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2016 Postmortem

targetpractice

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9. I have personal experience with a narcissist with dementia...

Reply to Merlot (Reply #8)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 11:45 PM

Dec 2016

They spend time in denial and hunker down and blame everyone else for their failures or misunderstandings... Eventually, they realize after all their bridges have been burnt, relationships destroyed, and they will seek sympathy and forgiveness.

I suspect that Trump knows his shortcomings, but he will use every ounce of his mental energy to conceal them from others and protect his image/brand.

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My theory about why Trump ignores the Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB)... [View all] targetpractice Dec 2016 OP

I posted about the same idea last week...but not in such detail...so I agree. Auntie Bush Dec 2016 #1

I've experienced enough narcissists in my lifetime... targetpractice Dec 2016 #5

I was thinking similar tonight Dem2 Dec 2016 #2

Or that he's not cleared to receive it PCIntern Dec 2016 #3

All good ideas, but maybe it's just onset of dementia. Girard442 Dec 2016 #4

I've thought of the CYA (cover your ass) angle, too... targetpractice Dec 2016 #7

Would he even know or admit (to himself) that he has dementia? Merlot Dec 2016 #8

I have personal experience with a narcissist with dementia... targetpractice Dec 2016 #9

He already said he knows more than any general or politician on how to run this country. Rex Dec 2016 #6

That and plausible deniability n/t OhioBlue Dec 2016 #10

Interesting thoughts. triron Dec 2016 #11

I think he is just fucking lazy when it comes to doing anything other than running his piss flaps. phleshdef Dec 2016 #12

It's hard to disagree with any of those points and I'll take it a step further RonniePudding Dec 2016 #13

that's what I've been thinking... Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #15

I heard that he's such a narcissist, he has absolutely no attention span for anything not about him Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #14

That's what being born rich does to quite a few people -- it magnifies the Nay Dec 2016 #16