User blog comment:Jamesb1/Will Donald Trump be a good president?/@comment-1038387-20170127152547

As a foreigner, I can take refuge in the cowardly thought that it won't affect me directly, so I can just ignore most of it. It's really hard though.

So, to heck with it.

So far, the only thing he's done (other than firing everyone and signing decrees) is get triggered every time someone mentions he's not as popular as he thinks he is. His safe space... is delusion. He lost the popular vote bigly, got a marginal electoral college win, did not get ratings records, nor attendance records. He's got some minor achievements - he activated more non-voters, and he got the most counties since Reagan. Sadly for him, counties don't matter and unlike Reagan, he didn't get 50% in most of them (Reagan didn't have third parties to worry about, of course). But those aren't big enough points. He needs to be glorified, and there was so little glory in this result calling "victory" is being nice. He's got to be the world's worst sore winner.

As much as I don't like remote diagnosis, it's abundantly clear he has narcissistic personality disorder, and an ego the size of a small planet.

The list of common NPD traits from Wikipedia:
 * Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others
 * Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
 * Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions
 * Needing constant admiration from others
 * Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
 * Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
 * Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs
 * Intensely envious of others and the belief that others are equally envious of them
 * Pompous and arrogant demeanor

He shows all of these, consistently. The sad part is, for all his 70 years, he's been surrounded by wealth, privilege, and a whole flurry of yes-men, sycophants, opportunists, con artists and grifters. They enabled him for personal gain, and now they created something even they can't control. He's living in a fairy tale land in his head and every challenge only seems to make him sink deeper.

Maybe my dislike for him is cultural. I'm a Dutchman, quarter Zeeuw and son of an accountant. I'm frugal AF. I wouldn't trust someone with money if they waste theirs on golden doors, private jumbo jets or paintings of themselves (oh wait, that wasn't even his own money). He's a billionaire only because of his real estate; he seems to have practically no liquidity and requires foreign loans to do anything new. You're not a successful businessman if you've got a credit score of 15% and a history of 3500 law suits, including for racial discrimination and fraud. He's settled his way out of a long criminal record. He has serious issues with not paying his bills and throwing up every block he can when debt collectors come after him. He's bankrupted several companies not his own because he didn't pay for major jobs in his casinos. Hardworking Americans, and he stiffed them. You're not a "smart businessman" if you muscle contractors into accepting lower prices, settle for less than the damages or avoid taxes. That's like saying a schoolyard bully is smart because he never has to pay for his own lunch. You don't learn anything, you just fail as a human being. Also, those tactics aren't a good way to balance a government budget.

He's a spoiled manchild who can't form a coherent sentence off-script. He throws a hissyfit whenever someone damages his large and incredibly fragile ego. He changes his mind so often his word is worth f-all. If he's a Christian, I must've missed the part where Jesus grabbed marry by the crotch and made tons of money over the backs of others.

I've seen a lot of people compare him to President Lex Luthor. There are only a couple of superficial similarities.

He's president Bizarro.