re: #27 dangerman

actual business leaders / ceos see right through his bullshit and dont buy it for a second.

Somebody was pointing out that what Trump wants more than anything is the respect of actual CEOs. Someone, I think it was on Maddow, pointed out that he really isn’t one - never headed a real, publicly traded company, never had a BoD to answer to, or shareholders. Never had to balance the needs/wants of all the stakeholders. He craves the respect of those who do that. And he’s losing it.

Similarly, he craves the respect of the New York Times, AND CNN, and he’s not going to get that, either.

He’s trapped in his own inability to break from his base, and from Putin. He won’t risk giving up the adulation he gets from the base, or the ego strokes Putin gives him (Working The Asset). He NEEDS their love, but it isn’t what he really WANTS.