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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Trump would gladly burn his own mother alive to benefit himself and look like a "winner". Fucking loser, dude is a fucking loser. He has a loser syndrome. He must've gone through a lot of shit as a child.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

By a lot of shit you mean a hoard of domestic employees that he definitely thought of as his slaves then yeah he went through a lot. He's never been meaningfully told, "no you can't have your way" by anyone

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm thinking he was abused as a child or something. Dude is not normal.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I thought with Trump his Dad schooled him to behave the way he did, always pitting the sons against each other, never accept a loss etc. It'd be easier to pity him under that view if he wasn't trying to wreck the world.

Oh and him not realizing this even being an old man at this point. At some point people need to learn some self reflection but when you have access to as much money as Trump (not as much as he claims) there's not much reason to.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Being served all the time is a form of child abuse in my books.

Spoiled kids are abused kids who often become abusers.

Spoiled means less likely to be a healthy adult.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Sounds about right.

[–] Hegar@kbin.social 21 points 6 months ago

The best description I heard was that he was a man born with the greatest privilege of all - to have never once been disturbed by the stirring of a conscience.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I read Mary Trump’s book, and yeah Fred Christ did a number on every one of the kids, and the wife. So definitely damaged, but not that far away from a lot of other people.

I think you have to add that, 70 years, cocaine and adderall, and dementia to get the grotesque Antichrist who’s taken over the GQP.

It’s just so sad to watch the corporate news pantomime all these stories like he’s even remotely ‘normal’.