To be, or not to be: Part II--On the Couch

The answer starts with Trump's personality. His public behavior is that of a classic narcissist--grandiose and entitled; lacking empathy and interpersonally manipulative; endlessly seeking success ("winning"), power, control and adulation. 

Many of these can be quite easily seen. For instance, the sheer longevity of his complaining about having been "treated unfairly" by the media suggests that Trump believes himself entitled to questions at the level of, say, a twelfth grade class president debate. That he seems to believe he can lie with impunity also speaks to his over-inflated sense of entitlement. 

One only has to consider his comments about his ex-wives during his divorces, and more recently about Mexicans immigrating illegally, Megyn Kelly's menstrual cycle, and Carly Fiorina's face, for just a bit of the nauseating proof of his lack of empathy that's out there. The wealth and empire that he's built over time more than adequately speak to his long pursuit of success and power. Similarly, Trump's incessant self-referential talk about winning, and being a winner, clearly illustrates his grandiosity and need for adulation. 

You might be wondering what all of this has to do with the reason Trump's supporters don't push back at his whining, skullduggery and offensive style. The answer continues with a look at who Trumpsters really are...