With the House expected to vote to release the files today, and this being given extensive coverage in the media, Trump can’t be thrilled to have the public reminded of their friendship. If he was a “Laurel and Hardy” fan he might be saying “well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into, Jeffrey.”
Donald Trump is not your usual human being. Yes, he is human, though he fancies himself to be superhuman.
Nobody is superhuman. The notion that anyone is superhuman comes from comic books and Marvel movies.
We know Trump wants people to think he’s a real life embodiment of a comic book or movie superhuman. Why else did he sell electonic cards - aside form the grift - depicting himself the way he did? I’ll spare you posting any of the images.
What Trump is may not be superhuman, but he is extraordinary in another way. He does not experience healthy human emotions like sadness, fear and anxiety. Of course you see where I am going with this.
Under certain situations a psychologically healthy person will experience the feelings associated with frustration. I don’t need to elaborate on what the experience of being frustrated feels like.
With someone like Trump, who on the self-awareness spectrum (there is such a thing - here’s an article) has about as close to no self-awareness as possible
Consider this excerpt from the article:
Self-awareness can be seen as an understanding of oneself on a nuanced continuum with distinct stages: Unconscious Awareness, Conscious Awareness, Reflective Awareness, Transformative Awareness, and Transcendent Awareness. You can read about these here.
Of course Trump experiences emotions. He often feels anger, sometime at the level which could reasonably be called rage. He may feel this when he’s frustrated but instead of reacting by looking inward he looks utward and blames others.
Trump feels joy when he triumphs in an endeavor and when he inflicts pain on his enemies.
This is not what a psychologically and an emotionally well-balanced person feels.
When we see a someone write or say that Trump is increasingly frustrated over the content of some Epstein emails being made public I can accept that in a limited way the use of the term is appropriate. But far more than frustration, I think it just pissses him off that he wasn’t able to control Congress and keep people clamoring unsuccessfully for their release. Trump really feels healthy frustration. His forte, as he sees it, is making other people feel frustrated.
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