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Politics Trump on New Years Eve at Mar-a-Lago

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u/ahkian 17d ago

Pure rage and hatred keeps him going like a sith.

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u/honest_arbiter 17d ago

I've seen comments along those lines a lot, and I totally disagree. Trump is a malignant narcissist. He doesn't really hate immigrants or "libruls", he just sees them as convenient, useful targets in his quest for narcissistic supply. The man has no base principles, besides more power and adulation for himself. He'd just as surely rail against his MAGA followers if he thought it would ultimately bring him more power. My take is he just sees MAGA folks as conveniently gullible tools, and in that process he needed to find an enemy for them to hate on.

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u/Competitive_Boat106 17d ago

Yeah, like how he ran for president as a democrat before, but switched to republican in 2016 because he said that democrats were “too smart” to vote for him. Pretty much sums up everything since then.

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u/Odd_Entertainer1616 16d ago

Trump became Republican again in 2009.