh, he can blow it off like “What do you expect? They hate me” or “I made them look like idiots”. In a sense he neuters the media and still comes out ahead if they print something negative after one of his attacks.

B. Grab attention at all costs:

If he has your attention, he is in control and he has your power. Even if someone is disagreeing with him, his words are getting into the narrative first and he is in the lead. He is directing. This is the essence of the power game. Even if it is bad news, he gains. It is like magic. In this case, good comments and bad comments matter very little to him. In the power game they are winning either way.

This is unique to people like Trump because most people will try to mitigate the bad. This is, however, why he does not care and the concept of doing something wrong does not seem to bother him or resonate in any way with him. To admit he has done something wrong would be to acknowledge that someone has been hurt by his actions and would be to acknowledge they have worth. As someone who is totally consumed by his personal need for power, this makes about as much sense as talking to a dead fish about water. A dead fish has no need for water. Just as there is no circuit in Trump for these emotions. It is not that he doesn’t care — he can’t. He is not wired for it.

(This can be confusing because he may be emotional when he senses a loss for himself personally. Some may misinterpret it as something else but make no mistake about it — it never is and never will be. For example a tragedy may upset him — not for the loss of life or the damage suffered by others — but for the loss of some business opportunity that he was interested in. Even sadness with the loss of a loved one he will focus on more him and the impact it will have on him personally than on the sense of loss of who passed away or the pain that others feel.


C. Breach social norms and Rules:

Another way to “steal” power is by breaching social norms in such a way that those who abide by social norms and standards are hand tied. In these cases, he basically steals their power from them and does so publicly. The public aspect is important because he is much less likely to do this is private. The pay off is not as great — the power that he steals from a person or people when he publicly insults them is much greater and pays greater dividends because he signals to others that they need to fall into place. The person who is targeted may also be more shocked and less inclined to retaliate in front of others. Afterall what is a person going to do? Most people self regulate and would still hold to social norms despite the fact that he has breached them. In private he could get the shit kicked out of him without the huge bump in power.

D. Instability

When you control the chaos, the timing and the chaos and the source of the chaos, you have controlled the situation and everyone in it. He is a disrupter — and he does it most often by breaking social norms, rejecting commonly held values, and even breaking laws. Most of us learned to abide by these rules so we play by them normally and naturally. These rules are what makes the society function. He uses these breeches to shock us and control us. There are no ramifications for these breeches and he will exact a revenge.

Some in the media have noted in a puzzled kind of way how he will stay focused on satisfying a person vendetta or exacting revenge when there are bigger issues in the world going on and when his campaign routinely suffers as a result. This is why. Those other things, outside of him, do not threaten his power the way a person can. He has to make sure that he has made them pay and/or demonstrate to others that he is, in fact, more powerful than the other person.

Additionally, we play by the rules. There is an innate sense of fairness and of respect. We give people the benefit of the doubt. People like Trump see these as weaknesses and these characteristics in people which can be and are to be exploited. They are, however, foundation to help us get along in society and create the stability we need for a healthy society.

The challenge is that they do not see the rule (etc) the way everyone else does. Breaking the rules, flagrantly, is a sign of power — in some cases ultimate power.

(The legal costs associated with breaking or bending the law are the costs of doing business. The laws themselves mean very little to him and breaking/b ending them to get what he wants is a sign of power. That they have the legal muscle to fight it out to effectively win or greatly diminish the consequences again is power.)

E. Inconsistency

A close cousin to inability is inconsistency. His views may seem to change quickly — on a dime — depending on the situation. He will do or say whatever he thinks in the minute because he is playing the power game. As noted above, there is no such thing as bad attention and instability works in his favor.

While many of us look to consistency to establish credibility and trust with others, these buckets don’t exist to Trump. He does not care. By throwing people off balance or appealing to them in the moment, he is shifting power. As a result, policy positions can shift like the wind. He is not a deep thinker — his ideas have no roots. They are what works in the moment. Another moment something else may work better.

To try to follow his train of thought, to try to anticipate what he will do and to try to hold him accountable to promises made is a fool’s errand. Even if you prove to him that he said something and did not follow through, he does not care. You have wasted time and energy — he has just won the power game.

F. Hostage Taking or Mutually Assured Destruction

This approach first came to me when Trump was negotiating with banks in one of his bankruptcies but this seems to be a common tactic and desires special mention. Basically, he pushed the banks to accept pennies on the dollar or he would walk away and they would get nothing. Both Trump and the banks would be harmed greatly. They relented.

