Trump loyalists who think Democrats despised the president because of his agendas, or because of his personality, or because of both combined, are in error. They condemned the president because they knew the two factors are fused, a singularity. Trump is a destructive psychopathic Narcissist who is incapable of a humane act. A brilliant, or just a devious psychopath might conceivably promote liberal values and policies as part of a deeper strategy of eventual autocratic control. Democrats, in that case, might be hard pressed to condemn his actions, even while anticipating some future axe fall. But in fact, Trump has been hated because his way of living the psychopathic life was not mediated, not masked by intelligence and strategy. It was in pure form, where all thoughts and actions were malignant and misanthropic in fact and motive. That some people gained a monetary advantage means nothing. Those who love Trump are cynical hypocrites to claim that his political acts redeem him. They admire an evil man and they admire his evil deeds. There are no other parts to this puzzle.
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There is a scene in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged where heroine Dagny Taggart is observing the three super-potentates of the novel – John Galt, Francisco d’Anconia and Ragnar Danneskjold – in a state of wonder. Host of the evening and father-figure to the three polymaths, philosopher Hugh Akston remarks to Dagny that the three are not special, but “normal” men who haven’t been hobbled by the constraints of the statist society and mentality, and who have upheld “reason” as their highest ideal. It may seem almost as elitist to suggest that the slight majority of millions who see Trump for the malignancy he is are not “better” or special, or even mentally healthier than those other millions who can’t recognize or reject a virulent sociopath. We simply have a piece of our heart that hasn’t been scarred over. We can still feel the truth, and by feeling it, know it. (New York Times article comment, 11/14/2020: https://nyti.ms/3ksIsd3#permid=110138174)
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Comments are welcome, but I'd suggest you first read "Feeling-centered therapy" and "Ocean and boat" for a basic introduction to my kind of theory and therapy.