Guardian: Trump is not narcissistic, but an extreme self -centered

According to RCO News Agency, John R. McArtor, the head and publisher of the Harper Magazine, writes in an article for the British newspaper The Guardian: The center keeps attention. The media must also treat him like parents who deal with stubborn childhood.

Two weeks have passed since the start of the Trump administration, and I am still questioning foreigners about the “political perspective” of the new president. Some of them, especially the French and the British, may be justified because of the excessive politeness of a country that still jealous and admired in many ways.

But in most of the News programs and podcasts that I have been invited, I continue to face serious interviewees trying to understand Trump from a traditional political perspective, regardless of how contradictory, irrational, or stupid. How is this possible and what is the consequence?

Research psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton once explained to me that Trump is a self -centered that differs from the narcissism that is often attributed to him.

A narcissistic, though deeply fascinated by himself, seeks to endorse others and sometimes try to deceive his desires, and I think about the French president, Emmanuel Macron. But for Trump, which is a self -centered, it is the only point of its own reference. Therefore, it does not even try to pretend to be interested in others, because it really can’t see them from its self -centered place.

Trump’s lack of connection with the outside world is quite obvious; His treatment of “others” from his family to his surroundings, his political rivals, the victims of the Los Angeles fires or the refugees of Gaza – not only reflects the lack of empathy, but also represents his emotional blindness.

Otherwise how can he explain that he publicly jokes about her daughter, Ivanka? And how can he justify that in his inauguration speech, he insulted Joe Biden, the former President, while Biden was sitting shortly after him? Trump’s self -centered personality was fully revealed at the congressional gathering hall on January 5.

Trump, after ridiculously said that the houses in Los Angeles “are” burnt “without even a sign of defense”, then the US president appears to go to philosophy, and then improvised, “Some of the richest and most powerful people. Our country is no longer a home. “

I think this reaction was better than his reaction to the year of the year at the Trump Tower, in which one of the inhabitants of the building named Todd Bracener died. At that time, Trump wrote on Twitter in response to the developments: “Trump’s tower fire was extinguished. It was very limited (a solid building built). The firefighters (men and women) did a great job. Thank you!”

He did not say any condolences to the deceased and did not sympathize with his family. This is also interesting. This does not mean that Trump’s policies are not a sign of worrying political tendencies to be challenged. But this ignores Trump’s main point, though he may be malicious. He enjoys being attacked because he keeps him in the center of the scene. What is better for a self -centeredness to be criticized throughout the limited American ideological spectrum?

In an editorial, the New York Times condemned Trump’s first executive power and described it as “beyond legal authority”. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal mocked Trump’s “commercial war” and described it as “one of the most stupid wars in history.” Trump has now changed the scenario by “stopping” tariffs, but has stimulated the Wall Street Journal to pay much attention to him. Federal judges have clearly blocked the Trump constitution, but the New York Times was still concerned about his threats to the constitution.

Trump’s baseless words cannot be ignored, but as parents treat a stubborn child, editors, journalists, and columnists must balance reprimands and screams with self -restraint, peace and even disregard. Humor, irony and ridicule can be useful tools, though as we learned from Obama’s famous comic speech on Trump in Year 2, these methods can even encourage the goal to be nominated for the presidency. To address Trump, like children’s upbringing, is an art, not a science.

Of course, none of Trump’s tariffs or anti -immigration orders will return factories from Mexico (as cheap labor and investment support in our current business agreement with Mexico and Canada are too attractive to a logical businessman. These measures will also not rapidly increase the wages of working class citizens, as the shortage of labor through the expulsion of immigrants will take much time to affect the scale of salaries, compared to the Congress wants to increase the federal minimum wage or immigrants. Illegally legalize.

Also, Trump’s tariff threats and military fibers on the border may also have the opposite result, causing Fentanyl production to be transferred from the south of the border (Mexico) into the United States. However, it is rational that Trump does not care about whether his policies help the ordinary people who voted for him, and that Trump’s opponents must be angry with his supporters, when they conclude that their hero has deceived them. We’re afraid. The strong reaction will be more likely to be liberals than Trump, who easily retreats to the Maralago Mansion in Florida and continues to cheat on the golf.

Although I am more likely to ridicule Trump’s audio and video show than fear, I do not intend to underestimate his intense care. “There is always side damage when one starts a war.”

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