the mellow tigger's musings

It's Moody Monday, so it's the day for unpleasant topics. How about something more challenging, though? Do you think it's possible for you to feel compassion for Trump?

I didn't think I could, but I'm less certain after viewing the video that I'm sharing today. In this 14-minute video, a psychiatrist presents some history and analysis of Donald J Trump. This story presents a compelling argument for why Trump's compassion is always (and likely always will be) sorely lacking. Watch the entirety, if you dare risk feeling sorry for this leader on the world stage.

This video, "Why Trump Gets Angry When People Suffer", is only 14 minutes long. Give it a go. It explains why that televised talk with Zelenskyy was so painful to watch. It needed to be exactly that ambush in order to protect Trump's own self-esteem.

So... it doesn't excuse Trump's behavior. It does, however, seem to explain it rather well. It also explains Trump's persistent hatred of Obama. How could Trump feel anything else after Obama mocked Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner back in 2011? Reimagine every press conference in 2025 as Trump privately sneering at media leaders who previously laughed at him publicly in 2011 but now striving to speak directly to him. His disdain seems almost reasonable, from his perspective, doesn't it? I expect to be back to reviling Trump by next week. Okay, probably tomorrow. I've thought since 2019, and the opinionated James Carville now wonders too, that Trump suffers ongoing brain damage from an old syphilis infection. I never really considered his childhood and family life as a factor in his current vile behavior.

I can for a few minutes now feel... I dunno... pity, maybe.