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THIS! (Original Post) kpete Jan 2017 OP
Or they should all walk out......n/t HAB911 Jan 2017 #1
That is what Trump wants... Else You Are Mad Jan 2017 #2
Divide and conquer Phoenix61 Jan 2017 #3

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
2. That is what Trump wants...
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 04:28 PM
Jan 2017

So, he can have press conferences in front of only Fox, Brietbart, etc. so he can have a friendly crowd asking him pre-vetted questions after he kicks out all the other press asking "hard questions."

Phoenix61

(16,999 posts)
3. Divide and conquer
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 05:19 PM
Jan 2017

Trump's one and only strategy, which is good. It's an easy strategy to counteract especially when his fall back position is a temper tantrum that would make a two year old proud. People need to stop treating him like an adult. The adult-to-adult interaction rules will never work with him because he is not an adult. People with personality disorders never are. It is part of the disorder. Simply put, they get stuck at an earlier stage of development. Trump's behavior is typical of most teenagers: narcissistic, moody, all or nothing thinking, given to lying to avoid punishment, over concern with peer group, difficulty with self-regulation and an amazing capacity to be completely oblivious to the outcome of his actions. If you want to know what he will do, ask your teenage kid what he would do if he was in the same situation. In the mean time, we need to deal with Trump the same way you deal with a teenager, calmly, rationally and with the confidence that we, the adults, really are in charge.

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