“You haven’t asked me one fucking positive question,” he said. “All of this. What about this? What about that? What about that? What about this? All negative.”

The president had been asked about whether Mitch McConnell should resign from the Senate because of his health issues. Trump responded by indicating that videos of McConnell struggling were a “disappointment to a lot of Republicans,” before noting that “Sleepy Joe gave pardons to everybody.” He then exploded, questioning why they were asking about the White House renovations so much, and griping that they hadn’t asked him about Venezuela. Time pointed out that they talked about Venezuela at length earlier in the interview.

“I don’t understand. I’m sitting here. I’ve done all this stuff,” Trump said. “I took the White House and made it beautiful again.”

Here’s a positive question about his deeds that a reporter should ask:

Mr. President, how good did it feel to rape children?

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    One thing I learned growing up with an authoritarian father, you never challenge them, otherwise all hell breaks loose. I eventually learned that when dad’s voice got that distinctive tone and volume that indicated negative emotions, it was best to get up and leave and go to my room. This doesn’t work for a US President however, though it may work for a King.

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      One thing I learned growing up with an authoritarian father

      One thing I learned about bullies is that they continue bullying until you stop them. I was fortunate in being able to train, and also getting my growth spurt a bit earlier than them. Because of those, the tide turned.

      And luckily my parents were decent people who never pulled any of that authoritarian shit on me. Sorry you had to endure that.

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        One thing I learned, for some reason being a bully magnet, was: know your bully.

        Stopping them requires a different approach for each bully. Some respond to direct force, some respond to a lack of response, some respond to being verbally humiliated in front of their peers. I haven’t figured out the best one for Trump yet.

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      Honestly I’m expecting something supernatural at this point. Maybe he’ll explode into a mass of tentacles on live TV or split his seams and it turns out he was bugs the whole time.

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    “I took the White House and made it beautiful again.”

    As beautiful as a meth heads trailer.

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    Until recently, I wanted Trump to join Our Lord Jesus Christ as promptly as possible.

    Now… I kind of dig it. He is openly legally impaired, with sagging stroke face and hungry piggy eyes; everything he does is excruciatingly humiliating for all Americans.

    So, now, I want him to live out the rest of his term, and publicly rant and suffer and bloat and curse the world with screaming rages. I want everyone to watch.

    I want the whole world to see… THIS is why you limit the powers of a President. THIS is why you should remove your Nixon’s from office. LOOK AT THIS

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      They dont fucking care bro they dont want the country to do well, they just want to hit it big on the next scam and retire to some third world country where they can get cheap prostitutes, that’s what trump voters want they don’t give a shit he’s ruining the country.

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      People, especially Americans, are not going to learn a lesson from Trump embarrassing his country. Things will get a whole lot worse before they get better.

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        Those who voted for him will vote for the next, more coherent, directly vile version of him. One that does exactly what dictators have done before.

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    I just want to see one of these reporters, or anyone really, break decorum and just go off on this motherfucker to his face. He’s just a big fucking coward when it comes down to it. He just never has to confront it, and that’s a shame.

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    I wish this guy could have been removed from the life he was living in his 20s and gotten some serious help. Maybe practiced Buddhism and become a monk to lay bare and put to rest all his demons, rather than continue to gorge them. Were I a better person, I could probably feel sympathy for whatever soul he has left, tortured continuously by his crushing insecurity. But I’m not, instead relishing his realization that he’ll eventually die completely and utterly unloved by the entire world. It’s unfortunate he’ll probably try to feed his demons before that happens with as many human lives as he can. Wonder if anyone will resist his insane order to use nuclear weapons when it eventually comes before January 2029.

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      Were I a better person, I could probably feel sympathy for whatever soul he has left, tortured continuously by his crushing insecurity

      Erroneous beliefs. There is no soul, first of all (if I’m wrong, the burden of proof is on you).

      But even if you weren’t being literal, this man is empty inside.

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        The tantrum at not receiving any positive feedback hinted to me there’s something in there that cares about recognition and appreciation. I’m no scholar of the human soul, but something about that response signaled to me there is a broken and tortured consciousness down there seeking validation through outside admiration. If the shell were entirely soulless, I would have expected indifferent disdain. Instead, I sense a frustrated child trying to win attention from his parents. The absence of adoration is under his skin and eroding the foundation of his entire ego as he senses the finality of his existence approaching. Should have stuck to being a rich private citizen, where the fawning was easy to buy and criticism easy to ignore.

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      I’m not sure narcissists really get better. Is that a thing? I don’t really know.

      In my experience, none of them have the self-awareness, seemingly, to seek out self-improvement to end their narcissism. And why would they? They’ve been operating that way all their lives, and some people are just users of others, so why would they want to fix something they figure is just a way of life? And that’s people without billions allegedly to their name.

      In many cases it just seems to fly under the radar. Siblings, co-workers, parents, kids, spouses - they all eventually figure out there is something “wrong” with the narcissist, and that it is not actually them at fault. The narcissist usually perfects the art of gaslighting others into thinking they are imagining stuff.

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    Headlines starting with like “Trump explodes” give a hope that is immediately dashed upon finishing the sentence

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    and how good did it feel to first push his ex wife down the stairs and then burrying her on your golf course as a pathetic power move?