"I think we need to reassess the number of sociopaths wandering our planet in positions of massive power."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #narcissism #flattery #grift #EconomicElites #ethics #morality #corruption #WarCrimes #murder
/10

https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-daily-wrap-up-bcd

"Footage of the two men’s desperate final moments made some viewers nauseated, leading one to nearly vomit. 'It was worse than we had been led to believe,' one person told us."

~ The Atlantic

#Trump #narcissism #flattery #grift #EconomicElites #ethics #morality #corruption #WarCrimes #murder
/9

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2025/12/pete-hegseth-strikes-venezuela-congress/685156/?gift=SCYx-5scVta3-cr_IlgTyU9-dkka0WAMwdBsboY7xVE

"I suspect the question the administration cares about is not 'is this legal,' 'is this a war crime,' 'is this murder' or even 'is this good for America,' but rather, 'isn’t this violence delightful?'”

#Trump #narcissism #flattery #grift #EconomicElites #ethics #morality #corruption #WarCrimes #murder
/8

"The president inhabits a position of moral leadership. When the president and his officials sell their policies, they’re selling a version of what it means to be an American — what should evoke our love and our hate, our disgust and our delight."

~ Phil Klay

#Trump #narcissism #flattery #grift #EconomicElites #ethics #morality #corruption #WarCrimes #murder
/7

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/opinion/trump-boat-strikes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U8.1ucZ.OJ9CqybY6Cgu&smid=url-share

"If and when Donald Trump and those who serve him, and themselves, are eventually called to account, they will be confronted by that single word, in all its shades – and all its force."

#Trump #narcissism #flattery #grift #EconomicElites #PaytoPlay #ethics #morality #corruption
/6

"The word corruption can be used in two ways. In its legal sense, it can refer to dishonest conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. But it can also have a deeper meaning, referring to the corrosion of standards, the decline of norms and the removal of moral restraints."

~ Jonathan Freedland

#Trump #narcissism #flattery #grift #EconomicElites #PaytoPlay #ethics #morality #corruption
/5

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/05/trump-administration-opening-fire-drowning-men

"There is a sickening rationalization creeping across our nation which says that sucking up to Trump is just the cost of doing business in America at the moment."

#Trump #narcissism #flattery #grift #EconomicElites #PaytoPlay #ethics #morality
/4

"Trump’s pardon-palooza is not just fueled by his own bitterness at being America’s first felon president, but also a desire for obsequious signs of fealty from the people he’s let off the hook. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s disastrous presidential immunity decision, there remains the specter of more pardons for anyone who puts loyalty to Trump ahead of loyalty to the Constitution."

~ Ron Filipkowski quoting Rolling Stone

#Trump #narcissism #flattery #grift
/3

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-264-12525