Okay! A very interesting take on the man. I've wondered about him ever since he appeared on the political scene. His repulsive features tend to attract most attention ... an analysis of his personality, not so much.
In fact, why people act as they do, especially when they are exceptional people, is a very interesting topic ... but not one that's really subject to some sort of scientific analysis.
We can theorize, but we cannot have testable theories, ones that could be disproved by finding some disconfirming evidence. (I suppose some very simple theories could be tested, e.g. "Anyone who lost their mother before the age of two and was raised by their father, will behave in such-and-such a way." But probably all such simple theories are easily refuted and don't see the light of day.
Analyses of great world political/military leaders, great scientists/great writers -- these are common. Almost anyone who writes a biography of Cromwell, Napoleon, Lincoln, Lenin, Mao, Hitler, FDR, JFK ... wil try to explain some of their personal characteristics by reference to their childhood.
No doubt the CIA has a thick file trying to explain Mr Putin and Mr Xi.
But it's an art, not a science. The analysis above is as good as any and probably better than most -- assuming anyone has tried to explain Mr Trump's behavior before, his unwillingness to be absorbed into the political class, to court the approval of the liberal intelligentsia.
We should also consider the social/historical context. Ronald Reagan didn't care much about what liberals thought of him ... but when he was President, it was 'morning in America'. The country faced challenges, but it was not rotting from within. Those challenges were outside, namely, the USSR.
Trump probably senses, at some level, that the real enemy now -- the mortal enemy, the implacable foe -- is within.
Okay! A very interesting take on the man. I've wondered about him ever since he appeared on the political scene. His repulsive features tend to attract most attention ... an analysis of his personality, not so much.
In fact, why people act as they do, especially when they are exceptional people, is a very interesting topic ... but not one that's really subject to some sort of scientific analysis.
We can theorize, but we cannot have testable theories, ones that could be disproved by finding some disconfirming evidence. (I suppose some very simple theories could be tested, e.g. "Anyone who lost their mother before the age of two and was raised by their father, will behave in such-and-such a way." But probably all such simple theories are easily refuted and don't see the light of day.
Analyses of great world political/military leaders, great scientists/great writers -- these are common. Almost anyone who writes a biography of Cromwell, Napoleon, Lincoln, Lenin, Mao, Hitler, FDR, JFK ... wil try to explain some of their personal characteristics by reference to their childhood.
No doubt the CIA has a thick file trying to explain Mr Putin and Mr Xi.
But it's an art, not a science. The analysis above is as good as any and probably better than most -- assuming anyone has tried to explain Mr Trump's behavior before, his unwillingness to be absorbed into the political class, to court the approval of the liberal intelligentsia.
We should also consider the social/historical context. Ronald Reagan didn't care much about what liberals thought of him ... but when he was President, it was 'morning in America'. The country faced challenges, but it was not rotting from within. Those challenges were outside, namely, the USSR.
Trump probably senses, at some level, that the real enemy now -- the mortal enemy, the implacable foe -- is within.