Amid reports that diplomats and world leaders are beside themselves over Donald Trump’s threats at the NATO conference in Turkey, the president attempted Wednesday to spin the meeting as a lovefest.Sound raspy and looking tired, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, looking over his shoulder, the pre...
I’ve watched a lot of people get old and die, and they generally become progressively simpler versions of their former selves.
Watching it happen to Trump is interesting because it’s revealing that all he ever cared about was attention. It is a tidy, complete explanation for why he drools over dictators, why the last person he talked to is the smartest person in the world, and why he ended up becoming not just a customer for Jeffrey Epstein (the cool older brother) but a trafficking asset for him. Trump is deeply jealous of anyone who gets any attention at all.
I’ve watched a lot of people get old and die, and they generally become progressively simpler versions of their former selves.
Watching it happen to Trump is interesting because it’s revealing that all he ever cared about was attention. It is a tidy, complete explanation for why he drools over dictators, why the last person he talked to is the smartest person in the world, and why he ended up becoming not just a customer for Jeffrey Epstein (the cool older brother) but a trafficking asset for him. Trump is deeply jealous of anyone who gets any attention at all.