If Trump was anywhere close to as strong and admirable as he claims to believe himself to be, he’d freely offer respect and honor to Carter, secure in the knowledge he had plenty to spare.
But instead he’s a pathetic, weak, frightened child, terrified at the thought that someone else might get some respect when he so desperately needs it himself.
Trump exhibits zero-sum thinking- if someone else is getting something, that means he is losing something. Thus if Carter is getting respect, Trump thinks he is losing respect.
If Trump was anywhere close to as strong and admirable as he claims to believe himself to be, he’d freely offer respect and honor to Carter, secure in the knowledge he had plenty to spare.
But instead he’s a pathetic, weak, frightened child, terrified at the thought that someone else might get some respect when he so desperately needs it himself.
Trump exhibits zero-sum thinking- if someone else is getting something, that means he is losing something. Thus if Carter is getting respect, Trump thinks he is losing respect.
Ironically, I lost respect for him because he lacks empathy, but we are the minority apparently.
Respect is not a zero sum game.
The sum of all respect Trump will get from me is, at most, zero.