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A paradoxical, self-sabotaging aspect of Trump's psychopathology: His impulsive need to cash in short term "wins" that come at the expense of greater, long term gains. There's an addictive quality (dopamine related?) to his incessant search for narcissistic supply.....1/ https://twitter.com/corbykl/status/1244317158005288961
In this case, Trump can't resist the immediate narcissistic supply/high he gets off his base's unquestioned loyalty, willingness to propagate/maintain his alternate realities, and sacrifice....even if that sacrifice costs him months from now....2/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1152549516869955584
I've previously described this in terms of disorder dominance: 3/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1114535644301266945
In another thread, I analyzed how age-related decline has affected the battle for disorder dominance: 6/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1134437671441276928
All of this results in a race to the bottom where Trump's pathologies produce no winners: https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1244273701664759811
