The system is not rigged, but followers of Trump believe everything he says; the reason may shock you. Trump has managed the greatest masquerade of modern American history.
(This article was written before Donald Trump “won” the election with a little help from the Russians. Since my warnings, the GOP have reinvigorated their loyalty to their new President. Those of us that were horrified this man was actually on the ticket have entered a new reality as we await the next shoe to drop and the almost certain existential crisis of epic proportion.)
I was stunned that so many had trouble figuring out Donald Trump before the Access Hollywood video release, but now? It’s just plain absurd that it took a disgusting and creepy video to finally get the heavy hitters of the Republican establishment running for the life boats. This is not a person that has answers to complex domestic and world problems. This is not the guy that must be really smart because he made a lot of money. There are two reasons why Donald Trump became the Republican candidate for president of the United States. The first, in part, begins with the fact that he qualifies as a pathologic narcissist. Pathologic narcissists have one singular focus in their lives…, themselves. Anyone or anything that gets in the way of a narcissist will become an enemy.
The following examples are but a snippet of Donald Trump’s insensitive and crass remarks made about others that may have in some way threatened his ego. Let’s start with women. He has demeaned women for as long as anyone can remember. He has made statements referring to women as beautiful pieces of ass, has called them dogs, ugly, fat pigs and gold diggers. Trump bellowed that perhaps Megyn Kelly, former Fox News host had, “blood coming out of her wherever,” insinuating that possibly having her period was the reason she was behaving so aggressively.(NYPost) He has stated that flat-chested women could never be 10’s and bragged during a Republican debate about the size of his penis. He accused Secretary Hillary Clinton of not looking presidential. With respect to abortion, he said there should be punishment for people whom have an abortion. And one of my personal faves, while referring to his own daughter said, if Ivanka weren’t his daughter, he would perhaps be dating her. (Keith Oberman, GQ) The Billy Bush video marked a new low for the campaign. Trump boasted of being a serial sexual assaulter. Worse, he seemed to relay exhilaration over his craven prowess as he spoke the words about assaulting women when he explained, “You can do that when you are a star.” (Washington Post)
Moving onto others in his wake, he disrespected the Kahns, a gold star family that lost their heroic son on the battlefield and disrespected Senator John McCain for being captured by the North Viet Cong. (Politico) Trump led the charge for the birther movement and based his campaign on the movement’s idiotic racist conviction that President Obama was not a US citizen, (Marie Claire.co.UK), blurted out that our sitting President was complicit in the Orlando terror attack (Washington Post) and was the “founder of Isis”. He also said President Obama was a traitor. (CNN)
With no regard for people of any race, Trump made bold claims that he witnessed thousands of Muslims in Jersey City cheering on 911 when the Twin Towers imploded. (Politifact) He demeaned the entire African American community by stating they are all living in poverty, their schools are no good and they have no jobs. He described Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as a war zone. (CNN) Trump also refused to denounce David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the KKK. (CNN)
Finally, Tony Schwartz, coauthor with Donald Trump of The Art of the Deal, after spent many hours with Trump described him as, “The wizard who isn’t a wizard,” and relayed, “There’s nobody behind the curtain.” He also shared, “Trump is a dominant, aggressive person. He is a liar and lies his way through situations.” (Daily News)
Donald Trump, Cult Leader
For those of you that still wish to ignore or supplant the reality of the horrific statements and behavior from Donald Trump, you may want to reconsider. I would caution that you may not want to be a member of this club as it may speak loudly about your own mental stability.
Remember Jim Jones and David Koresh? Jim Jones was the notorious American evangelical cult leader whom ultimately convinced his followers to commit suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. 900 people died. (CNN) David Koresh was another religious cult leader of the Branch Davidians of Waco Texas. Koresh ultimately involved his followers in a 51-day siege with police that ended in the death of 80 members, including Koresh. (CNN) Clinically, these two cult leaders had pathologic narcissistic personality disorders, and as mentioned, so apparently does Donald John Trump. And in reference to that “club” I mentioned, like Jones and Koresh, using psychological measures from experts in the field, Trump also qualifies clinically as a cult leader. This may explain the peculiar magnetism surrounding this candidate for the highest office in the land, despite his horrific behavior. You see cult leaders all have one undeniable characteristic in common; they are all extremely charismatic.
In a Psychology Today article in 2012, titled Dangerous Cult Leaders, Joe Navarro, author of Dangerous Personalities, an FBI profiler for 25 years, describes cult leaders and their pathology the following way:
“. . . . what stands out about these individuals is that they were or are all pathologically narcissistic. They all have or had an over-abundant belief that they were special, that they and they alone had the answers to problems, and that they had to be revered. They demanded perfect loyalty from followers, they overvalued themselves and devalued those around them, they were intolerant of criticism, and above all they did not like being questioned or challenged. And yet, in spite of these less than charming traits, they had no trouble attracting those who were willing to overlook these features.”
Navarro also explained that “pathologic narcissism” may also be a predictor of causing harm to others. My two-word response, nuclear code.
