The skin is the largest human organ.
Look up Trump and thin skinned and you will find how many people, including his psychologist cousin Mary Trump, have described his, metaphorically, as extremely thin skinned.
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Trump had to endure a number of abrasions to his thin skin in recent years. He had to sit through the Correspondent’s Dinner where he was roundly roasted by Barack Obama. He also had to sit through the entire E. Jean Carroll trial (but at least he got a useful mug shot photo out of this). And he had to suffer the indignation of the Russia election meddling probe which suggested he needed their help to be the winner he has all of his self-esteem invested in claiming to be.
I think one thing that got to him more than may be obvious is the famous Baby Balloon. (See Wikipedia where the entry about it is part of their series about him.)
I can’t find an estimate of how many mini-versions of the balloon were sold. Let’s say it was a lot and Trump couldn’t have been pleased about this. This is from this TPM 2018 article:
Here’s another:
I have no doubt Trump was well aware of the balloons and, as someone who has had great success marketing himself, he no doubt was cognizant that people were making money mocking him with a decidedly unflattering depiction of him in a diaper.
What is open to speculation is whether this got to him in a deeper way, in a way he wasn’t consciously aware of. Harsh and punitive toilet training is often considered by experts to be detremential to healthy personality development. Here’s a Google search.
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Whether one wants to take a Freudian view or not, it is clear that being depicted as a tantrum throwing baby, not only with large helium filled balloons which make the news, but with smaller balloons at protests (sold for as little as $10 on Amazon) has to get to him at some level.
He fancies himself the master of the insult, so if he see himself being called “Diaper Don” if he’s honest with himself he’d recognize that this is a damn good one. I think it is far better than Shifty Shift, Pocahontas, Ron DeSanctimonious, Kamabla, and even Sleepy Joe (See the entire list here and judge for yourself.) In fact, I think it is one of the best insulting nicknames for any politician since Tricky Dick.
What the country is being subjected to now is this mentally warped leader acting like a anally impaired fixated baby having tantrums unleashing his rage. His target isn’t his parents. It is enemies, whether real people like James Comey, random brown skinned people, women in general, poor people, or unfortunate possible drug smugglers in speed boats.
Addendum:
This is unrelated to this particular Substack, but Sabrina Haake brought it to my attention as worth sharing. I agree:
I have often referenced quotes from Sun Tzu as he does.
