President Donald Trump (the only time I will write his name like that), has unequivocally, undeniably, and blatantly made a statement during this past week. That statement? “I only care about myself.” What kind of person could be so violently narcissistic, self-absorbed, irrational, and disrespectful, and to a whole NATION at that? I will tell you who, Donald Trump.
Since his first presidential campaign, Trump has been on the rise to become the most hated man in America and probably the world. With misogynistic, homophobic, and racist remarks under his very tight belt, Trump has grown mass followers of haters that are equal (if not, more) to his supporters. What makes this man simultaneously appealing and so loathed? How does he get away with EVERYTHING that he does and plans on doing? Well, white privilege, capitalism, and shady connections help him out a great deal. But to ease up a bit, he did not have the “best” life either (in terms of emotional maturity, intellect, understanding, knowledge, and wisdom).
Trump came from a life that had money, privilege, spoils, and a golden spoon so far down his mouth that he would occasionally choke on it. He came from a life where if he wanted something, he would get it the next day. If he needed something, his connections would help. If he decided something, his teams would bend time and space to get it done. You could say that people did things for him out of fear, pity, or self-gain. You could also say that it was threats, blackmail, and frowned upon business practices, and I do mean FROWNED upon *cough* Jeffrey Epstein *cough*. This was the life he lived and chose, but it was not entirely his choice.
A man granted everything and anything whenever he pleases poses very narcissistic behaviors, as well as delusions of grandeur, envy, and a false sense of reality. As children, we hope to grow up to be a very rational, mature, and understanding adult. Trump lacks the qualities of a mature adult. Below are the reasons why, along with his opinions:
- (White) Privilege: privilege stemming from generations of unfair demographic gain due to racism, classism, and ethically wrong political/humanitarian views (and A LOT more); an outlet coinciding with most capitalists.
- His Life: he and his family were rich; never struggled with money; received money from family and failed ventures (scammer)
- The Effects: creates a false sense of status in the world; creates biases towards other races; he became disconnected from reality which forms an unhealthy bias to the outside world; superior mentality; lack of cultural understanding; naivety/ignorance.
- Capitalism: stems from greed which makes people power-hungry and selfish; money-focused rather than humanitarian-focused; materialistic.
- His Life: he and his family were rich; most of his businesses were poorly planned and were created for the purpose of only making money.
- The Effects: laziness; lack of true happiness (forever chasing more money); failure to reinvest into the community which adds to classism (low-income areas).
- Misogynistic: believing that men are superior to women and all other sexes simply because they were born a man.
- His Life: objectified women his whole life; saw them as inferior; spoke and acted towards them in a disrespectful manner (“grab her by the p*ssy,” said Trump).
- The Effects: creates walls against the opposite sex (female); lack of understanding due to little dialogue; no empathy, sympathy, or interest in a female’s life; sexualizes female body (objectification); believes women are inferior.
- Racist: treating a different race as inferior simply because they are not your race. He believes he is inferior; spreads hate instead of love; focuses on the fear of humans (specifically Black people) rather than trying to understand and learn.
- His Life: never treated non-whites/people of color with respect, saw them as less than human, spoke about many races in a disrespectful, vile, and falsifying manner.
- The Effects: creates lack of diversity–failure to understand a situation from different perspectives; he became naive, ignorant, selfish, “closed-off,” apathetic; false sense of status in the world; has childlike behavior with fear–rejects it rather than understanding it (cowardly).
- Homophobic: (general definition) unaccepting of people who are in the LGBTQ+ community because it goes against personal morals and values. “Set in his ways,” believes the LGBTQ+ community is “wrong;” catholicism plays a massive role in his biases (LGTBQ+ not accepted); disgusted at LGBTQ+; unable to deal with sexual orientation/preferences; love is not love amongst LGBTQ+ community in his eyes.
- His Life: hates the LGBTQ+ community because it goes against his catholic views; needed to appeal to catholics to get the vote.
- The Effects: lack of understanding, knowledge, compassion, curiosity, empathy, and sympathy.
- Self-Absorbed: unable to listen to or consider anyone else’s words; always preparing what to say next; believes he is a god amongst humanity.
- His Life: he constantly fails to actively listen to anyone but himself, thus making it impossible for him to understand anyone else’s perspective and form new opinions.
- The Effects: lack of active listening skills, meaningful conversations; he became narcissistic, selfish, ignorant, naive and stubborn.
- Childhood: male-dominated; privileged; misogynistic; racist; capitalistic; disconnected from reality; lazy; false successes; multiple opportunities and chances (spoiled).
These seven bullet points are just some of the many reasons why Trump acts the way he acts, and it mainly stems from his childhood. You see, if you are given everything at an early age, without having to truly work for it or endure any consequences, you become lazy and fail to appreciate your mistakes in life. Our life mistakes are the reason why we grow; we learn from them and they improve who we are as a human. Trump never had to learn from his mistakes because his family would sweep them under the rug or fix those mistakes for him. This created incredibly lazy, ignorant, naive, and “god-like” feelings within Trump. If you fail at something, but it does not count as a failure (because it was fixed), you end up feeling like a god–invincible, untouchable, and perfect…but that does not make you a god.
That golden spoon that Trump had down his throat was an opportunity for him. It was an opportunity to either embody the characteristics of the family who raised him, or become a man who could improve himself and the lives of those around him. He chose the first option. He chose to follow the same “bullet point” path that his family chose which is a path of hate, false superiority, and ignorance. This is why you saw him take off his mask the moment he stood on the White House balcony, and why he is trying to push back stimulus discussions. He took off his mask to make a point, to make a statement, and that statement was “I only care about myself.”
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