Donald Trump – Page 2 – Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

Wearing Victimhood As a Badge of Honor

Mar 31, 2023

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Donald Trump is talented at using his own painful feelings of victimhood to bond with the public. When we feel inadequate we might puff ourselves up to bully size. He learned how to be an expert bulliy from being bullied by his father .

Liar, Liar Pants on Fire

Dec 31, 2022

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Elayne Savage, PhD

I really hate being lied to. And lately there seems to be outright permission granted to lie in outrageous ways. Congressman-elect George Santos is a recent example of disrespecting his constituents –– and the rest of us as well..

Broadsided by Antisemitism

Nov 30, 2022

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago dinner with White Supremacist antisemites Nick Fuentes and Kanye West brought back a PTSD visceral reaction remembering neighbors spitting at me, calling me a “Dirty Jew.” I was 7 years old. This resurgence of antisemitism is alarming and dangerous. And I’m very scared.

Trumpism/Cultism/Populism Revisited

Jul 31, 2022

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Trumpism is linked to Cult-like behavior. Here are striking similarities of traits of known cult leaders to Donald J. Trump and Trumpism.

#DiaperDon is Back…So Who Will Clean Up Trump’s Big Mess?

Nov 29, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

#DiaperDon says it all: Immature, Vindictive, Accusatory and Retaliatory behavior if disloyalty is suspected. And the mess our President is leaving for President-elect Biden grows bigger every day!

Needing Comfort and Reassurance – Getting Chaos and Fear Instead

Sep 30, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Watching the 1st presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump gave me a fearful visceral response arising from childhood experiences – the scariness of unpredictability and the overwhelming pain from bullying.

Gangsta-Speak From the White House

Jan 27, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Seems to be an onslaught of Gangster-talk that sounds like threats to personal security. And it’s coming out of the White House. Terms like “get rid of her” and “take her out” are repeatedly uttered by President Trump on the recently released dinner party tape. I can’t help but recognize these phrases as Mob-talk for…

The Self-sabotage Team: Trump, Schiff and Giuliani

Sep 30, 2019

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Elayne Savage, PhD

President Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Schiff and Rudy Giuliani seem to have joined the same self-sabotaging team: Open-Mouth-Insert-Foot. Self-sabotage happens when self-doubt creeps in. And Self-sabotage is self-rejecting behavior.

Giving Permission – A Double-Edged Sword

Aug 31, 2019

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The idea of “Giving Permission” has both light and dark ramifications. “Permission” from a mentor or consultant can lead to positive personal and professional changes. “Permission” to act out anger or hate or violent thoughts can have devastating results. Do messages from the White House give dangerous permission?

Body Language Between Putin and Trump

Jun 30, 2019

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Did you notice Vladimir Putin imitating Donald Trump’s posture? Mirroring someone’s movements, gestures, rate of speech, phrases, pauses, or their language is a way of trying to build rapport and trust. Realtors and sales associates call it ‘prospecting,’ Counselors and speakers and interviewees see it as ‘joining.’ This is the Art of Persuasion.

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