Politics
Out of context: Reply #23274
- Started
- Last post
- 33,474 Responses
- whatthefunk1
The mind of Donald Trump
The real psychological wild card, however, is Trump’s agreeableness—or lack thereof. There has probably never been a U.S. president as consistently and overtly disagreeable on the public stage as Donald Trump is. If Nixon comes closest, we might predict that Trump’s style of decision making would look like the hard-nosed realpolitik that Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, displayed in international affairs during the early 1970s, along with its bare-knuckled domestic analog.
Research shows that people low in agreeableness are typically viewed as untrustworthy. Dishonesty and deceit brought down Nixon and damaged the institution of the presidency.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magaz…
Wow, that was a loooong read but insightful. This is a fascinating topic to investigate as those psychologically profiling Trump are picking up on some alarming traits...