Comments by "" (@DavidJ222) on "Trump rails against verdict in grievance-filled speech" video.

  1. As White House counsel under Nixon from 1970 to 1973, John Dean was a key figure in the Watergate saga—participating in, and then helping to expose, the most iconic political scandal in modern U.S. history. “The American presidency has never been at the whims of an authoritarian personality like Donald Trump. He is going to test our democracy as it has never been tested.” --John Dean He was not only convinced that Trump will be worse than Nixon in virtually every way—he thought Trump would probably get away with it. “I don’t think Richard Nixon even comes close to the level of corruption we already know about Trump.” --John Dean “I used to have one-on-one conversations with Nixon where I’d see him checking his more authoritarian tendencies,” Dean recalled. “He’d say, ‘This is something I can’t say out loud...’ or, ‘That is something the president can’t do.’” To Dean, these moments suggested a functioning sense of shame in Nixon, something he was forced to wrestle with in his quest for power. Trump, by contrast, appears to Dean, unmolested by any such struggle." --John Dean
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  2. "I have a chapter in the book on malignant narcissism as a characteristic of destructive ccult leaders. These are people who have a deep need for grandiosity, to be the center of attention, who need to control others, and who lack empathy and lie without hesitation. These are psychological traits perfectly attuned to manipulation and projection." "But the malignant part is about sociopathic tendencies. Almost every ccult leader thinks he’s above the law, which is why he’s allowed to persecute and harass or harm anyone he wants. When someone really believes this, they can rationalize all kinds of destructive behavior." --Steven Hassan, The CCult of Trump.
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