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One doesn't need a psychology degree to understand what makes Trump tick. He's a simplistic thinker only concerned with satisfying his selfish desires, surrounding himself with people who will do his bidding, and lashing out at those who frustrate him.

That's it; there's nothing else to the man. He's as transparent as glass — a shallow, immature, paranoid delusionist obsessed with gaining ever more money and power, much like someone addicted to heroin.

Trump is the proverbial king with no clothes who desperately wants people to think he's smarter than he is. His small, egotistical mind creates a fantasy world where he is constantly the center of attention, covering up a deep-seated emptiness resulting from a lack of empathy and compassion for others. His own words continually reveal this little man's sad truth and the twisted hell he has created for himself.

However, Trump's enablers throughout his life, ranging from his father to banks, investors, politicians, the media, and half the voting public, have drawn the rest of us — the nation, the world — into that same hell and to suffer the consequences of his petty actions.

While Trump is simple enough to understand, the question remains: Why do so many ordinary, seemingly rational people willingly cooperate with his undeniable insanity? The answers to that inexplicable mystery could fill a library of psychology books.

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He brings out those qualities in people that church and schools have suppressed. Spiritually, we are a bell curve of people ranging from Mother Theresa to Trump. The center can be swayed and in the past was swayed to the good. Religion has taken a hit and our schools are corrupt. See WhiteChalkCrime.com. I suggest good people get on school boards on a save democracy platform if we want to sway society away from evil.

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"And you of tender years (Can you hear and do you care?)

Can't know the fears (And can you see?)

That your elders grew by (We must be free)

And so please help (To teach your children)

Them with your youth (What you believe in)

They seek the truth (Make a world)

Before they can die (That we can live in)"

— Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Adults can learn some of life's most important lessons from children. A child's innocence is a gift of nature.

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