{"id":132651,"date":"2017-01-26T08:05:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/26\/narcissism-r-us.html"},"modified":"2017-01-26T08:05:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T15:05:09","slug":"narcissism-r-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/26\/narcissism-r-us.html","title":{"rendered":"Narcissism 'R' Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holy moly, this is … amazing. If not pathological. If you can believe the words out of the man's own mouth (right there on video), Donald Trump is obsessed with being seen as the biggest, best, brightest, most-loved, most-popular president ever. And not in a healthy way. Whether it's if people liked a speech, people attended his inauguration, or people voted for him, he is bound and determined to be recognized as the most beloved person in the room. No applause is too big to exaggerate, no slight too small to let slide.<\/p>\n

One expects a certain degree of ego or narcissism (or, in the background, insecurity) on the part of anyone who would run for political office, let alone President. If there is a place where Donald Trump is a true front-runner in the pack, it is in those qualities.<\/p>\n

This is not normal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nIn his first major TV interview as president, Trump is endlessly obsessed with his popularity<\/a><\/span>
\nThe lengthy interview revealed a man fixated on his following and eager to provide evidence of his likability, even if that information doesn’t match reality.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Holy moly, this is … amazing. If not pathological. If you can believe the words out of the man's own mouth (right there on video), Donald Trump is obsessed with being seen as the biggest, best, brightest, most-loved, most-popular president ever. And not in a healthy way. 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