I find the most consistent explanation for Donald Trump is he does whatever is going to keep himself the top news story in the media. I don't think there's any deeply held belief other than if he doesn't think people are talking about him that's bad
In his interview yesterday he mentioned that he won his weekend golf tournament. Of course he did, otherwise it wouldn’t be newsworthy (still isn’t, but oh well).
Then he asked the reporter if she saw that he won. I think he asked twice.
I look at that simple interaction as the most accurate model of his behavior. Are people talking about me? Good. Why aren’t people talking about me? I need to do something to make sure they do. He may very well have actual intelligence but it doesn’t seem obvious that it is the catalyst of anything he does.
grvdrm|10 months ago
In his interview yesterday he mentioned that he won his weekend golf tournament. Of course he did, otherwise it wouldn’t be newsworthy (still isn’t, but oh well).
Then he asked the reporter if she saw that he won. I think he asked twice.
I look at that simple interaction as the most accurate model of his behavior. Are people talking about me? Good. Why aren’t people talking about me? I need to do something to make sure they do. He may very well have actual intelligence but it doesn’t seem obvious that it is the catalyst of anything he does.