"It’s all about Trump’s self-aggrandizing delusions. And it will accomplish nothing except to make America look even less trustworthy and weaker than it did before."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #narcissism #violence #madman #RealityTV
/17
"Trump’s self-image as the ultimate dealmaker explains why he was so ready to believe, falsely, that he controlled Venezuela. It also explains his insistence that by, as he imagined, seizing Venezuela, he had gained a valuable prize in the form of its oil. ...
It’s important to understand that the confrontation with Venezuela has nothing to do with the national interest."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #narcissism #violence #madman #RealityTV
/16
"Trump’s self-image as the ultimate dealmaker explains why he was so ready to believe, falsely, that he controlled Venezuela. It also explains his insistence that by, as he imagined, seizing Venezuela, he had gained a valuable prize in the form of its oil. ...
It’s important to understand that the confrontation with Venezuela has nothing to do with the national interest."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #narcissism #violence #madman #RealityTV
/16
"It’s all about Trump’s self-aggrandizing delusions. And it will accomplish nothing except to make America look even less trustworthy and weaker than it did before."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #narcissism #violence #madman #RealityTV
/17
"Trump’s self-image as the ultimate dealmaker explains why he was so ready to believe, falsely, that he controlled Venezuela. It also explains his insistence that by, as he imagined, seizing Venezuela, he had gained a valuable prize in the form of its oil. ...
It’s important to understand that the confrontation with Venezuela has nothing to do with the national interest."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #narcissism #violence #madman #RealityTV
/16
"This is what happens when you are the obedient servant of a malignant narcissist, determined to please this felonious, failed businessman who’s easily bored by strategic planning and driven by whim, vengeance and a bottomless desire for money, power and attention."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #narcissism #violence #madman
/14
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-what-happens-when-america
"Washington Post reports that Trump turned on Machado because she committed the 'ultimate sin' of accepting her genuine Nobel prize.
Anyway, the core of Trump’s fantasy involves imagining that he really is the character he played on The Apprentice, a master of the Art of the Deal."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #narcissism #violence #madman #RealityTV
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