This is good. And entirely of a piece with where we’ve ended up on the show.
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Michael Bang Petersen
Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
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But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
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Trump is irrelevant, he's in place because he can be manipulated due to his abnormal phsycopathy.
Although he still could eat his handler's faces.
He's not bright enough to get where he has by himself.
‘Trump is not a serious man. The mistake everyone makes is to try and take him seriously’
He also said
‘Trump is governing by headline and so he will always need a bigger one the next day’
Take these two things onboard.
And that damage is done. Chump might not value trust in business/trading relationships but almost everyone else does. And it's gone. Hard to win back.
He had his so-called rise in NYC in the late 70s/80s when the mafia was a visble, known entity in NY real estate (plus other areas), followed by his ventures in A.C., where the mob was also very active. He's a wannabe mob boss.
https://www.politico.eu/article/what-were-donald-trump-ties-to-mob-mafia-casino-atlantic-city-real-estate-investigation/
Anyway, this is who Trump is, always has been. Nothing new, but ppl believe what they want.
https://bsky.app/profile/nmwilkinson.bsky.social/post/3lgpiggiqcs2k
They’ve been sounding the alarm on Trump for years.
His entire system is as simple as this:
There was a rich kid who couldn’t play basketball. Every day he showed up in brand-new kicks, but nobody picked him. Not because he was rich—because he couldn’t play.
When he finally got in a game, he called fouls every time he missed and hacked anyone driving past him.
Next week, his dad bought the gym.
Suddenly, he was “captain,” and if you didn’t pass to him, you got banned. He’d stop games mid-play just to lie about how many points he scored.
The kids who once beat him got kicked out. The mean girls who laughed at him were now courtside, pretending they always believed in him.
His only real goal? Revenge. Not the love of the game. Not to get better. Just to rewrite the scoreboard and punish anyone who ever said “nah, we’re good.”