There has been an inability for Trump and his Administration to admit any fault to an extent that has gone beyond bizarre. There have been others that have presented themselves in a similar manner, I dare to invoke Godwins law and mention Hitler.
We see Trumps narcissism on full display through his inability to admit fault on so many occasions, constantly doubling down on ridiculous notions, falsehoods, conspiracy theories and flat out stupidity in the face of nation that over half of its citizens know better, it becomes vicariously embarrassing to witness.
What is extremely odd to me, is to what lengths Trump, his administration, the propaganda machine, and subsequently his supporters go to rationalize every wrong move by Trump in an attempt to skew truth and reason to make it look “good”. It is far beyond preposterous on many occasions to do so. With reports coming out that the administration was in turmoil, Trump states proudly his administration is “A fine tuned machine”, a joke that reverberates today to all but those not emotionally invested in what has became glaringly obvious, this political cult. Today, among one of the most trivial matters when Trump mistakenly tweeted “covfefe”, Sean Spicer refused to admit it was in error and that it was a word known to a small circle of people. When asked what it meant, Spicer ignored the question and moved on to another. What was a funny, light hearted error has become a sign of something dangerous, of something sinister.
This sign of a dangerous inability for the cult to admit any error, mistakes or wrongdoing was there all along. It has gained steam in recent weeks, refusing to admit that Trumps trip overseas was anything but glorious and a massive success, despite alienating some of our historically and most prevalent key allies further. There was no admitting error in Trumps call for a Muslim ban, instead threatening the court to see them in court. The list goes on and on.
Just as disturbingly, Trump’s “White House Director of Strategic Communications”, Hope Hicks, released this:
“President Trump has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him,” the statement said. “He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. He has built great relationships throughout his life and treats everyone with respect. He is brilliant with a great sense of humor . . . and an amazing ability to make people feel special and aspire to be more than even they thought possible.”
Of course, this whole idea of Trump being positive, magnetic and his unparalleled ability to communicate is laughable. What we have here is an inability to admit flaws, to present their savior in an infallible light. What is amazing, is that this sentiment trickles down to every day Trump supporters. Anyone engaging with some negative commentary on Trump in an open forum online will know what I am referring to. There is no admitting Trump and team is wrong, there, laying in wait is a constant swarm of frothy supporters who wish to rationalize every wrong to a right. I’m sure a psychological phenomenon ought to be attributed to such mass behavior and today we are living in a golden age for political scientists and psychologists to take to the helm to identify and describe this absolutely queer behavior. Of course, not every Trump supporter will react in this manner either, but you can be sure there are many who do.
It seems part of this inability to fess up to error to might be do the immense pressure that the White House and their supporters who are emotionally invested in this political cult. The emotional investment into the most disastrous presidency we have ever witnessed, and I don’t mean this lightly. There is not one iota of hyperbole here when I write. The danger of not admitting error, the likeness of that quality to Hitler, the massive push of the right wing to go so far right anything that resembles actual news and fact becomes is a liberal conspiracy. The massive amount of propaganda that is being dispersed daily, which really ramped up at the onset of the Obama administration and Social media, the wracking of Trump and supporters minds to be reduced to delusional conspiracy theories to justify why their leader is infallible and the victim of a media onslaught. It is no wonder there are daily leakers blowing the whistle on this administration on a regular basis.
The administrations psychosomatic narrative, this amateur hour hustle that may have gotten Trump somewhere in shady Trump brand dealings, does not cut it when running a superpower. The population, aside from the deluded 30% or so that has been brainwashed by decades of propaganda, can see through this madness yet they attempt it anyway. Do they believe the lies and rationalizations themselves? It is very possible. It is very scary if they do. They are on a path that the likes of was never seriously thought to occur in these United States. A degenerative, fascist, damaging administration who’s impact will reverberate through time and history and not on the good side of it.
We can understand the truth here, we can analyze what’s happening and we can call a spade a spade, regardless of how bizarre and unbelievable it has become. These are dangerous and interesting times and we the people need cogent explanations of just how reckless, delusional, brazen and perilous that this administration is.