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Last week, I watched that four part Channel 4 documentary on Trump that dealt with his life from his late-20’s up to his election win.

There’s no doubt he’s undergone a huge change in personality in that time, in a way that could not be described as normal, allowing, as one must, for the natural way our perspective shifts as we get older.

As a young man, he was considerably more measured, rational, controlled - and certainly less hateful. It would be wrong to describe him as diffident, but he conveyed a calm assurance which palpably dissipated as he got older.

The turning point in his persona appeared (to me at least) to be in the late 90’s as his business empire started to flounder, requiring (inter alia) paternal financial support, as well as a sustained period of absorbing blows in order to survive. Having lived through that experience myself, I can attest to what a profound emotional impact it can have upon oneself, especially if you possess a big ego.

It seems around that time, that Trump concluded that the only way to succeed in life is to attack those who you perceive as a threat to your ambitions, and to do so there and then - and this epiphany has informed his MO ever since. Not saying he wasn’t a nasty **** before that, but perhaps not as openly vindictive, or deriving such pleasure from it for that matter.

It’s an approach that’s probably well crafted to attain high office in certain circumstances, but not to deal with a crisis of this nature when a collaborative approach will yield far more effective results. This state of mind must also severely hamper his ability to think strategically, because he’s constantly fighting battles in the here and now, and doubtless this has hugely diminished the US’s capability of fighting this pandemic effectively.

The documentary did fortify me in my view that he isn’t the brain dead puppet that some on here misconceive him to be. As a younger man, he was relatively articulate and responded to questions in a way that was measured and logical. This strengthens my view that he is a long term drug abuser, which has hugely impacted on his cognitive abilities and rationality.

The other thing I observed from the documentary is that as he became more powerful, he appeared to become increasingly unhappy. Somewhat paradoxically, as he struggles to hold onto power in the months ahead, I expect that unhappiness to accentuate.

In my experience, people who are consumed with ambition are rarely happy. Whatever they have, whatever they achieve - it’s never enough.

Lust for money and lust for power are a curse, an affliction as well as a form of madness - and Trump has got it bad.

Tremendously bad.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
These preceded by:

A group of RINO Republicans who failed badly 12 years ago, then again 8 years ago, and then got BADLY beaten by me, a political first timer, 4 years ago, have copied (no imagination) the concept of an ad from Ronald Reagan, “Morning in America”, doing everything possible to....

....get even for all of their many failures. You see, these loser types don’t care about 252 new Federal Judges, 2 great Supreme Court Justices, a rebuilt military, a protected 2nd Amendment, biggest EVER Tax & Regulation cuts, and much more. I didn’t use any of them....
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The judges bit is one he is not supposed to say out loud. They are not intended to be political picks...

That is the core of what is going on, the alt right know that Trump doesn't understand or care about what he is doing. Filling the justice system with conservative judges has far more political influence than the presidency. Trump doesn't care about the politics of it - he doesn't even know who these judges are or what the issues at stake are. He just gets given the names and he appoints them and in return the Alt Right machine keeps him in power.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Last week, I watched that four part Channel 4 documentary on Trump that dealt with his life from his late-20’s up to his election win.

There’s no doubt he’s undergone a huge change in personality in that time, in a way that could not be described as normal, allowing, as one must, for the natural way our perspective shifts as we get older.

As a young man, he was considerably more measured, rational, controlled - and certainly less hateful. It would be wrong to describe him as diffident, but he conveyed a calm assurance which palpably dissipated as he got older.

The turning point in his persona appeared (to me at least) to be in the late 90’s as his business empire started to flounder, requiring (inter alia) paternal financial support, as well as a sustained period of absorbing blows in order to survive. Having lived through that experience myself, I can attest to what a profound emotional impact it can have upon oneself, especially if you possess a big ego.

It seems around that time, that Trump concluded that the only way to succeed in life is to attack those who you perceive as a threat to your ambitions, and to do so there and then - and this epiphany has informed his MO ever since. Not saying he wasn’t a nasty **** before that, but perhaps not as openly vindictive, or deriving such pleasure from it for that matter.

It’s an approach that’s probably well crafted to attain high office in certain circumstances, but not to deal with a crisis of this nature when a collaborative approach will yield far more effective results. This state of mind must also severely hamper his ability to think strategically, because he’s constantly fighting battles in the here and now, and doubtless this has hugely diminished the US’s capability of fighting this pandemic effectively.

The documentary did fortify me in my view that he isn’t the brain dead puppet that some on here misconceive him to be. As a younger man, he was relatively articulate and responded to questions in a way that was measured and logical. This strengthens my view that he is a long term drug abuser, which has hugely impacted on his cognitive abilities and rationality.

The other thing I observed from the documentary is that as he became more powerful, he appeared to become increasingly unhappy. Somewhat paradoxically, as he struggles to hold onto power in the months ahead, I expect that unhappiness to accentuate.

In my experience, people who are consumed with ambition are rarely happy. Whatever they have, whatever they achieve - it’s never enough.

Lust for money and lust for power are a curse, an affliction as well as a form of madness - and Trump has got it bad.

Tremendously bad.
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You seem to have come out the other side in good order.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Last week, I watched that four part Channel 4 documentary on Trump that dealt with his life from his late-20’s up to his election win.

There’s no doubt he’s undergone a huge change in personality in that time, in a way that could not be described as normal, allowing, as one must, for the natural way our perspective shifts as we get older.

As a young man, he was considerably more measured, rational, controlled - and certainly less hateful. It would be wrong to describe him as diffident, but he conveyed a calm assurance which palpably dissipated as he got older.

The turning point in his persona appeared (to me at least) to be in the late 90’s as his business empire started to flounder, requiring (inter alia) paternal financial support, as well as a sustained period of absorbing blows in order to survive. Having lived through that experience myself, I can attest to what a profound emotional impact it can have upon oneself, especially if you possess a big ego.

It seems around that time, that Trump concluded that the only way to succeed in life is to attack those who you perceive as a threat to your ambitions, and to do so there and then - and this epiphany has informed his MO ever since. Not saying he wasn’t a nasty **** before that, but perhaps not as openly vindictive, or deriving such pleasure from it for that matter.

It’s an approach that’s probably well crafted to attain high office in certain circumstances, but not to deal with a crisis of this nature when a collaborative approach will yield far more effective results. This state of mind must also severely hamper his ability to think strategically, because he’s constantly fighting battles in the here and now, and doubtless this has hugely diminished the US’s capability of fighting this pandemic effectively.

The documentary did fortify me in my view that he isn’t the brain dead puppet that some on here misconceive him to be. As a younger man, he was relatively articulate and responded to questions in a way that was measured and logical. This strengthens my view that he is a long term drug abuser, which has hugely impacted on his cognitive abilities and rationality.

The other thing I observed from the documentary is that as he became more powerful, he appeared to become increasingly unhappy. Somewhat paradoxically, as he struggles to hold onto power in the months ahead, I expect that unhappiness to accentuate.

In my experience, people who are consumed with ambition are rarely happy. Whatever they have, whatever they achieve - it’s never enough.

Lust for money and lust for power are a curse, an affliction as well as a form of madness - and Trump has got it bad.

Tremendously bad.
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Very interesting, will try and watch that on catch up.

If you watch him on YouTube when he participated in the Rumbelows Cup draw with Saint & Greavsie his character is a world apart from what he is today, comes across as quite likeable and unassuming. I find it a sad watch considering the car crash of a human being he has developed into
 
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