SUMMARY: In the 2024 election campaign, Trump’s narcissistic collapse becomes evident through his reactions to various setbacks, including indictments and civil judgments. This collapse manifests in destructive behavior, targeting not only political opponents but also the very systems and structures that sustain him. His blame extends to the Republican Party, MAGA voters, Democrats, and even the entire country. As he embarks on a path of self-sabotage, the consequences threaten the nation’s stability. The paradox lies in his attempt to destroy the institutions essential for his own survival, revealing the complexities of his psychological state.
KEY WORDS: Narcissistic Collapse, Destruction, Politics, Indictments, Election 2020, Paradox, Blame, Economy, 2024 Election
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- The Danger of Narcissistic Collapse
- The Full-Weight of the Executive Branch
- The Economic Consequences of Trump’s Retribution
- Image Attribution
Throughout the Election 2024 campaign, I argued that Trump was in a state of narcissistic collapse. This condition occurs when a narcissist’s delusion of perfection is severely challenged. Trump has never truly recovered from his loss to Biden in 2020. Each indictment, felony conviction, and civil judgment against him has served as another narcissistic injury, compounding his sense of defeat, and deepening his collapse.
The Danger of Narcissistic Collapse
Typically, when faced with threats to their image of transcendent superiority, narcissists react in one of two ways: they either fall into depression or lash out, attempting to hurt, damage, or destroy whatever or whoever caused them harm. When the hole in their ego becomes too large to patch, they enter a state of collapse.
During this collapse, depression may give way to suicidal ideation, or their attempts at revenge may escalate into severe, violent, and excessively damaging actions. A prime example is the insurrection planned and executed in his name on January 6, 2021. Notably, Trump failed to fulfill his role in this chaos by not showing up at the Capitol to lead the rioters or declaring a state of emergency, which would’ve allowed Boobert and Madog to indulge in their violent fantasies of shooting Nancy Pelosi and turning the House floor into a bloodbath.
The Full-Weight of the Executive Branch
Trump’s attempts to bend the Executive Branch to his will and compel it to seek revenge against those he perceives as transgressors illustrate how dangerous narcissistic collapse can be for his opponents. We are all caught up in Trump’s wrathful temper tantrum as he stamps his little feet and shakes his tiny fists at us.
Blaming the Republican Party
Trump blames the Republican Party for not providing the votes, support, planning, and execution he needed in 2020. In his view, the party must be destroyed, especially since it can claim credit for his “successes,” constantly threatening to outshine him. This explains his love-hate relationship with the party.
Disappointing MAGA Voters
MAGA voters did not turn out in sufficient numbers in 2020 to elect him. For Trump, they must be destroyed, regardless of his win in 2024. The injury from 2020 remains, and 2024 is merely a means to an end.
Hostility Towards Democrats
Democrats have openly attacked him in the media and investigated him in Congress. The House impeached him, and Senate Democrats nearly succeeded in convicting him. The list of Democratic actions against him continues to grow.
Resentment Towards Liberals
Liberals, who laugh at him and highlight his insecurities, support communities of color and immigrants—his favorite scapegoats. Everything liberals do or stand for is perceived as a threat to him.
The Country’s Rejection
Trump believes the entire country failed to make exceptions for him when he lost in 2020. He thinks that we didn’t support the Big Lie and won’t allow him to run for a third term in 2028. In his mind, the country needs to be destroyed.
The World’s Denial
No international organization or foreign government recognized the Big Lie as true, and no country demanded his reinstatement. In his view, the world, too, needs to be destroyed, highlighting the paradox in his actions.
The Economic Consequences of Trump’s Retribution
If you look at how his first three weeks in office have gone, it is clear that he is bent on rampant destruction of the various agencies that make up the Executive Branch of government. He’s corrupting files, data, and computer code while physically dismantling agencies. He’s firing employees and preventing them from fulfilling their professional duties, effectively shuttering their offices.
The grants, loans, and payments these agencies typically provide have all been halted. While this may seem insignificant in an economy with over $36 trillion in debt, it still withdraws money from circulation. The economy operates on the exchange of money, with people and organizations purchasing goods and services. When those transactions decline, the economy slows. Coupled with the tariffs he has enacted and threatened, along with the confusion he has sown, we’re witnessing a substantial drag on what was once the best economy in the world.
You can’t look at this situation and conclude anything other than that Trump is deliberately trying to destroy the entire country. Don’t be surprised if he starts discussing defaulting on the U.S. debt or struggles to pass a budget or spending measure through Congress and shuts the entire government down for an extended period of time.
Trump genuinely wants to destroy us and will do everything within the power of the Executive Branch to make it happen.
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The Psy of Life 
Hey Jack: I am at least staying informed on this tragedy by reading reputable literature. Do you read Heather Cox Richardson or The Guardian? Yes I agree with you that megalomaniac is now attempting to systematically destroy the country. Stay well.
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Howdy James!
Yes, I read Richardson and The Guardian, but The Guardian’s guilt-tripping count of how many articles I’ve read is too effective. The independent media seems to me to be unsustainable. We can’t possibly give to everybody who has a substack… and not all of them need it.