In his article, Navarro listed the 50 typical traits of the pathological cult leader. Trump qualifies with at least 32 and perhaps more. Here are 17 of the 32. See for yourself:
1, He has a grandiose idea of who he is and what he can achieve. (“I will be so good at the military, your head will spin,” (Hugh Hewitt)
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, or brilliance. (“Sorry losers and haters, but my IQ is one of the highest, and you all know it." (National Review)
3. Demands blind unquestioned obedience. (Ignores the rights of protestors in his rallies calling them “troublemakers and instructs security to, “get them out of here.” (ABC News)
4. Is exploitative of others by asking for their money or that of relatives putting others at financial risk. (Preyed upon the elderly and uneducated to separate them from their money for Trump University. (The New Yorker)
5. Is arrogant and haughty in his behavior or attitude. (“I know more about Isis than the generals do, believe me. . .. I would bomb the shit out of them.” (CNN)
6. Has an exaggerated sense of power (entitlement) that allows him to bend rules and break laws. (“Torture works,” referring to waterboarding. (USA Today) Used over a $125 K to settle business lawsuits with Trump Foundation money from contributors. Trump has not been a contributor to his own foundation since 2008. (CNN)
7. Publicly devalues others as being inferior, incapable, or not worthy. (Referring to people crossing the Mexican border into the U.S., “They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists and some, I assume, are good people. . .(Washington Post)
8. Haughtiness, grandiosity, and the need to be controlling is part of his personality. (Disrespected Federal Judge Curiel claiming the Judge was biased when he ruled on a lawsuit involving Trump because of Curiels the judges Mexican heritage (Politico)
9. Anyone who criticizes or questions him is called an “enemy.” (The list is too long.)
10. Believes himself to be omnipotent. (“I will build a great wall – and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me. . . . . . I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” (marieclaire.com, UK)
11. Habitually puts down others as inferior and only he is superior. (Lying Ted Cruz, Little Marco and Crooked Hillary. Trump has said this everywhere.)
12. The word “I” dominates his conversations. He is oblivious to how often he references himself. (No examples needed here; it’s just about every sentence.)
13. Believes he possesses the answers and solutions to world problems. (He believes that the reason we haven’t eliminated Islamic terrorism is that it never occurred to anybody in the federal government — including the people who run, e.g., the U.S. Special Operations Command — to get tough. (National Review)
14. Sees self as “unstoppable” perhaps has even said so. (During Trump’s acceptance speech for the Republican nomination for president he described himself as the lone candidate able to bring the nation back from the brink of destruction. (Politico)
15. Hates to be embarrassed or fail publicly - when he does he acts out with rage. (Paul Ryan is a weak and ineffective leader.” Trump’s reaction to Ryan’s abandonment of Trump’s candidacy. (CBS News)
16. Takes sexual advantage of members of his sect or cult. (“You can do anything. I grab them by the p—sy.” Trump stated this while attempting to explain what you can do if you are a “star.” Or perhaps a cult leader? (YouTube)
Again, conservatively there are a total of 32 out of 50 attributes that clinically point to Donald Trump qualifying as a cult leader from Navarro’s list; I suspect there are more. Judging from media reports, there exists myriad voters that are alarmed that this pathologically narcissistic, foul-mouthed, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, orange-pelted clown actually has anyone supporting him at all. I would assert to you that the first reason for Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican presidential ticket can be explained by his apparent qualifications as a cult leader.
Donald Trump, Racism Revivalist
The second reason for Trump’s political popularity occurred as a direct result of his realization of a large racist faction in our country that would form the foundation of his presidential platform. The tea party and alt-right movements finally had their guy.
Our history has shown that we are a nation that has striven for freedom and liberty for all per our Constitution and Bill of Rights. When we recognized we got it wrong for a large sector of our population, we made efforts to fix it during the civil rights movement because of public outcry from good people. It has forever been my firm conviction that racism never left us going back to the days of slavery. Tragically, it took a monster manipulator, Donald Trump, for it to be revealed. This psychologically damaged individual opportunistically recognized that racism was alive and well in the United States and that he could be the voice for this sect that just might land him in the White House. Tara Dowdell, former Apprentice contestant stated, “He read the republican base. He saw racial animus in the party and used it. He has the Republican base wrapped around his finger. He was on the record as saying blacks are lazy.” (MSNBC)
Racism in our country is shameful old-think that far too many have embraced for generations. Because many evolved and believed in a world that treated people equally, overt racism was replaced with a form that was less obvious. I call this twisted mindset “veiled racism” meaning that despite knowing your racial bias is wrong and immoral, you continue to maintain the bias, but use code language to disguise it. Racism is once again emerging with a crazy person to justify it.
Now as the new face of racism, Donald Trump has emboldened people to reveal their reprehensible, hate-filled thoughts all the while, never naming it. His supporters still won’t call it racism, they just mask it by borrowing Trump tag lines like, “We are going to make America great again” and declarations like, “We are going to build a wall.” This frightening candidate, cult leader and racist is what, while no one was looking, the republican party ordered off their secret, shameful, large conservative menu. This disgusting, yet for some, mouthwatering “stew” has been simmering on that subterranean racist stove since long before Jim Crow. If it was not obvious to most before this election season, I hope it has become painfully obvious now as we near its end.
As a result of the 2016 election for the Presidency, our country is in serious need of a complete re-evaluation on the current true climate of racial issues. Addressing community policing and how to stop the inordinate numbers of African-Americans shot by police while noble, will not be enough to impact the larger problem. We need to address the issues of hate in our American culture with some serious ground efforts that will impact change for all, NOW. We must start by calling it for what it is and by calling it out when we see it. It will need to happen top to bottom in our homes, in our schools, in our daycares, in our workplaces, in our churches, with friends, and with our neighbors. It will need to be addressed in such a way that no one can escape, hide nor keep their dark thoughts hidden. During a recent Pence rally, a woman shouted, “If Hillary is elected, I am looking for a revolution”. Our country is indeed in need of a revolution, but it is not about Hillary Clinton. It is about unchecked hate that we let grow under our feet while we looked the other way.
We live in the greatest country on earth, but we have lost our way with how we treat one another. Donald Trump has brought it to the forefront and validated it for many. He represents the apex of racism and less I forget, sexual entitlement that all Americans must now own.
Please vote for Hillary Clinton this election and we will work together to heal our country. This is a very dangerous individual who has managed the greatest masquerade of modern American history.