| | | Is Donald Trump the most self-confident President in United States history?
Jay Valenci, Stayed awake in history class
Self confident people never have to tell you how smart or how successful they are.
Self confident people don't bully those below them.
Self confident people don't resort to juvenile name calling.
Self confident people take responsibility for their mistakes and don't blame others.
Self confident people are willing to give credit to others for their success.
Self confident people don't surround themselves with shameless sycophants.
Self confident people aren't ashamed to seek the advice of experts.
Trump is probably among the least secure human beings I have ever witnessed. He is literally a textbook bundle of insecurity. Unfortunately his followers mistake his worst traits for strength. Nothing can be further from the truth.
Steve Harrison, lives in Brooklyn, NY
I don’t think anyone who paints his face with bronzer to look healthier, fluffs up his hair to hide his baldness, wears baggy suits to hide his obesity and shoe lifts to look taller can be described as self-confident. Just the opposite. It’s symptomatic of a man who is extremely insecure with his physical appearance.
The same goes for his attitude. Braggards are generally insecure people who lack confidence in their actual achievements. They are fearful of being judged as failures so they stave that off by boasting, gaslighting and even lying about their accomplishments to avoid being exposed as unexceptional, unremarkable, even flawed individuals.
Both together are indicative of low self-esteem, not self-confidence. I think deep in his psyche is the awareness, or at least the dogged memory of being told by an authority figure, that he doesn’t measure up to others which is why he’s so defensive and quick to viciously attack anyone who disagrees with him; also why he surrounds himself with obsequious toadies. His attacks are childish because I think his low self-image goes back to his childhood.
Narcissism and Self-Esteem Are Very Different
I’m not a shrink but my g/friend is a psychotherapist. She blames Trump’s emotionally unavailable mother and a nasty, demanding father for it.
No, I’d say that Trump is at least the most insecure president since Richard Nixon. That’s what makes him so dangerous. |
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