We all know Trump is a pathological liar and a malignant narcissist with a humongous but fragile ego.
When criticized or accused of wrongdoing he goes into Denial mode -- denying everything in public while lashing out at his critics and projecting onto them his own high crimes and misdemeanors.
And, since he is a sociopath incapable of feeling guilt, this Denial mode also applies inwardly. Trump will not admit to himself that he is anything but a "stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" and high polling numbers. Objective facts contradicting his obvious lies do not matter a whit.
Despite the self delusion of inward denial, Trump's lizard brain is capable of detecting when he is in real danger of suffering serious consequences. This awareness may be subconscious at first. His insatiable need to sustain his power and self aggrandizement with his MAGA legion of admirers has built a very high threshold of Denial (conscious awareness that he might be deposed as King).
But at some point, as the reality of impeachment continues to grow, that threshold of Denial will finally be breached with consequences in conflict with the self image his giant fragile ego has built up over many years.
How he copes, or fails to cope when that happens will change the narrative from "Most Peculiar" to Most Perilous.
When that time comes (between Thanksgiving and Christmas?) we are all, every one of us, in great danger. If this sociopath with command over the most deadly military arsenal on earth has a psychotic episode when the damn breaks through his threshold of self denial, we had all better pray to God or Vishnu or the Flying Spaghetti Monster (deity of your choice) that someone close to this POtuS has the courage to stop him before all hell breaks loose, making these last 3 years feel like a walk in the park.
Alarmingly, most of the adults in the room have been replaced with bootlicking sycophants or monsters like Stephen Miller. The thought that our fate rests with them or the Republican Party acting responsibly chills me to the bone.
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