William Lindsey 6d ago

"[Trump's perspective] is the perspective of a man whose brain has been poisoned by his life-long pursuit of fame and admiration. He exists only if he’s being watched, and his decisions are good only so far as they are seen. This is why Trump is the purest expression of this cursed moment in cultural history:"

~ Paul Waldman

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https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-one-phrase-that-explains-trumps

The One Phrase That Explains Trump's Twisted Psychology

He exists only in the gaze of others, and "Nobody's ever seen anything like it before."

The Cross Section
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 6d ago

"He is every fame-lusting Real Housewife, every hungry influencer trying to boost their middling follower count, every looksmaxxing douchebro, taken to a terrifying extreme.

And underneath all the desperate bravado is a well of insecurity so deep and dark it would destroy the world."

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Show threadDaniele106d ago
@wdlindsy Trump will destroy the world.
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 
@daniele_Hesse Already doing so in major ways, I fear.
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