Candidates use psychological strategies to win support and to cast their rivals in a negative light. In projection, people seek to lessen their own faults by calling out these faults in others.
The only quibble I have with this is that, as the article points out, projection is generally a subconscious things people do. I firmly believe Trump knows exactly what he’s doing and he accuses others first so if they accuse him it looks like “no, you are!” It’s just one strategy in his con man book.
Narcissists often end up in therapy when divorce papers are served or they are fired for abusive behavior. They can’t see these behaviors until forced to confront it: the entire set of behaviors is specifically a self defense mechanism to cover over their insecurity. 100% Trump believes everything he says.
I think you overestimate his intelligence. He’s just flailing but used to have enough sycophants to keep him going. That stopped working sometime in 2015.
The only quibble I have with this is that, as the article points out, projection is generally a subconscious things people do. I firmly believe Trump knows exactly what he’s doing and he accuses others first so if they accuse him it looks like “no, you are!” It’s just one strategy in his con man book.
This is exactly what I’ve been saying is the reason Republicans do it so often! You pretty much completely diffuse an argument before it even starts.
Narcissists often end up in therapy when divorce papers are served or they are fired for abusive behavior. They can’t see these behaviors until forced to confront it: the entire set of behaviors is specifically a self defense mechanism to cover over their insecurity. 100% Trump believes everything he says.
Well, I think that’s incorrect, but neither of us will ever know.
I think you overestimate his intelligence. He’s just flailing but used to have enough sycophants to keep him going. That stopped working sometime in 2015.