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May 13, 2020
"It is scary to go to work,” White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said over the weekend, even when the White House has robust tracking, tracing and mask-wearing protocols in place that most Americans do not enjoy.
And, worse, Trump’s personal vanity and political efforts to project a return to business as usual mean he will not extend the same protection (wearing a mask) that he demands of co-workers. The Post reports: “Most White House officials will be asked to wear masks or face coverings in public spaces on complex grounds, a move to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading further inside the presidential compound . . . .The request does not apply to offices, however, and President Trump is still unlikely to wear a mask or face covering, aides say.” In other words: Trump gets protection from others but will not protect them in return for utterly selfish reasons. No single action better captures Trump’s narcissism.
Excerpt: But Trump’s ghostwriter for The Art of the Deal, Tony Schwartz, said Trump’s claims about Obama arise not from any political calculation, but from a profoundly disordered mind.
“I think the underlying explanation is that he is he has the traits of a psychopath — he is unrestrained by a sense of any conscience,” Schwartz said. “If you don't have a conscience, you don't make a distinction between what's true and what's false. You invent reality … as you go to suit your immediate needs.”
“It's not material to him whether it's true or false. It’s: ‘Will I get over with this thing? Will this advance my interests?’ which are the only questions that he has ever asked.”
Schwartz is not the only person who knows the president to suggest that Trump suffers from such a personality disorder.
Attorney George Conway, who is also known as the husband of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, argued last year in The Atlantic that Trump suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and has more recently argued that he suffers from “malignant narcissisism.” Malignant narcissism is a term coined by social psychologist Erich Fromm, who described it as "severe mental sickness" representing "the quintessence of evil" and "the most severe pathology and the root of the most vicious destructiveness and inhumanity."
But one ex-White House official who asked to remain anonymous to protect their political consulting business said Trump’s embrace of conspiracy theories is not made out of calculation or rooted in some deeper lack of moral center, but because they bolster his self-esteem.
“He believes every word of this bulls**t because he’s a crackpot who wants to feel good about himself and the crackpots who talk about it make him feel good about himself by talking about it,” the former official said. “Now President Crackpot has other crackpots running investigations to support the crackpot theories he sees on Fox News and OAN. We’re living in a crackpotcracy.”
There's a presidential election in Kenya. Who knew. They look at the "America fiasco" for lessons in the candidates to avoid.
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On our local scene there are lessons to be learnt from the American health debacle or is it a leadership fiasco? The first is to elect men and women of integrity. Trump had serious integrity issues, including sexual abuse and groping women. There are currently some presidential candidates with serious integrity issues including but not limited to corruption and land grabbing.
Then there is experience. Trump had absolutely no experience in public administration and or management. It is therefore no surprise that neophyte Trump failed spectacularly as he was wet behind the ears. Kenyans have done a similar experiment with the Nairobi governor with disastrous results.
In our current crop of presidential candidates Musalia Mudavadi and Kalonzo Musyoka stand head and shoulders above the rest on experience in public service administration and or management. Education or relevant education is a definite plus. The economy performed at optimum levels under the stewardship of an economist, retired President Kibaki.
Kenyans must avoid the know-it-alls. The biggest atrocities on earth have been committed by political leaders who believed they knew everything—Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin, Trump, Robert Mugabe and Mobutu Sese Seko. Finally, anger management and personal hygiene/discipline should made compulsory examinable subjects in Kenyan schools.
Signs for the pandemic (Cape Cod National Seashore)
May 12, 2020
A Seven minute supercuts of Trump attacking female reporters.
It's difficult fo me not to root for the virus when it comes to infecting the Nearly one-third of Americans who believe a coronavirus vaccine exists and is being withheld as a survey found
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