Link to the story above: Trump Attacks Alec Baldwin in Early Morning Twitter Rant Amid Week Of Chaos: Trump misspelled Baldwin’s name twice in the unhinged rant. HUFFPOST
The quote that set this off originally appeared in The Hollywood Reporter.
How much longer with you play Trump on Saturday Night Live?.
Every time I do it now, it's like agony. Agony. I can't. If things don't go in the right direction for the midterms. … I could go out on the street, stand on any corner and tap 10 people on the shoulder. And all 10 of them, in all likelihood, would be more qualified — ethically, morally, intellectually and spiritually — than Trump. I'll vote for Mitt Romney. I don't care. Anybody over this guy. It doesn't matter. We have to get rid of him. And that's another project I'm working on. I was the keynote speaker at the Democratic Dinner in Iowa, and I'm gonna go do a couple more of those this year. My wife and I agreed that we're gonna give it everything we have. And then if, God forbid, he wins again in 2020, I'm wondering can I host a game show in Spain.
Alec Baldwin’s mediocre career. (Right)
The Narcisstic Insult
“Anybody over this guy,” said Baldwin. “It doesn’t matter. We have to get rid of him.”
With Putin touting new missiles and chaos in the White House (“ After a crazy 24 hours, sources close to President Trump say he is in a bad place — mad as hell about the internal chaos and the sense that things are unraveling.” see Axios), Trump was focused on defending his trade tariffs announcement in his morning Tweet session.
Okay. It may be a good way to avoid reality.
But then he had to lash out at Alex Baldwin. This reflects on Trump’s mental state. Alarmingly, there is growing evidence that at times Trump cannot control what he says. He says things he later has to walk back or reverse himself on. His Tweets give us an amazing view of his mental instability. Were it not for the Tweets we might be able to lull ourselves into complacency. Instead, they are evidence that Trump is no longer fit to serve. See
This is our president, who now uncountable mental health experts consider to be unbalanced.
He’s a malignant narcissist.
'MALIGNANT NARCISISSM': DONALD TRUMP DISPLAYS CLASSIC TRAITS OF MENTAL ILLNESS, CLAIM PSYCHOLOGISTS
His psychological defenses have worked more or less successfully until recently unless you count his needing to vent incessantly on Twitter against anyone who is critical of him. (I don't discount this.) He is under attack at the same time as he is losing people like Hope Hicks who have given him emotional support. When he feels attacked he reacts with what’s called narcissistic rage, his judgment is impaired and his paranoid traits come out.
Narcissistic rage is a reaction to narcissistic injury, which is a perceived threat to a narcissist's self-esteem or self-worth. Narcissistic injury (or narcissistic scar) is a phrase used by Sigmund Freud in the 1920s; narcissistic wound and narcissistic blow are further, almost interchangeable terms.[1] The term narcissistic rage was coined by Heinz Kohut in 1972.
Narcissistic injury occurs when a narcissist feels that their hidden, "true self" has been revealed. This may be the case when the narcissist experiences a "fall from grace", such as when their hidden behaviors or motivations are revealed, or when their importance is brought into question. Narcissistic injury is a cause of distress and can lead to dysregulation of behaviors as in narcissistic rage.
Narcissistic rage occurs on a continuum, which may range from instances of aloofness and expressions of mild irritation or annoyance to serious outbursts, including violent attacks and murder.[2] Narcissistic rage reactions are not limited to personality disorders and may be also seen in catatonic, paranoid delusion and depressive episodes.[2] It has also been suggested that narcissists have two layers of rage. The first layer of rage can be thought of as a constant anger (towards someone else), with the second layer being a self-aimed wrath.[3] WIKIPEDIA
He was so discombobulated this morning that his Tweet had to be spell-checked and reposted 10 minutes later. He even spelled Alec Baldwin’s name incorrectly.
Apparently, Trump missed watching Tucker Carlson on Fox News last night or he’s leery of taking on any Fox personality.
Featured on HuffPost under the lead story about trade, the number two and three stories were about Tucker Carlson and Alex Baldwin.
If Trump loses Fox News entirely, and that would be up to Rupert Murdoch, Trump might become even more unstable, and therefore more dangerous.
We are now in a situation that Trump may become blatantly delusional, showing florid signs of psychosis which Pence and the inner circle can no longer deny. With all the talk about impeachment, we could quickly go back to looking to the 25th Amendment to save the country.
Friday, Mar 2, 2018 · 6:43:48 PM +00:00 · HalBrown
LINK: "There is a rich irony to Trump’s cry that he is the target of an effort to 'suppress [his] right to free speech,' when it is Trump himself — a candidate for President —who is attempting to invoke the coercive power of the courts to punish a citizen’s speech," states a memorandum to dismiss. "That is not how our democracy works. To the contrary, by announcing his noxious views on Mexican immigrants as part of his campaign platform, Trump invited vigorous debate and commentary — and he got it. The fact that Trump is too 'thin-skinned' to endure the kind of lampooning that has typified presidential campaigns since the founding of the Republic does not entitle him pursue a judgment and $500 million in alleged damages."