Said the Neanderthal
If I were trying to sell I Want To Be Your Protector as a screenplay to a movie executive, I would last less than ten minutes before being laughed out of the CEO’s office. As I was unceremoniously shown the door, I’d yell, “But listen. Donald the Dumb said it.
I have written many articles about Trump’s narcissism. Psychiatrists and psychologists would concur with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual’s (DSM) code 301.81. The code is for narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). This is a synopsis if you aren’t fully aware of NPD traits.
- Feels grandiose and self-important (e.g., exaggerates accomplishments, talents, skills, contacts, and personality traits to the point of lying, demands to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements);
- Is obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, fearsome power or omnipotence, unequaled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion;
- Firmly convinced that he or she is unique and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be treated by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions);
- Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation - or, failing that, wishes to be feared and to be notorious (Narcissistic Supply);
- Feels entitled. Demands automatic and full compliance with his or her unreasonable expectations for special and favorable priority treatment;
- Is "interpersonally exploitative", i.e., uses others to achieve his or her own ends;
- Devoid of empathy. Is unable or unwilling to identify with, acknowledge, or accept the feelings, needs, preferences, priorities, and choices of others;
- Constantly envious of others and seeks to hurt or destroy the objects of his or her frustration. Suffers from persecutory (paranoid) delusions as he or she believes that they feel the same about him or her and are likely to act similarly;
- Behaves arrogantly and haughtily. Feels superior, omnipotent, omniscient, invincible, immune, "above the law", and omnipresent (magical thinking). Rages when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted by people he or she considers inferior to him or her and unworthy.
Take a moment; you will need just a few minutes to see that those narcissistic characteristics are precisely those of Trump’s personality. This is the classical painting by Caravaggio of Narcissus.
This is an animated 21st-century version of Narcissus.
Donald the Narcissus believes people are out to get him even though he acts holier than thou. His grandiosity is matched only by other autocrats. So, why is his personality so skewed?
The answer is that he feels inferior. He constantly compares himself favorably over nearly everyone else in the world. Deep in the cobweb of Trump’s mind, he feels inferior, especially to women. He said, “I always thought women liked me, but the fake news keeps saying women don’t like me.” To cover his inferiority complex, he asserts, “I want to be your protector.”
Enter the Neanderthals, who can be traced back 430,000 years. This next question is the date when the Dick and Jane Neanderthals understood that having sex results in a baby nine months later. Anthropologists know that homo Sapiens were interbreeding with Neanderthals at least 120,000 years ago. Did our forebearers realize that sex produce children back during the comingling of both groups?
We don’t know. However, we do know that Neanderthal knew from day one that women were unique. They produce life. That notion is that women possess some godlike ability. Our forebearers, by the time of the biblical story of Adam and Eve, also realized women are godlike.
Instead of giving women parity with men, they blame women for misleading and tempting Adam and all men. Women have been excluded almost totally from all three Abrahamic religions from leadership, theology, and ordination. That mindset is counterintuitive. The reason for the mess that we are in is due to women headed by Eve. They seduce men, which makes them stupid and mailable. Here again, the issue of insecurity in men is present.
If men feel inferior to women, they should. Last year, 54% of medical students were women. Forty years ago, 24.9% of med students were women. Students in veterinary medical school are over 80%. Women attending undergraduate colleges and universities outnumber men 1.4 to 1 and 1.6 to 1 in graduate programs.
The development and maturation of women's brains is faster than their counterparts is much faster than men’s. During puberty, females' brains are more than two years ahead of males'. It takes males until their late teens and early 20s to catch up. In some cases, male brains never fully develop.
Recently, Trump had issues with women and their reproductive health, to which he said, “You will be protected, and I will be your protector." Protector Trump assured women will be happy not having to think about abortions. According to Trump, women “will be happy, healthy, confident and free. You will no longer be thinking about abortion.” Then Donald the Dumb added, “I always thought women liked me. I never thought I had a problem. But the fake news keeps saying women don’t like me.”
No, Donald, you are the problem and the epitome of a weak and inferior narcissistic person.