I realize I don't know you, but I'd like to think you can't be stupid enough to just pull a Godwin out of your ass like that. I'll take your response as a passive aggressive poke at my post (I don't see Churchill mentioned anywhere in the thread other than my sig, and he is certainly is not relevant to the 2016 elections).
So!
Your comparison is seriously insulting to Churchill and his family, disclaimer or not. He came from wealth and aristocracy, went to Sandhurst and then didn't use family connections to avoid having to personally fight in The Boer War. Trump never served and thinks the military academy he was forced to go not only gave him more training than the actual military, but it qualifies him as the best executive for dealing with the military. Churchill had to stones to go get shot at, PROVED himself as a leader, was promoted accordingly, and was later the equivalent of Secretary of the Navy before leading England in WW2. Trump has no such experience. Inheriting money and being hit or miss with real estate ventures hardly compares.
Even when drunk, Churchill did not stoop to the behavior that Trump exhibits regularly. The only thing they have in common beyond having American mothers is a disconnect from a country that is starting to lean left. For America's sake I hope Trump gets a similar outcome.
People call Trump paranoid because he exhibits paranoid thinking, pretty straight forward really. The terrorists-posing-as-refugees dance routine is pretty funny. Tell me, where have Trump and his supporters been on Cuba? Classified as a supporter of terrorism, yet any Cuban who hits our soil is essentially handed a green card. Did I somehow miss a mountain of outrage and shock over all these years, or is this just issue #8,749 where Trump and his flock of sheep look like hypocritical morons?
Think about it. I suggest a correction is in order.
What is it Trump does with his audience?
He anticipates what some of his nuttier supporters want to hear. Then, he amplifies and echoes -- amplifies and echoes.
There have been various published analyses of American politics going back to the '50s. I'm not sure, but I think one of them was entitled "The paranoid streak in American politics."
Various estimates at several times, and what I hear bandied about among my friends and fellow alumni is a percentage something over 20%.
Now Trump . . . .he's your garden-variety narcissist. There are a lot of narcissists, some in politics, others in management, but most assuredly -- profoundly -- positively, absolutely -- Hollywood (and its New York affiliates -- Broadway). Of the entire population, something like 10% would be diagnosed -- I say "di-ag-nosed" -- with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
They love the spotlight.
They're given to envy or jealous obsession.
They always think they're on some divine mission with some "special project."
They don't care who gets hurt as they pursue their goals and objectives.
Their energy-level -- their dopamine receptors, neoroganglionic transmitters whatever -- provide them a sort of pleasure and intoxication when they get applause and feedback from a large crowd. They feel energized. If they were headed home afterward on a tight schedule and cramped sleep-time, they'd bring down their adrenaline plane with calcium tablets and milk.
There have been real-world studies and movies based on real-world studies pertaining to an overlap of narcissism and sociopathy: serial killers, child murderers and murderers-of-children -- ass-ass-ins.
The Fuhrer and a large number of his closest entourage were narcissists.
Do narcissists make good decisions? Do paranoids make good decisions?
Ponder. Meditate.
