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I have just finished reading Omarosa's book. She comes across to me as self-serving, having attached herself to Mr. Trump
and using her association with him to further her own interests. Having said that, however, I add good for her! Her own interests include doing good things for other black people, especially students in historically black colleges. She is very smart, and clearly good at manipulating people and situations to her advantage. As she pointed out, when these traits are identified in white men especially in the business world and in politics, they are considered positive. In black women it is a different story. Mr. Trump is getting a good dose of well-deserved comeuppance from her. No, she did not reveal much of significance that we do not already know about Mr. Trump's personality, character, leadership, intelligence, and the character of people with which he chooses to surround himself and rely on for guidance, but I found it valuable to hear yet another testimony on these issues from someone who has known Mr. Trump for many years. I hope others continue to speak out and tell the world about what a disaster this man is as our leader. Prominent take-aways from this book are:
Mr. Trump's overwhelming malignant narcissism. He always spins every situation such that he is at the center of it.
His utter lack of loyalty to people from whom he demands complete loyalty.
His utter and complete disregard for the truth. He sees the world as he would like it to be, rather than how it actually is.
His physical, intellectual and emotional decline over the period of 15 years.
It is said that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. I would say that we all live in glass houses. None of us is perfect. We all have our closet skeletons and failings. Realizing that, we should be tolerant of other people's failings. But we need to come together and protect each other when stones start flying fast and furiously and put us all in danger.
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