[Ask the Gulch] Does Donald Trump have a huge ego?
Posted by rbroberg 8 years, 8 months ago to Ask the Gulch
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Trump is old school, not polished, not a good speaker, but a master of the deal. He works one on one.
Today we have a bunch of smooth talkers, who fell for TQM like it was the answer. Some eventually found that thinking on their feed at reacting was actually more important than endless meetings.We reached an era when if a guy could deliver a smooth talk, they were promoted, even though they did not understand their product. Gee, did I just describe Obama?
By the way, while I'll put your suggestions on my reading list, I was pretty close to some original Objectivist shrinks. I was friends with Lee Shulman who was a psychologist who was pals with Nathaniel Branden. His break-up with Rand can only be described as a stupid event on both sides
Neither Cerf nor Snider bears any resemblance to Donald Trump.
wmiranda wrote: "I believe Trump would be someone Ayn Rand would talk about and enjoy talking to, not necessarily agree with always, but maybe even be friends, if she were alive. However, since they're not contemporaries, we'll never know."
For Donald Trump to "use reason in order to attain his objectives" leaves many questions unanswered about the man and his motives.
I just point out that here in Galt's Gulch Online, we tend to look to Objectivism for an over-arching explanation of the world and worldly events. Donald Trump does not display the actions of a man of strong self-esteem. More to the point, he is not in a position of weakness and never has been. He is free to be himself, whatever that might be... I think that he shows his true self quite clearly, and while he might have "a big ego" in the common vernacular - which daily talk condemns "selfishness" - he does not appear to have a strong ego in the Objectivist sense of the phrase.
I suggest that you look into the available works on Objectivist psychology.
I agree that the creators and achievers of the past whether in 19th century America or 2nd century China deserve respect and praise from us today. However, it is an error to read into them and their lives what we understand here and now.
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