Trump reminds me of my narcissistic father. [View all]
Almost reflex to punish me for opposing him for any and all reasons, starting when I was a teen.
Even when he said something wrong and I'd counter with correct facts, I was in the crosshairs.
He saw me as being arbitrarily defiant and challenging his authority. And it was a warning to my siblings and to my mother not to try it.
I believe he saw me in terms of a psychological stance called ODD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder. While I can't prove it, I'm certain that my father was thinking of ways to "put me away" for my persistent challenging him.
Trump is like this. Say or do anything that doesn't agree with him, BOOM! You'll be investigated, indicted, tried, convicted, and put in prison, maybe "hung".
While this doesn't exactly trigger PTSD in me, it isn't pleasant to recall.
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