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Since the start of his campaign, Donald Trump has made it well known when he is deeply saddened by a myriad of issues, especially those of which he portrays himself victimized by. Over the weekend, his outlandish accusations have skyrocketed with baseless accusations that the Obama administration had wiretapped his phones during the election season. Some think this is a distraction from investigations into his administration’s ties with Russia.
Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
The subject of this 3 a.m. Twitter rampage quickly diverged when he brought up The Apprentice before he continued his day golfing.
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Sad, sad, sad. This theme was present when he tweeted about the Oscar’s finale mishap. Again, he twisted issues of misfortune to place the attention on himself.
After the awards show, ultra-conversative news outlet Brietbart reported Trump saying: “I think they were focused so hard on politics that they didn’t get the act together at the end. It was a little sad. It took away from the glamour of the Oscars. It didn’t feel like a very glamorous evening. I’ve been to the Oscars. There was something very special missing, and then to end that way was sad.”
Trump had to throw in that of course he has been to the Oscars (*insert eye roll emoji*) but like many media organizations, TV shows, reporters, actresses, politicians, countries… they’re all failing terribly and his heart just aches at their demise. “Special” to Donald Trump must mean no political statements being made against him. Poor Trump for falling victim to artists, many of whom were women, immigrants and part of other minority groups, movie casts full of immigrants and diversity, for taking a stand and using their powerful voices to take a stand against injustice – all at his expense.
As we are probably all used to by now, though, this rhetoric is old news. Trump has a long history of “melancholy” remarks and especially Tweets. Here are just a few from the past:
Because of me, the Republican Party has taken in millions of new voters, a record. If they are not careful, they will all leave. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2016
I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2016
(About American job loss)
I am the only one who can fix this. Very sad. Will not happen under my watch! #MakeAmericaGreatAgain https://t.co/8MQ4imuTTi
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13, 2016
The only reason irrelevant @GlennBeck doesn’t like me is I refused to do his failing show – asked many times. Very few listeners – sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2016
National Review is a failing publication that has lost it’s way. It’s circulation is way down w its influence being at an all time low. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2016
The @TheView @ABC, once great when headed by @BarbaraJWalters, is now in total freefall. Whoopi Goldberg is terrible. Very sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2016
Very sad what happened last night at the Miss Universe Pageant. I sold it 6 months ago for a record price. This would never have happened!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2015
The failing @nytimes does not mention the new @CNN Poll that has me leading Iowa by a massive 13 points – I am at 33%. Maggie Haberman, sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2015
Maybe it’s just me, but something tells me that he isn’t really saddened by this things. Rather, he is trying to discredit them through dramatization, hoping to sway the people into agreeance. Trump’s behaivor has been a topic of interest to many psychologists, and even the Russian government has been compiling a dossier on Trump’s “mental state” in preparation for Putin’s meeting with him, which is typically unusual. Psychologists have labeled Trump a narcissist for exaggerating his achievements, bring entitled and lacking empathy, and as playing the part of a “messiah figure,” here to solve the world’s problems. One psychologist cited “reaction formation,” the expression of feelings towards an event, a situation or something about ourselves that is the opposite of what we truly feel.”
In his February news conference, Trump said, “You go to some of these inner city places and it’s so sad when you look at the crime. You have people – and I’ve seen this, and I’ve sort of witnessed it –in fact, in two cases I have actually witnessed it.” I mean, he’s “sort of” witnessed it so he must be an expert and qualified to make generalizations like that.
More recently, Trump finally commented on the hate crime shooting that took place in Kansas, killing one Indian engineer and injuring his colleague.
“Recent threats targeting Jewish community centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week’s shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms.” This came after days of urging the President to remark on the recent incidents and many still felt that this was too little and too late. Still, the tweets continue:
It is so pathetic that the Dems have still not approved my full Cabinet.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017
If anything is for certain, President Trump, it’s that we do not need your pity.