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As Americans and the rest of the world adapt to another four years of constant chaos, it will be important to remember that Donald Trump's principal purpose in issuing any pronouncement is to gain attention. Unfortunately, much of the US media is uninterested in helping the public separate signal from noise. BERKELEY – “It’s almost like they knew Trump was bluffing.” That is how Bloomberg...

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Self-effacement, restraint and empathy normally do not mix with high ambition. Ambition – in one form or another, for self or cause – is a requisite for accessing the corridors of power. The narcissist is different. The true narcissist is a readily identifiable personality type, one of the most clearly etched in clinical psychology. Fairly common in the general population, they have been...

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Schwartz reminded himself that he was being paid to tell Trump’s story, not his own, but the more he worked on the project the more disturbing he found it. In his journal, he describes the hours he spent with Trump as “draining” and “deadening.” Schwartz told me that Trump’s need for attention is “completely compulsive,” and that his bid for the Presidency is part of a continuum. “He’s managed...

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