The best explanation of Donald Trump and the Repub Party's obsequiousness to him by Bandy Lee

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Friday May 24, 2019 · 5:35 PM PDT

2019/05/24 · 17:35

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rose Garden at the White House May 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump responded to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he was engaged in a cover up. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — Donald Trump

The following is from a collection of chapters compiled in a book under author and editor Bandy Lee, M.D. , M. Div. called The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump. This is from the first paragraph of page 32 in a chapter written by Philip Zimbardo and Rosemary Sword entitled Unbridled and Extreme Present Hedonism.

“The extreme present hedonist’s impulsive thought leads to impulsive action that can cause him to dig in his heels when confronted with the consequences of that action. If the person is in a position of power, then others scramble either to deny or to find ways to back up the original impulsive action. In normal, day-to-day life, this impulsiveness leads to misunderstandings, lying, and toxic relationships. In the case of Donald Trump, an impulsive thought may unleash a stream of tweets or verbal remarks (the action), which then spur others to try to fulfill, or deny, his thoughtlessness in action.”

The other major factor in the republican response to Donald Trump is the fear of losing their job. They know that the republican primary voters love Donald Trump and will vote the way that he says. So, if they (republicans in Congress) oppose him, then they know that Donald will tell the republican voters to vote for their (the republican congressperson’s) primary opponent and they (the republican congressperson) will lose their (the republican congressperson’s) job. The republican congresspeople care more about their job than anything else in the world. They could not care less about the damage done to the republican party’s reputation. Until there is a greater danger of losing their job by supporting Donald Trump than by opposing him, they will continue to support him. Right now, they know that most Democrats are going to vote for their opponent in the general election, even if they oppose Donald Trump. Therefore, they are not going to win votes from the Democrats by opposing Donald Trump, or at least not very many of them. They will lose republican votes if they oppose him. So, their only rational choice if they want to keep their job is to support Donald Trump.

These two paragraphs almost completely explain why the Republican Party is so obsequious to Donald Trump despite what they claimed to believe in previously.

Saturday, May 25, 2019 · 12:52:16 AM +00:00 · Dem

The moral failing of the republican people in Congress is to care more about their job than about their country or the people who live in the country. If that was not the case, then Donald Trump would have already been impeached and convicted (removed) by the Senate.

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