Like most bullies, Donald Trump is a deeply insecure man. You can see it at moments of tremendous consequence and those where the stakes are clear only in his own mind. It's apparent whenever anyone dares to challenge him with questions he cannot simply spin away with his razzle-dazzle showmanship.
Trump doesn't have to win any part of the arguments if everyone else has already lost them just by participating. It's been more than eight years since Trump first set foot on a debate stage as a presidential candidate.
Through the slog of the 2016 primary, to one-on-one matchups with a former Secretary of State and a former Vice President, Trump's behavior has veered from playful and rakish to angry and unhinged. But the general throughlinebeyond the perpetual lyinghas been his inclination to retreat to bullying whenever he feels even remotely threatened.
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