Trump Is Angry at Americans for Not Appreciating His Greatness

"Anyone who has paid close attention to Donald Trump 's utterances over the years is acutely aware of his black-and-white perspective on America's history and its current trajectory. It's a tale of incredible heroism matched by incredible villainy with Trump representing the summit of national achievement and his opponents and detractors motivated strictly by malice, dishonesty, and even treason. There is no nuance in his publicly expressed worldview, no room for honest disagreement."

"Throughout the 2024 campaign, he regularly depicted the Biden administration as utterly depraved and consciously evil - a nation-destroying enterprise with not a bit of redeeming value, having wrecked the living paradise Trump was busily building during his first term. The 47th president fully resumed and even accelerated his American-greatness project in 2025 and is already so satisfied with his success that he is devoting a great deal of time to building monuments to himself and demanding global recognition of all he has done."

"Yet instead of being able to bask in his accomplishments and glory in his plans, he's being told by the political experts in his orbit that the people aren't happy. Indeed, even as he claims that in one year the country has gone from Weimar levels of hyperinflation to a dizzying climb in real wages and living standards, he's being pushed out on the road to exhibit concerns about affordability, a term he has mocked"

Donald Trump maintains a rigid black-and-white worldview that frames the nation as heroic when aligned with him and villainous when opposed. He portrays himself as the pinnacle of national achievement and views opponents as motivated by malice, dishonesty, or treason. He believes he has been elevated to supreme power three times by an overwhelming majority. After resuming the presidency, he accelerated an American-greatness agenda, devoted time to building monuments, and demanded global recognition. Despite claims of dramatic economic improvements, advisers report public dissatisfaction, and he is being pushed to address affordability concerns he has mocked.

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