Anyway and everyone who joins forces with Trump or ties their success to his is likely going to pay for the decision. For a number of reasons:

1. Trump has leverage.. Leverage means he can grab power and eventually he will.

2. At some point, he will want to demonstrate that he is the most powerful one in the partnership. If someone endorses him, he will want to demonstrate that he did not need the endorsement and will place the endorser in a very uncomfortable position by saying or doing something that conflicts directly and obviously with endorsers values. By joining forces with him, people may be tricked into thinking that they are gaining power but in the end he will publicly humiliate them to the point that they look like powerless pawns and putzes.

Trump was born into a relative position of power so he is amazingly good at this. He often had more resources and could (and would drive) less powerful people into the ground to make his point. Others did not have the cushion so they would have to capitulate or collapse.

Summary of Key Elements:

Trump is looking solely out for himself and his desire for power. The other things and people are not just not important, they do not exist to him except as ways to acquire more power.

Some of the techniques he uses include:

1. Using different currencies. Giving people something they seek and then taking their power — even though they gave him something else.

2. Seeking and keeping attention. There is no such thing as bad attention. If you are in the news, you are in control. (This is his perception. Reality may differ.)

3. Breaking social norms and rules publically.

4. Creating instability by using different currencies and breaking social norms and rules but not always. He will do and say things that are unpredictable so people don’t know what comes next. They can not prepare so many times people will freeze and wait for his next move — giving him their power. They can also react to move first — but a reaction is still a response to him and give him power.

5. Being inconsistent with positions and statements results in instability and attention getting. People go by his words and statements but he does not care and is just saying what he can to get power — to use what works at the time. He will change depending on the situation and really does not care too much or think too deeply about the matters at hand.

6. Hostage taking and mutually assured destruction. You will never truly win if you align with Trump. You are like a battery to him. You are stored power with your proximity to him. He will turn at any time and begin to withdraw that power.

What this means:

With this out of the way, I will explain what that means in tangible terms and demonstrate how this explains Trump’s actions. I am explaining his behavior in the context of what I have seen in others. He seems to match the pattern very well. It took me a long time to figure out and accept what was going on — even though the explanation is simple. Acceptance of the explanation was more difficult.

Again, I am not judging him. It is like saying the car seat is blue. I am not saying it is beautiful or ugly. Others will make up their mind. I am saying that his is what it looks like to me.

When dealing with Trump it is important to remember that he will be working to get power from you always. So there will be a lot of ‘games’ being played. He will be looking to make victims (often public) of people and random stuff may seem to happen (blindsides). He may put you in positions where you are asked to do something wrong or cover for some wrong-doing — implicit is that you will be the next victim if you don’t but when you do, he will have that on you. He will spare no expense to get some back if he feels that he done something to gain power (some say hurt ego but I think power is a better way of explaining more things).

Until you accept these rules, you may have a tendency to give him the benefit of the doubt. As an example you may look at the donations to the veterans groups and attribute that to a philanthropic interest but clearly it is was not and clearly some of the veterans groups knew what this was about also and declined to participate. If you accept reality, you would also see that many of his donations to the veterans organizations occurred only after the Washington Post followed up and discovered that the donations had not been made. They made a number of donations to veterans groups that day that the Washington Post reported their findings and then Trump had a press conference in which he was especially harsh toward the media. While the media could not understand the unusual harshness, it was clear to me. He was furious that they had forced him (taken power from him) to make the donations the way he did. The way he treated them publically was an effort to demonstrate and reestablish his power. While he did not call out the Washington Post significantly, he later revoked their press credentials to his events.

At this point, it may be helpful to look at some of those examples mentioned earlier through this lens of “power” and see if some things make more sense.

1. “I could shoot someone and not lose any voters.”
To someone who is looking for power — what is the ultimate of power? Killing someone. What is even more, he realized that he could break the law (and social norm) and people would still follow up. I am not sure how `many people would even think it but I am guessing far fewer people would say it. That he would think it and say it, as a presidential candidate, is pretty indicative of his thinking and is frightening when because he could be commander and chief.

2. “I’ll pay your legal bills if you rough them up.”
This reflects two attitudes. His incredible lack of compassion for people with whom he disagrees. He is going to “take them down” or support others to reassert his power. Instead of viewing breaking the law as something to be avoided, he views dealing with it as an expense. Something to pay your way out of. Again, going back to murdering someone. Murder is something that is considered unbelievably wrong and offensive — yet to Trump it would represents power. (Again, thinking of him as commander and chief should make you shudder.)

3. “You know, you’re not gonna support me because I don’t want your money” to a Jewish group. This is classic. Along with insulting them with stereotypes, he went on to tell this group that he did not need them. It makes you wonder why he went there after all who goes to a group to say “I don’t need you”.? You do if you want to thumb your nose at them and take their power. How is a group of people going to respond? How can they respond when they are sitting there in shock? Additionally, if after all of that, they still support him, they are going to look very weak and Trump will have gained more power. If they do not and campaign aggressively against him, he will call them names and say that they are retaliating against him and that he did not need them anyway. Either way he has diminished their power. (This is important to note of any organization.)

