Juan Orlando Hernndez, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. read more
Donald Trump's drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Vladimir Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, a top EU official has warned, effectively setting a new red line for a deal. read more
President Trump lashed out at the New York Times for a story this week that pointed to his advanced age and a diminished White House schedule. "Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency, and he is aging," the Times reported. "He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery." read more
From The Guardian:
Trump's pardon of Honduras's ex-president shows counter-drug effort is based on lies and hypocrisy'
Tom Phillips
Latin America correspondent
Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?
www.theguardian.com
Boy, I had a lot of bad jobs when I was young. New York City was full of bad jobs in the 70s. You could get a different bad job every week, and I did. I used to think, "I hate this job. I'm going to get a different bad job." And then I would hate that job. Finally, I realised, and this is the truth " "Fran, you just don't like to work". I would have been a fantastic heiress.
Fran Leibowitz
www.theguardian.com
Corky at #11 refers to the "Dark Triad Personality." It's a doozy.
All three dark triad traits are conceptually distinct although empirical evidence shows them to be overlapping. They are associated with a callous"manipulative interpersonal style.
Narcissism is characterized by grandiosity, pride, egotism, and a lack of empathy.
Machiavellianism is characterized by manipulativeness, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a calculated focus on self-interest.
Psychopathy is characterized by continuous antisocial behavior, impulsivity, selfishness, callous and unemotional traits (CU), and remorselessness.
en.wikipedia.org
Fits Trump better than any of his suits.
#67
No, you probably won't.