TheWorx

I have come to recognize POTUS' behaviors as those of a sociopath but before we get too involved, the reader needs to understand that sociopaths play a needed role in our society--they make the best surgeons, soldiers, lawyers, and, unfortunately for the consumer, businessmen. The main reason for their success in these areas is that a sociopath is cool and collect. More so than in the average person, he/she is able to think without emotional baggage or emotion that can cloud one's judgment. However, that is not to say that our sociopath friends and family (if you look for them, you'll find them) are stoics and can keep from showing us their very universal "human" side. On the contrary, when personally assaulted, for instance, they are quite capable of lashing out at others and being as vindictive as the next guy. Let's outline the sociopath's characteristics and then relate them one by one to President Trump: Deficient in Empathy Uses Glib responses ...

I gave my money to Bernie, I condemned HRC for being a hawk, and I voted for DJT even though I knew my State would not go along. DJT appealed to me mostly because he seemed to be less militaristic than HRC. The fact that he held numerous properties all over the world was a kind of collateral against collateral damage. To date, I remain optimistic--Syria, Afghanistan, and N. Korea notwithstanding. First though, the negative. I should have realized that he would put himself first before the country. In fact, I was hoping for this vis-a-vis his properties. But it was not apparent to me that he would go hog wild with his "Ferengi" crew. In this, my prognostications failed miserably but even if I had been more attuned to things, I still would have felt that the emoluments clause would be sacrosanct and would have prevented any graft on the part of the President. To me, everything in those first few weeks of his presidency, spoke of fascism and corporate greed. I wasn't t...