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9. Exactly!
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:23 AM
Dec 23

All the way back to his first campaign, that should have been the strategy. When you look at Trump and understand that the narcissism isn't just an undesirable personality trait for him, it rises to the level of a pathology. It is a mental condition, a full blown psychological disorder. He is incapable of not responding to ridicule, it is as necessary for him to respond to it as it is for him to breath.

The Mayo Clinic's description of Narcissistic Personality Disorder:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662

Look through that list of symptoms and tell me Trump isn't the poster child for NPD!!!

When viewed through that lens, the strategy to deal with him becomes obvious. Flattery from within his circle to manipulate him towards positive outcomes and ridiculing him from outside his circle to push him into wasting his time on relatively unimportant things and into making poor decisions and unforced errors on important issues.

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Ridiculing him and showing him as a loser is what we should have always done JI7 Dec 23 #1
Exactly! InstantGratification Dec 23 #9
A combination of ridicule and flattery wnylib Dec 24 #24
Yes lots of people have been saying this since the first time jgmiller Dec 23 #17
Boo hoo, Donwuld. Go complain to President Musk about it. nt Buns_of_Fire Dec 23 #2
Well, it's a strategy but it's also definitely the truth. Scrivener7 Dec 23 #3
Unfortunately it's a few months too late COL Mustard Dec 23 #7
Yeah. The MSM seems to have suddenly awakened to a bunch of facts, just exactly when they can monetize those facts. Scrivener7 Dec 23 #14
We started to do that with the Weird messaging. It seemed like it was working, and then it just stopped. NYC Liberal Dec 23 #19
The "smelly" story also had legs, but we were too refined to use it much. Scrivener7 Dec 25 #29
It is working. Musk is literally stealing the spotlight from *him*. Have noticed in videos and allegorical oracle Dec 24 #28
I have always wondered why.. Cherrycheeks Dec 23 #4
Yes. I have always thought he has "Kompromat" on everyone. yellow dahlia Dec 23 #20
Everyone meaning politicans and media etc.. Cherrycheeks Dec 24 #22
The Reason the Felon (R) is whining about this, is because its true BoRaGard Dec 23 #5
His boss is an African American. His approval rating 41% BOSSHOG Dec 23 #6
They went out of their way to mispronounce Kamala's name 70sEraVet Dec 23 #8
If only we'd found this before the election! Kid Berwyn Dec 23 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 23 #11
Yes, it's a sore spot we can use to keep him irritated. Magoo48 Dec 23 #13
A good strategy for dealing with a narcissist. surfered Dec 23 #12
which one? Maru Kitteh Dec 23 #15
Amp it up even more by asking "it matters what Musk thinks..." regarding gov questions uponit7771 Dec 23 #16
Next time Mr. Trump makes an announcement, wnylib Dec 24 #25
What else are we to think, being that muskrat brought and paid for tRUMP almost totally by himself... SWBTATTReg Dec 23 #18
One man's billion... BobsYourUncle Dec 24 #21
Loser Prince99 Dec 24 #23
Raw Story Cirsium Dec 24 #26
Bookmark to read Cha Dec 24 #27
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