In reference to that 'Atlantic' article lion posted a link to, I had been thinking about that earlier, prompted by the tweets below. They reminded me of what the Oaf said immediately when he heard of the Cohen FBI raid:
'It’s a real disgrace. It’s an attack on our country in a true sense,” he said. “It’s an attack on what we all stand for so when I saw this and when I heard it, I heard it like you did, I said that is really now in a whole new level of unfairness.” '
From the 'Atlantic':
'From this perspective, it’s not surprising that Trump has doggedly refused to acknowledge Russia’s meddling in 2016 in clear terms. In their story Thursday revealing that intelligence officials gave Trump specific evidence of Vladimir Putin’s role in directing Russian electoral interference, David Sanger and Matthew Rosenberg of The New York Times describe Trump’s “fear” that “any admission of even an unsuccessful Russian attempt to influence the 2016 vote raises questions about the legitimacy of his presidency.” Trump, in other words, could not subordinate his personal interest in claiming an untainted victory to the nation’s interest in acknowledging—and combatting—Russian meddling. Not only did Trump’s response betray an astonishing lack of patriotism, it’s not clear he even understands the distinction between self and country upon which the concept rests .
I'm not sure in him it is even nationlism, more his complete narcissism, combined in a nexus with what he learnt from his father, Cohn and Norman Peak, hence it's not clear he even understands the distinction between self and country upon which the concept rests .
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People close to Trump said they had never seen him so indignant. (And this is a president known for his outbursts.)
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Remember what an extraordinary day it was after the FBI raided Cohen’s office. Trump was flanked by military officials in the Cabinet room for a meeting that was supposed to focus on Syria. Instead, he fumed about the “disgrace” of the raid, calling it a new level of unfairness.
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