Friday, September 11, 2015

Op/Ed: Donald Trump needs a therapist more than he needs the GOP presidential nomination.

By Rob Janicki
Donald Trump really can't help himself.  He's a very shallow and
hollow individual with no real ability to empathize with anyone.
Trump's ego and obvious narcissism is based upon one overriding
consideration and that is wealth, his wealth.  A public appearance by
Trump does not go by with out an allusion to Trump's wealth by, who
else, Donald Trump.

Any man Trump attacks, he does so by attacking the individual
personally as a loser.  A loser to Trump is calculated by their net
worth and not much else.  What's interesting is that Trump habitually
overstates his own net worth at $10 billion dollars, when Forbes and
every other financial news reporting organization calculates Trump's
net worth in the $4 billion dollar range, still not a small sum, by
any means.

Trump even called called Mitt Romney a loser with a net worth of only
$250 million dollars.  I suspect most Americans would be overjoyed to
be called losers, if they had Romney's wealth.  Unlike Mitt Romney,
who donated his entire inheritance to charity, Donald Trump inherited
over $200 million dollars from his father, a New York City real estate
developer.  Trump is hardly a man from humble beginnings.

Trump, the misogynist, regularly attacks women on their looks, rather
than their accomplishments or lack thereof, while responding to
outcries to these attacks by calling them mere jokes.  Trump then
portrays himself in the role of the victim, victimized by those who
hate him as they respond to his insults and slanderous statements in
order to defend themselves.  Does the word "bully" bring anything to
mind at this point in describing Donald Trump?

Trump's political affiliations appear schizophrenic by any standard
and show an individual without much in the way of any lifelong
grounded political principles.  Trump's political party affiliation
history is part of the public record through his registrations over
the years in New York.

Republican before 1999
Reform (1999–2001)
Democrat (2001–09)
Republican (2009-11)
Independent (2011–12)
Republican (2012-present)

In the end Donald Trump probably needs to be pitied more than anything
else and that may be the way to approach his juvenile outbursts.  Pity
him and ask him what his underlying problems are and how he can be
helped to a better place in his life.  Trying to out Trump with
insults, even if they are truthful in their basis, only plays to
Trump's strength.  Trump's forte' is counter punching and he is
admittedly very good at it.  Characterize Trump as a man rich in
wealth, but impoverished in soul and character and move on.

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