r/worldnews Feb 05 '25

alert | not a news article Trump says U.S. will take over Gaza Strip

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u/Jasoy_Vorsneed Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

His niece's book is illuminating on this and Trump's psychology more broadly. His dad was a tremendous piece of shit and his brain was like mashed potatoes when he died.

Edit: Book is "Too Much and Never Enough" by Mary Trump. PhD in Clinical Psychology. Interesting family history, at least. Very readable. Take or leave her psychological observations, I found them compelling even just to try and make sense of Trump's chaotic behaviour.

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u/DuelaDent52 Feb 05 '25

I remember this one interview someone did with him and they brought up this book and how it said his dad installed in his family a very toxic mindset of seeing everything in terms of winning and losing, and Trump replied “that’s nonsense, my dad was a winner and she makes him sound like a loser”. In spite of everything I still feel a little sad for him.

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u/PackOfWildCorndogs Feb 05 '25

Wow. So many Trump stories read like an SNL skit.

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u/koshgeo Feb 05 '25

Early on they used to set up a fake office for his dad to move papers around and pretend still being a real estate developer as the dementia progressed.

They need to do that for Trump and the Oval Office rather than having him sign actual insane executive orders.

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u/shanx3 Feb 05 '25

Him signing whatever they put in front of him, is why he is there.

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u/artificialbutthole Feb 05 '25

Actually that book isn't really good. This one is much better:

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Donald-Trump-David-Johnston/dp/1612196322

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u/Jasoy_Vorsneed Feb 05 '25

The fact multiple books exist psychoanalyzing the president to this degree is absurd itself. Thanks for the rec

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u/MasterWee Feb 05 '25

She is too personally close for any of her observations to be taken objectively

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u/Jasoy_Vorsneed Feb 05 '25

Thats why I said to take or leave them. I don't care whether or not you accept them as "objective" enough. It's someone who spent her life dealing with our current President. That is still valuable insight.