Drumpf — reactions of a malignant narcissist who failed publicly
By: Atul Mathur
Tags: Narcissism, Malignant Narcissism

Joe Navarro wrote this prescient blog post in Psychology Today about actions of malignant narcissists upon failure.

Joe Navarro is a 25-year veteran of the FBI where he served on the National Security Division’s Behavioral Analysis Program. Though he posted this way back in July, now it reads like an analysis of reactions by T**** since elections.

So I thought of looking for his tweets that fit the bill. As you will see in this collection of tweets, my task too easy. Here are excerpts from article and embedded couple of T****’s tweets.

When things begin to sour for the narcissist here is what we can expect:

All is well: I am winning.

They will falsely claim that everything is fine and that there is nothing wrong. They will try to first misdirect us or claim there is nothing to the allegations or circumstances.

I won the election. (On Nov 7th )

I won Michigan by a lot.

It’s not true: I was winning. I actually won.

If evidence is presented, they will seek to have it invalidated or claim that it is false, fake, or a product of vague conspiracies, but most certainly not true.

Its not possible:

No way I lost:

Attack the evidence aggressively: The elections are rigged

Any evidence presented, and those that present it will be attacked aggressively and vindictively. The better the evidence the more aggressive the attack. Individuals who are doing the right thing by reporting criminal acts, unethical behavior, or failings are to be discredited, humiliated, hounded and bullied — not even their families are to be spared if need be. The narcissist will engage supporters or enablers to simultaneously attack those who offer proof or evidence, even if it embarrassingly exposes their poodle-like behavior as that of spineless sycophants.

Rigged elections.

Its a conspiracy: its massive!

Foolproof evidence will be portrayed as false and the result of: pettiness, jealousies, bad actors, malicious individuals, negativity, haters, enemies, losers, conspirators, opposition, gain seekers, the faithless (usually seen in religious groups or cults), or as we are seeing now in American politics, “fake news” or “deep state” actors. There is always a large constellation of people to blame, the narcissist casts wide to see which vacuous claim resonates, especially with their supporters.

Its the fake news media:

Trumpet his greatness:

As they lash out with vindictiveness, the malignant narcissist will continue to talk about themselves in glowing terms; irrespective of their actual situation, as they are incapable of introspection, much less contriteness. They will trumpet their greatness, their achievements (real or imagined), their faux infallibility, and even portray themselves as worthy of being revered rather than reviled.

They are very happy that I came along.

The republicans won because of me

It’s a fraud: The elections are massively fraudulent — mail-in ballots!

They will seek to find someone to blame for their troubles or downfall, preferably someone that cannot defend themselves. A scapegoat is always useful and when there is not a real one, one will be invented. If they are not promoted or fired, it is because a cabal at work was against them. If they cheat their business partners, it was because they deserved it. If the wife gets the kids in a divorce settlement, it is because of her dastardly attorney, not his abominable behavior. If they lose an election it is because of campaign managers, unappreciative voters, trickery, fraud, or some other kind of malfeasance on the part of a conspiracy (conspiracies are useful to the narcissist because they conveniently require no evidence). As they are not married to the truth, they will prattle countless baseless reasons that all point away, never at themselves.

Blame the disloyal.

As circumstances become dire, the narcissist will not take any responsibility — EVER! Anything that has gone wrong is the responsibility of others. They will blame spouses as undeserving of their greatness, ignorant colleagues who just don’t measure up, the disloyal (Oh, they love to blame the disloyal), those who abide by rules and laws because ironically, they abide by rules and laws, or those that just clearly did not understand the very specialness of the narcissist. Everyone, and I mean everyone from people long gone, to the peripherally connected, to the earthly departed will be blamed for the failure or downfall of the narcissist. Once more it is never their fault.

AZ Governor:

Do nothing Georgia governor.

GA Secretary of State

Denigrate the disloyal. Praise the loyal.

In the process of casting blame, even the most loyal and stalwart will be discarded and denigrated if needed with reptilian indifference. For the malignant narcissist there is only the “good” — those that provide blind unwavering loyalty who are useful, and everyone else who is an enemy, useless, and thus “bad.” Whether you are in or out, good or bad, is not determined by history, by friendship, sacrifices, or how well you have performed in the past — it is determined by the capricious and selfish needs of the narcissist, and that can change in a moment.

Chris Krebs is denigrated….

And fired.

Giuliani is a brave fighter

Repeat more and bigger lies

Expect lies to increase and to be repeated exponentially. They will, even in light of factual evidence to the contrary, lie more profusely and adamantly. Lies are and always will be the number one tool of the malignant narcissist. The only difference now is that in facing failure or public ridicule, the lies must increase in frequency and audacity to the point of incredulity. The narcissist will expect supporters, the unethical, and enablers to lie for them or even create plausible alibies. That they imperil others by compelling them to lie is the collateral damage the malignant narcissist does as they thrash in despair when they are failing or caught.

Its USPS:

We have massive proof.

I won Pennsylvania.

People in Georgia got caught cheating.

Expect enablers to wallow in victimhood.

As they face failure, arrest, indictment, or dismissal, they will endlessly air their grievances. Narcissists are natural wound collectors and as such, they have been collecting and nurturing social slights and perceived wrongs just for this occasion. They will wallow in victimhood claiming they have been relentlessly and needlessly persecuted. They, of course, expect their attorneys, followers, or enablers to subserviently echo their flatulent claims.

We are all victims.

As the president himself said at a rally in Georgia on Saturday, “We’re all victims. Everybody here, all these thousands of people here tonight, they’re all victims. Every one of you.”

Which 25 RINOS say that?

Perhaps you have your own favorite tweets. Feel free to add links to those to comments section.