4. About Putin’s comments about him: “”It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond.”

That Trump could say this about Putin is startling but Putin understands power. Unfortunately Putin may understand far more than Trump — after all he came through the KGB — and Trump, when you understand the simplicity of this thinking and his ability to cause chaos, would be like Putin’s best dream come true. Trumps programming is very simple — once you finally accept that this is the totality of what drives him. Manipulating him would be easy for someone with Putin’s background — and Putin wins in chaos. (The United States, allies and markets in general will lose badly.)

5. Use of childish nicknames: “Little Marco”, “Lyin’ Ted”, “Crooked Hillary”
Many of us were taught to stop using names like this when we were in elementary school. That Trump was obviously never taught that says a bit about how rules have been bent to his will. Additionally, unfortunately, while the use of names like this should reflect poorly on the person doing it, it seems as though the media has let him get away with it so he established even more power — he used demeaning name AND broke social norms.

6. Targeting groups with open racism, concept for truth and/or use of stereotypes.

This goes back to creating a victim group to assert power. If he does not have a group of people to “pick on” how else is he going to demonstrate his power? Again, he created and the group, broke social norms and did not pay a price. More and more power flowed his way as he got more attention from the media and acquired more followers.

7. Telling a Christian group he had not sought forgiveness.

One might struggle to understand how someone could try to sell themselves to Christian groups with his background. No doubt to him, getting evangelical Christians to “buy into him” would be a huge coo as a guy with his record with marriages, affairs, and demonstrated values. In his mind, you would have to be one powerful guy that they are willing to overlook all that to support him. Even better, as soon as they do, he will have the ultimate power as they will be forced into some incredibly uncomfortable situations where they may have to revoke their endorsement or stand by him as he does very un-Christian things.

And, of course, a guy who is interested in only acquiring power for himself would not consider for a second asking forgiveness. That would admit that there is someone more powerful than him. The idea is as real to him as unicorns and mermaids and he would have a far easier time visualizing mermaids and unicorns.

Not surprisingly this picture was in social media. It was a tweet sent out by Falwell with himself, Trump and Playboys in the background. While I am not sure that Trump purposely set this picture up, I am pretty sure that Trump made a number of comments that would make many an evangelical cringe but, alas, not Falwell. He now has been punked and Trump has made a fool of him although Falwell himself may still not realize it.

What we could expect to see in Trump candidacy and Presidency

Looking ahead if where understanding Trump in this way is useful. While psychological terms may be helpful, it is hard for them to be solidly predictable in a way that others can understand. Once you understand how he views the world and interacts within it, some things became clear.

Trump, as a candidate or President, will never really follow the rules or listen to anyone else. If someone does eventually get him to “behave” and to present a better picture of himself to the public, that person will be cast off and destroyed publicly once Trump is elected as might others who helped him. Trump will need to show that he is not dependent on others — that he did it himself. That he and he alone has the power. In other times, Trump would have summarily killed everyone involved to make his point. Luckily, at this point in history, this would be hard for him to do so he will try to destroy them in other ways.

The Republicans have a HUGE problem Trump as Candidate and as President. We have seen some signs of it already — he had claimed he is self funding but shortly after getting the votes he needs has started telling the RNC that they need to support him financially. Remember hostage taking? He has already started it and has not gotten the nomination. He talked about self funding but loaned his campaign the money (and I won’t get into the number of Trump organizations that he probably used as vendors to make this look more like sleight of hand). That said one can be sure that those loans will be paid back to Trump before anyone else moving forward. When the RNC hands him the candidacy, they are completely tied to Trump. Their futures are now one and he will extract everything he can from them. Sometimes when you have a losing hand at poker it is better to fold and move on than double down. Your loses will just become greater.

Additionally, for those who think that he will help further then GOP agenda, I would suggest that they think again. Go over what has just been written and honestly think about it. If the GOP agenda happens to work for Trump, they may be lucky and it may work in those areas.. Depending up on how the nomination works, however, he is just as likely (even more so as a matter of fact) to against the GOP to demonstrate that, although he is Republican, he is more powerful than them, he is not controlled or influenced by them and he will advance policies that contradict their core beliefs. He will also begin to exact revenge on every politician and congressmen who spoke out against him. Again, this would be an effort to establish and demonstrate his power. It has nothing to do with policy and running the country. To think that he, who is a walking contradiction of political ideologies over the years, has suddenly had an awakening that falls into line with the GOP is wishful thinking to the point of sheer fantasy.

