Great opinion piece in NYT: "Donald Trump Is Starving"

[Pluvious]

The writer is quite the wordsmith...

According to an article in The Times by Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman, he has taken to announcing the states he plans to visit before the actual venues and dates have been arranged. In his head he can probably already hear that magic MAGA applause. It’s stuck there like the chorus of a Top 40 song, but he wants it performed live, in an arena as mammoth as his neediness.

The substitute for that applause? Deference. He demands it every bit as much as he ever did and arguably grows more furious than before when he’s denied it. That’s where the personal and political narratives intersect. His demonization of Liz Cheney for crossing him, his denunciation of Paul Ryan for dissing him and his savaging of any Republican who challenges the Big Lie reflect a ruinous petulance that is bound to wax, not wane, as his exile grinds on. As Jennifer Senior wrote in a column in The Times in January about repudiated narcissists, they “lurch between the role of victim and tormentor,” “howl on and on about betrayal” and “lash out with a mighty vindictiveness.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/opinion/sunday/donald-trump.html

[CrispyQ]

1. Attention is his #1 addiction. More even, I think, than money & power.

Everyday he becomes more irrelevant. I'll bet he's miserable. Good. Twitter should have shut him down years ago.

[Stuart G]

3. Well said...As he becomes .."more irrelevant"...Trump will become "more miserable."

What if he is charged with a crime by NY Atty General? Will he still get speaking engagements?...What if convicted,
but no jail time?..Then what?...My guess is that he will fade into the woodwork, and he will hate that. I guess he
could be a ...Fox News analyst...maybe? ...Maybe not?

[Marthe48]

7. even attention for bad behavior is attention

I don't think people like traitor care.

[empedocles]

2. TY

[smb]

4. "Donald Trump Is Starving"

That's not a healthy way of slimming down to your 239-pound target, Donald.

[Grasswire2]

5. "narcissistic collapse"

When the narcissist begins to realize that the way he has presented himself is no longer valid, and he loses the adoration he once could compel.... all hell breaks loose.

It's a real thing. Google it. Narcissistic collapse.

[Blue Owl]

6. I hope the vultures start circling soon...

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Gaskets are a potential weak point in any system n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. I read that as "Caskets". Bad eyes, or wishful thinking. nt

[Johnny2X2X]

9. No rallies yet

I know some had been planned. I think he’s afraid they’ll flop.

[Grokenstein]

10. That's a valid fear.

Twittershitters may be out in force, but moscowbots and basement dwellers don't translate into feet in the street.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Not Him. His People

Those working in close contact likely dread the outcome if one of these Klan gatherings expects 15,000 then gets 2k.
He'd never anticipate a flop. He still thinks everybody but a few liberals love him.

[rurallib]

11. Wherever he has rallies planned, the cities better get money up front or deny

him a permit.