A sickening fetish for cruelty

[struggle4progress]

Christian Schneider, Opinion columnist
Published 3:06 p.m. ET Aug. 5, 2017

... Trump clearly is a sadist who enjoys humiliating his opponents after he has already won.

Simply ask the third participant in the November dinner, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. After months of harming his own reputation defending Trump's indefensible actions, Priebus was not only pushed out, but done so in the most embarrassing way possible. As if to emphasize Priebus' "weakness," Trump brought in tough guy flesh-and-bone absurdity Anthony Scaramucci to show Priebus the door. Then "The Mooch" was dumped himself days later in his own whirlpool of humiliation.

Or ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whom Trump shreds on a daily basis because the president doesn't have the stomach to fire him. Or former FBI director James Comey, whose decision to decline Trump's request for a "loyalty pledge" led to a firing surgically engineered to ruin Comey's name.

These are not the actions of a well-adjusted person. Trump clearly has a maudlin fetish for cruelty – given his pattern of humiliating both friend and foe, the president's brain is occupied with little else than Electoral College results and revenge fantasies. Trump is basically a 71-year old kid cackling in delight as he melts ants under his magnifying glass. Only these ants are attorneys general, senators, FBI directors and governors ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/05/trump-has-fetish-cruelty-christian-schneider-column/537483001/

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Sick bastards never change......

They just get sicker.

[riversedge]

2. OUCH. Love it though. yes. I. do.

[KT2000]

3. he did the sme thing

to Merv Griffin. After Rump bought Griffin's casino/hotel, Rump bragged how he screwed him on the deal. At the time Merv Griffin was in poor health but Rump humiliated him every chance he got on radio and TV.

[vlyons]

4. I think that Trump is a low level type 8 personality

Type 8 on the enneagram is called "The Boss" or "The Challenger" Famous high level 8's were FDR, LBJ, and Lincoln. Famous low level 8 was Stalin.

8's are pre-occupied with power and justice, which in the case of high level 8's is focused on protecting people, mercy and rehabilitation. While low level 8's are fixated on resisting being controlled, weakness, vengence and punishment.

BTW: I am a type 8. Hopefully not a low-level sicko one like Traitor Trump.

See more about the 8 personality type at https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-8/

[dalton99a]

5. Trump is pure unadulterated evil

[smirkymonkey]

6. He is the world's biggest asshole.

That is the ONLY thing he is great at. God, I hate him so much.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. I think you have it.

He is just the asshole king of all assjoles.

He and that awful pharma guy are cut from the same cloth.