We also need to look at the disobedience to laws and rules to see what this would look like in a President. In W. Bush’s time, there was a point where it looked like Bush was going to defy the Supreme Court. It was then clear that we may have an issue with actually enforcing the laws on the President — particularly depending upon the state of Congress. Through Trump’s lens breaking laws is a sign of power and works as a means to acquire more. Now that is particularly frightening when a person is head of the executive branch — the branch designed to execute.

Taking this a step further, let’s look at a common “negotiation” tactic — hostage taking or mutually assured destruction. He did this with banks to get them to accept pennies on the dollar. This is what he uses when people endorse him — they have publicly indicated that they accept and endorse him. He can now make them a victim because to turning against him publicly is not something we are wired to do. He could do this with the national government and even the world.

So…imagine if the president literally goes off the rails and blatantly defies everyone. This is not outside the scope of what is possible with him. He wants to acquire power and does not care about the consequences. He could literally and probably would take this country into a constitutional crisis. While he would have achieved the height of power, being more powerful than the government itself, it would destroy this country — its economy and stability. Our currency has value based on our stability. Markets like stability. Trump is a huge risk. The ability to finance our debt could be called into question. People would call for the dollar to be removed as the central currency — which would have devastating effects.

And here is the deal. Trump is so ego driven that much of this would seem to fall outside of his understanding or concern — until it started to affect him badly but by then it will be too late for everyone AND he will be completely unable to do anything about it. This is a situation that requires people to understand things far beyond a “ME NEEDS POWER” paradigm. His instincts will be first to save himself — but those consequences would likely make the situation worse as more time would be lost on not focusing on the key issues.

Before we get to the constitutional crisis, however, there will be a great deal of Chaos itself which will be damaging. Trump is about doing what Trump wants for himself at that minute. He will threaten leaders and other countries over petty issues — to demonstrate that he is that powerful. He has already threatened the press and he is just a candidate. Imagine what he would do if he had actual power? (And, before you say “the courts will step in”, refer to Constitutional Crisis because this will not stop him and may actually encourage him to show that he is above the Supreme Court and the press.)

Look also at how he is treated those with whom he has disagreed and the level of pettiness he has demonstrated despite being a presidential candidate. It is not unreasonable to think that he would use FBI and other resources to carry out personal vendetta’s against people who disagree with him. We already do not have the best history along these lines. Imagine if a president is not just wholly supportive but pushes the agencies harder to do things that do not mesh with the ideas of democracy and freedom of speech. Imagine now a President that does this, not under cover of darkness as some have, but blatantly and boisterously because violating laws and people’s rights (and squishing people) is a signal of power.

Again, he would see very little wrong with doing any of this — he may say something different because he is coached — but like his new-found Christianity that seems to be talking point only — — his interest in preserving the constitution will follow a similar path.

After the campaign, as president, he will shed both veils quickly. Those who supported him and helped him gain power will now find that he is using that power against them. In fact, the more they demand of him on the campaign trail — the more power he feels he had to give to them to get their support — the stronger and more harsh his penalty will be on them when he gets a chance (and, we have seen signs that he keeps score).

People have commented that anyone who wants to be in politics or president may be a bit “different” but Trump is even more different than that. Trump is unique in that he driven to look out for himself and power is his only currency. Unfortunately he is unique also because he did not grow up and have to learn that skills that others might have to to survive in the world. He grew up rich. He was born with a bigger bat with which to beat people over the head. He never had to develop the skills or the insight needed to understand how to get things to work outside of himself. Others may have at some point realized that there were things that needed to happen “outside the immediate me” that needed to be taken care of to take care of eventually “me”. They may have developed better social skills so that they could win people over to their side and keep them. Although they may have shares some of the same characteristics, they had to learn how to form and sustain alliances that would keep them in power and at the top because they were not born with the money and power that could keep them there alone. Trump does not seem to have any of those skills. He seems to revert to the same skills set he learned as a kid in grade school — complete with the name calling.

I do not know if he has been like this his entire life or if age has worn him down so that this is his true self, but is a self that should never set foot in the White House.

I also know that he is hiring people (again) who will supposedly make him more “presidential”. I am not sure to what extent they will be successful but at this point, the American public and the GOP should have seen enough. If he “handlers” are successful and Trump manages a turn around, everyone should be on notice as to what to expect from him later.

What is on the line is more than a candidate. It is future of a country — the most powerful country in the world with what is considered one of the most stable currencies in the world — so it is also the future of the world. It is time to put party politics aside which a number GOP people to their credit have done. Trump as president is a much greater immediate threat to a future and national security that any other single person and factor.

Trump is a Warning

Trump is running as a Republican but the next Trump could be a Democrat.

If Trump does not win the presidency, this country will have dodged a bullet but to be clear, this needs to be a huge warning for the establishment. People are tired and frustrated.

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