At least people are now calling it a coup… at least The Guardian is. I guess that is something.
Huzzah!
Jack
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Whomever he uses who has not yet failed him in some way eventually will. No one can ever succeed in passing every “Do you really love me?” test.
As for the national debt, he appears to already (with Musk’s help) be questioning the validity of debt in the form of Treasury bills and bonds, particularly those held by foreign sovereign wealth funds. — https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/11/2302988/-Trump-Puts-US-Treasuries-at-Risk?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
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Howdy Bob!
Do you see any way that we’ll avoid sliding into another Great Depression? Do you see any way that we won’t default on our debt? I can’t see Trump relenting enough so that we can avoid them.
I’ve also come to the conclusion that 2012 was the last free and fair election we had. Trump has cheated on everything in his life. Do we really think he stopped cheating when he ran for office? Now with the FBI, CIA, and election commissions pushed to the side, who will protect our elections from malfeasance? 2026 will be the least free and fair.
Huzzah!
Jack
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I definitely don’t see any sure and certain way. His musings on “fraudulent payments” related to T-bonds point to the possibility of what might be called selective defaults, or threats of such, probably targeted at foreign sovereign wealth funds of countries he constantly accuses of stealing from us because of trade imbalances. He has no understanding that one of the main ways foreign states and businesses with whom we have a trade deficit keep the dollars moving is by investing in our Treasury securities, the safest way to park money while financing our deficit spending.
No, Trump has never stopped cheating at anything he can whenever he can. It is his core definition of winning. Winning fairly and honestly is not interesting to him.
I’m afraid that the best hope is that he will get at cross purposes with enough Republicans in the House and Senate severely enough to bring on impeachment and removal . He is clearly capable of doing that and is moving in that direction. I would very much like to be able to say that I give him six months at most, but I’m not included in the private conversations at that level to assess the movement.
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Howdy Bob!
I wish I had your optimism. First, I think enough damage has been done to key government agencies that it will be difficult to repair them any time soon. Second, the economy now has a huge drag on it due to the amount of money the government is not spending and slowing outside investment because no one wants to take a chance on us any more. And third, if the Republicans couldn’t get rid of him in January 2021, I don’t see them doing it now.
Even if they did get rid of him (Defenestration, how tall is the White House? Stroke, the right side of his face is definitely drooping worse than someone with Bell’s palsy. Shellfish, Mr. Harding?), would JD Vance be any better or different? Wouldn’t we still have the same BS going on in the cabinet and from the DOUCHE boys?
Blog On, Sibling!
Jack
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I do see it as a long shot, but T and the Gang are doing so much so fast that blaming what inevitably goes very wrong will be difficult even for them to blame on the previous administration. The first clear sign that the wheels are falling off will be firings and resignations among the recently appointed and personnel churn at the WH. When that happens, the incompetence of the first batch of advisors and department heads will seem trivial next to their replacements. Meanwhile, even the most loyal MAGAs will be crying their pain and damage to their MOCs and Senators begging them to do something, anything.
As for JDV in the event of Trump being impeached and removed, the message not to indulge in the same behavior will be strong, as will the demand to get rid of the worst of the appointees and replace them with people who might have a chance of putting what’s been shattered back together. He probably does not have what it would take to succeed in that. Then, maybe in 2026 we can really clean House. In that case, Mr. Musk might be wise to take his piggy bank and move back to SA ahead of the indictments and law suits.
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Howdy Bob!
His cabinet will go sort of like his legal counsel did. I keep thinking, though, that the entire thing, and by thing, I mean economy, climate, and world order, will crash and burn before we get to 2026.
Anyway, with the changes at the FBI and CIA, it’s open season on our elections for Russia, China, and Iran. Between the foreign disinformation campaigns, the secret foreign agents, the foreign campaign donations, the gerrymandering, the voter roll purges, the massive reductions in voting places, days, and machines, 2026 will be the least fair election we’ve ever had.
Hopefully, there were be a fierce and decisive backlash against all things Trump like there was in 2018. I’m sure it is part of the Project 2025 plan. Get it all done before anyone figures it out and can stop it.
Huzzah!
Jack
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Several of the authors of Project 2025 spoke in ways that indicated the intent to act fast before anybody, the courts, legislators, or people in the street could respond effectively to stop it. So, the backlash does need to be intense and sustained. Considering how some of the spending cuts are already hitting solid Red and loyal parts of MAGAland and the words, “We didn’t vote for this.” are getting louder, much of the backlash may come from that direction. Well, we tried to warn them, but we won’t be able to turn them into liberals or progressives, just try to keep their rage pointed in the right direction.
On a related topic, there s this: https://www.salon.com/2025/02/14/out-with-the-old-maxwell-frost-gen-z-democrat-on-why-america-needs-a-real-opposition-party/
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Just a friendly reminder to all who may need to hear it: the backlash is well armed because Second Amendment.
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That is true, alas, of both (all?) sides in our gun worshiping land.
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