{"id":47150,"date":"2020-10-17T13:01:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T20:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=47150"},"modified":"2020-10-17T13:01:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T20:01:54","slug":"schizo-trump-withers-under-criticism-from-gop-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=47150","title":{"rendered":"Schizo Trump Withers Under Criticism From GOP Senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One thing Donald Trump will never be accused of is maintaining a consistent pattern of thought on any subject. It simply isn&#8217;t possible given his severe psychotic malfunction. Trump&#8217;s wild cognitive deviations are driven by an acute case of malignant narcissism. He is hostage to his own addiction to relentlessly positive (albeit fake) views of himself. Consequently, whatever he thought or said yesterday is irrelevant if it doesn&#8217;t align with what he thinks is in his best interest today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-head-hands.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34610\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump provided the perfect example of this demented behavior in his Saturday morning tweet session. His angst was triggered by some critical remarks made by Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska. Sasse&#8217;s remarks were revealed in a leaked recording of comments he made to fellow Republicans. What Sasse said is reportedly in line with the opinions of other GOP politicians who, like Sasse, are too cowardly to state their opinions publicly. Among <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/gop-sen-sasse-unleashes-scathing-attack-trump-tv-obsessed-narcissist-n1243701\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sasse&#8217;s scathing observations<\/a><\/strong> of Trump are&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His values are &#8220;deficient, not just for a Republican but for an American.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The way he kisses dictators&#8217; butts.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The way he treats women.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He &#8220;spends like a drunken sailor.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>That he &#8220;mocks evangelicals behind closed doors.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He &#8220;has treated the presidency like a business opportunity.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He &#8220;flirts with white supremacists.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>That he is &#8220;a TV-obsessed, narcissistic individual.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sasse is also rightly afraid that it <em>&#8220;looks likely that he\u2019s going to take the Senate down with him&#8221;<\/em> if he loses the White House. <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m now looking at the possibility of a Republican bloodbath in the Senate,&#8221;<\/em> Sasse said, adding <em>&#8220;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve never been on the Trump train [&#8230;] What the heck were any of us thinking, that selling a TV-obsessed, narcissistic individual to the American people was a good idea?'&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It would be nice if Sasse and others like him had the integrity to tell the American people what he tells his colleagues in private. Especially prior to a historically consequential election. But the absence of integrity may just be an inherent Republican personality flaw. That would explain Trump&#8217;s behavior with regard to Sasse&#8217;s criticisms. But before getting to Trump&#8217;s latest whining about any commentary about him that is less than adoring, let&#8217;s take a look at his opinion of Sasse over time.<\/p>\n<p>In January of 2016, Trump had an early disagreement with Sasse that resulted in his tweeting that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The great State of Nebraska can do much better than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenSasse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BenSasse<\/a> as your Senator. Saw him on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@greta<\/a> &#8211; totally ineffective. Wants paid for pols.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/693239943519453184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But that was apparently all straightened out by September of 2019, when Sasse went from <em>&#8220;totally ineffective&#8221;<\/em> to having Trump&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Complete and Total Endorsement&#8221;<\/em> because&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senator Ben Sasse has done a wonderful job representing the people of Nebraska. He is great with our Vets, the Military, and your very important Second Amendment. Strong on Crime and the Border, Ben has my Complete and Total Endorsement!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1171595113673347072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, that was short lived as Trump now says that Sasse is <em>&#8220;stupid and obnoxious&#8221;<\/em> and&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;Nomination to run for a second term. Then he went back to his rather stupid and obnoxious ways. Must feel he can\u2019t lose to a Dem. Little Ben is a liability to the Republican Party, and an embarrassment to the Great State of Nebraska. Other than that, he\u2019s just a wonderful guy!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1317460179223498753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It really isn&#8217;t important what Trump thinks of Sen. Sasse. That opinion is about as stable as nitroglycerin in a Cuisinart. What&#8217;s important is that Trump is a walking contradiction machine who can&#8217;t flip for flopping. He sees everything through the cracked prism of his whiny ego. And he is a snowflake who melts at the slightest hint of warmth and regards himself as a perennial victim. Trump&#8217;s cowardice can be seen in virtually every decision he makes and opinion he expresses.<\/p>\n<p>It is, however, more significant what Sasse thinks of Trump. Despite the shallowness of his commitment to his principles, he is at least telling the truth to his confidants. That&#8217;s also the case with a great many other Trump associates including former White House aides like Chief of Staff, John Kelly, National Security advisor John Bolton, Defense Secretary James Mattis. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/davidmack\/trump-praise-staff-criticize-bolton-sessions-mattis-kelly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">and many more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The people who Trump once heralded as <em>&#8220;the best&#8221;<\/em> often come to realize that he is the worst. These are people who worked closely with Trump on critical matters of national security. They are in the best position to know about Trump&#8217;s inadequacies. And they were all later denounced as fools and disgruntled former employees by Trump after they candidly told the truth about him. And that just adds to the many reasons why he is unfit to serve as president or, for that matter, Walmart greeter.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing Donald Trump will never be accused of is maintaining a consistent pattern of thought on any subject. It simply isn&#8217;t possible given his severe psychotic malfunction. Trump&#8217;s wild cognitive deviations are driven by an acute case of malignant narcissism. He is hostage to his own addiction to relentlessly positive (albeit fake) views of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,1200,16],"tags":[554,1140,301],"class_list":["post-47150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-politics","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-republicans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-head-hands.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-cgu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31596,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31596","url_meta":{"origin":47150,"position":0},"title":"The Trump Effect: GOP Officially Supports Degrading Remarks Toward Women, Minorities","author":"Mark NC","date":"5\/16\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This election cycle has seen more than its fair share of unconventional occurrences. 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