I’m going to keep sharing this until people understand what’s going on: Narcissist Collapse
If you give him even the slightest pushback, he freaks out. The thing is, we need to keep pushing and pushing without letting him yell “Fake News!” or call a reporter “nasty.” Keep pushing and he’ll melt down.
This leads to a breakdown which manifests as angry outbursts, irritable or defensive behavior, and verbal or physical aggression. … It can result in harm to the person with NPD and those around them.
This chieftain* created secret police out of whole cloth without constitutional justification. That does sort of give opponents pause when trying to figure out how to effectively fight back.
*A friend of mine coined this derogatory use of the word years ago, in reference to the easiest difficulty of Civilization games being Chieftain.
I’m going to keep sharing this until people understand what’s going on: Narcissist Collapse
If you give him even the slightest pushback, he freaks out. The thing is, we need to keep pushing and pushing without letting him yell “Fake News!” or call a reporter “nasty.” Keep pushing and he’ll melt down.
As a German, I had to laugh at “NPD” as this is the name of the predecessor of the current Nazi party AfD, and this is just such a perfect fit.
Technically the NPD is the predecessor of the new outspoken nazi-party “Die Heimat” and not the AfD but the sentiment holds true
Uh oh
Maybe by like, I dunno, blowing up random Venezuelan boats?
Yeah… Uhh… Considering that, I think he might already be having a breakdown.
I love that they had to publish an explainer article for everyone in Australia under the headline:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-17/president-donald-trump-and-hostile-relationship-with-media/105783964
Americans don’t know how to fight back. They’ll roll over and take it. Just watch.
This chieftain* created secret police out of whole cloth without constitutional justification. That does sort of give opponents pause when trying to figure out how to effectively fight back.
*A friend of mine coined this derogatory use of the word years ago, in reference to the easiest difficulty of Civilization games being Chieftain.