Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

[u/ExactlySorta]

[u/keeper_of_the_donkey]

And that is exactly the point he is making. He even said this confuses people like us. He said what he said, and he was correct.

[u/bushsniffa → u/keeper_of_the_donkey]

No, they have agency and can tell the truth.

This is the ridiculous and enabling lie: "Trump and his followers can only work with what they consider the acceptable truth. I.e. the truth that they've been given and are incapable of doubting" 

[u/glassy_paddle → u/bushsniffa]

Unfortunately, they don't have agency. This doesn't mean we should allow it, it's just the reality of the personality disorder.

Narcissists do not see or accept alternative worldviews. Because their internal psychology is fundamentally egocentric, they view their own perspective not as an opinion, but as the objective, absolute truth. Most of us have the ability to hold, validate, and share a reality with another person – narcissists do not.

[u/bushsniffa → u/glassy_paddle]

Actually hold someone to account and you'll see their agency magically reappear. 

[u/glassy_paddle → u/bushsniffa]

No, you won't. Narcissists and sociopaths genuinely never accept other world views. They will do anything and everything to pursue their world view with no contrition or an ethical framework the rest of us follow.

To be clear, no one here is saying we should not hold Trump and his administration to account. But it's worth understanding there is no "normal" world view secretly in there somewhere.

But 100% agree, we really need a sweeping change through midterms and in '28, and then we need to send a lot of people to prison or make sure they never hold any position worth anything ever again.

[u/bushsniffa → u/glassy_paddle]

It's a lie and they fundamentally intend to deceive alls I'm sayin.

[u/glassy_paddle → u/bushsniffa]

100% agree.

As an aside, I have dealt with a new narcissists and sociopaths in my life, and it's just wild how their brain works. Like, you can show them actual evidence of something they did, and they just won't accept it. Or, they will make you feel like they are amazing and warm people when they are just manipulating you. It's bonkers.

[u/bushsniffa → u/glassy_paddle]

Yes! People think evil must outwardly look and behave evil like a disfigured cartoon villian. They don't clock the charmer salesman.

[u/glassy_paddle → u/bushsniffa]

Yep!