In December i read Justin Frank's "Trump on the Couch". With items from the public record up to April of 2018, he tells information and observations that anyone who has been paying attention would know and realise. The book also reminds me of the old joke, "Guy goes to the psychiatrist. The first thing the psychiatrist says is 'Why do you hate your mother?'" But beyond that, Trump is not only unfit (and dangerous) for the office of the presidency, Trump is unfit for society (any society).
Where Frank does not explore enough is what is wrong with people who approve of Trump. Trump came in second place to Hillary Clinton; the electoral college structural opportunities was manipulated by the Russians in concert with the Republican Party/Trump campaign; the 'deplorables' (the base, as Rove called them) were ginned up by delusion, and hatred (hatred especially of Barack Obama, a man that did not look like them).
Then i read the bushjr book, and began the Obama book. There is much redundancy between gwbjr and Trump. Frank saw a danger to the country in bushjr, and wrote the book. He has empathy for bushjr, and believes his religious conversion was genuine. If it was, he could not have chosen any other sect [evangelicals] that so conveniently accommodates fraud. Besides the obvious reports on junior, he sees a mild form of Tourette's syndrome. Both Trump and bushjr are horrible, but Frank is not so generous about Trump.
Malignant narcissism, mendacity, sadism, a profound ignorance, and the desire to be dictators are in both. They would have been nothing, if their fathers were not born before them. Both really enjoy destroying, they glee in destruction. Trump moreso. Trump is extremely loud and gaudy, while gwbjr enjoyed a smug emptiness, and politically wanted to appear folksy. The oft asinine statement repeated by many was "the kind of guy you'd enjoy a beer with"; he is a dry drunk, who when active was a terrible drunk.
I have many times found myself reading about Trump's behaviour of the day before, and i would fume and catch myself using gwbjr's name, and have to correct and say "Trump" whenever in discussion. They have several similar qualities of personality, habit, action, and response. Trump is an extreme con man, with bottomless rottenness. gwbjr had two looks: the smirk of sadism, and the emptiness of incomprehension.
I have been thinking for months what sort of film(s) can be made on the Trump presidency. Recent films like Spotlight, and The Post come to mind. Before he was inaugurated it seemed inevitable that he would be removed from office, or hellacious disaster would come. Reading about the politics leading up to WWI, it reads as the war between the great powers would come inevitably. Reading about the Galveston hurricane in 1900, and how reports came from Cuba to get ready were ignored, that the storm was going to hit hard no matter what officials in Texas thought. Trump's fall from power was evident before he "won" the election. I nominate Martin Scorsese to direct the Donald Trump biopic. His body of work - Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, etc - suggests he has done a great job bringing similar characters to life on film. The best thing that can be said about Trump is that we are closer to the end of his presidency than the beginning.
Now, Obama is a different story: "Obama is more intelligent and more articulate than many of his critics and remains civil and respectful even in the face of criticism. This angers envious people who are insecure about their own intelligence and who cannot stand kindness in people they hate." p. 190 [of the Obama book].
The trouble with Obama is he is too much a political gentleman, and refuses to see the malevolence of Republicans. He truly wants unity. Obama believes everyone has a view to consider, and he avoided confrontation. Obama wanted to be a president for all Americans. Yet his detractors called him 'divisive'. His greatest failure was not to prosecute the busheviks, and then the Wall Street financiers, and British Petroleum. Obama, unlike the shit gibbon clowns before and after him, is not a narcissist: 'No drama Obama' as many have said.
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