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Podcast Episode 78 Trump gave me cause to make this pithy observation in a blog post on December 22, 2020: “None of Trump’s children (think Ivanka) or children-in-law (think Jared) can have any real love or respect for him.’ Ivanka vindicated my observation with her testimony this week before the House committee investigating the Jan.… Listen.
I am pooped. What’s more, I risk permanent damage to my already failing eyesight if I watch another event. Never mind the irony that my addictive interest in watching healthy people compete is making me unhealthy. Frankly, I deserve a gold medal — not just for watching so many events but for writing so many… Read more.
The psychopathology afoot here is called projection. It is defined by people attributing to others traits, faults, and blame that inhere in themselves. And it explains almost every insult Trump has hurled at his opponents throughout this presidential campaign. So when you hear him calling other people crooked, insecure, weak, beholden to special interests, liars, etc., be… Read more.
[President Trump is a] man who barks out bile in 140 characters, who wastes his precious days as President at war with the West’s institutions — like the judiciary, independent government agencies and the free press. He was an uneasy, awkward figure at this gathering and you got the strong sense some other leaders were… Read more.
Presidential daughter Ivanka Trump said Wednesday she will take a formal White House position without pay but will be subjected to federal ethics rules. Her official title will be assistant to the president; her husband, Jared Kushner, has the title of senior adviser, and also does not get paid. (USA Today, March 29, 2017) First, President Trump… Read more.
Donald Trump spent most of his post-election transition making corporate America fear that a simple tweet from him could cost any corporation billions if it failed to do as he decreed. Even worse, corporations like Carrier and Ford began kissing his … brass ring – as if they were Catholic bishops and he, the pope.… Read more.
I was in the vanguard of those who despaired at the willingness of so many Americans to swallow the big lies (e.g., about tax returns) and outrageous pledges (e.g., about banning Muslims) that characterized Trump’s presidential campaign. Not least because I began sounding alarms in this respect years before he even declared his candidacy —… Read more.
