Donald Trump's Narcissism
Narcissism, the extreme selfishness and obsessiveness with one’s self and their talents. As history and technology has progressed the narcissistic tendencies of society has been on the rise. Society has promoted these tendencies through television, music, social, media, and world leaders. As citizens become more and more narcissistic, the more isolated they become. Isolated towards each other and opposing viewpoints. They grow to believe that there opinion are more important and ignore those who oppose them. It has become very troubling within the nation as citizens grow further and further apart in viewpoints because their values and opinions are more important than those around them. This divide has become more and more visible during the
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Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton demonstrated both arrogance and narcissism to the country through their presidential campaign, the more vocal one being Donald Trump. In David Gergen’s article, Donald Trump's Narcissism, he states Trump isn’t your typical kind of narcissist–he is a productive narcissist. These individuals care more about transforming the future, rather than considering the possible damages. Productive narcissists have been beneficial in the past including people like, “Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, as well as recent corporate leaders like Jack Welch, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs” all of which have been beneficial to society. However, less beneficial individuals also fall under this category, such as Hitler. There many possible outcomes to having a productive narcissistic as leader. Trump speaks his mind and want to make changes within the country, it seems as if he often speaks without considering possible damages. The definition of a productive narcissist. Now on to the next candidate, Hillary Clinton. She was defeated by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Her personality was better than Trumps, but she was extremely arrogant. This trait of hers can be seen on many occasions, but most recently it can be seen in her loss. A week before the election, the F.B.I director, James B. Comey, reopened the case on her email scandal. She then blamed the loss on Comey, “‘our analysis is that Comey’s letter raising doubts that were groundless, baseless, proven to be, stopped our momentum’” (qtd. in Chozick). Rather than taking the majority of the blame on herself, she pointed to an obstacle that was in her path. Even though this was a factor in her loss, there were many other things at play that contributed to her loss. This event demonstrates how arrogance and narcissism is at play in politics. Hilary cannot put it on
Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton demonstrated both arrogance and narcissism to the country through their presidential campaign, the more vocal one being Donald Trump. In David Gergen’s article, Donald Trump's Narcissism, he states Trump isn’t your typical kind of narcissist–he is a productive narcissist. These individuals care more about transforming the future, rather than considering the possible damages. Productive narcissists have been beneficial in the past including people like, “Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, as well as recent corporate leaders like Jack Welch, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs” all of which have been beneficial to society. However, less beneficial individuals also fall under this category, such as Hitler. There many possible outcomes to having a productive narcissistic as leader. Trump speaks his mind and want to make changes within the country, it seems as if he often speaks without considering possible damages. The definition of a productive narcissist. Now on to the next candidate, Hillary Clinton. She was defeated by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Her personality was better than Trumps, but she was extremely arrogant. This trait of hers can be seen on many occasions, but most recently it can be seen in her loss. A week before the election, the F.B.I director, James B. Comey, reopened the case on her email scandal. She then blamed the loss on Comey, “‘our analysis is that Comey’s letter raising doubts that were groundless, baseless, proven to be, stopped our momentum’” (qtd. in Chozick). Rather than taking the majority of the blame on herself, she pointed to an obstacle that was in her path. Even though this was a factor in her loss, there were many other things at play that contributed to her loss. This event demonstrates how arrogance and narcissism is at play in politics. Hilary cannot put it on