Article 6V529 Trump isn’t a narcissist – he’s a solipsist. And it means a few simple things

Trump isn’t a narcissist – he’s a solipsist. And it means a few simple things

by
John R MacArthur
from US news | The Guardian on (#6V529)

The president delights in being attacked, since it keeps the focus on him. The press should handle him like parents with an ornery child

Two weeks into the Trump administration, I'm still being asked by foreigners about the new president's political vision".

Some of them, especially the French and the British, might be excused for excessive politeness toward a country that in many respects they still envy and admire. But on most of the news programs and podcasts to which I've been invited, I'm still encountering earnest interviewers struggling to understand Trump from a conventional political perspective, no matter how contradictory, irrational, or stupid his statements and actions may be. How can this be and what does it augur?

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