Make Trump Irrelevant

Make him irrelevant.

This man is a scourge upon our nation and a plight upon the world. Since returning to the US, I’ve been pretty quiet about politics and my opinions on this guy. I’ve sat, listened, and watched him actively work to destroy and divide our country and I’ll be honest, his behavior rings so damn familiar to the reason I escaped from Sweden that it serves to re-traumatize me. The same type of behavior. The same holier-than-thou attitude. The same vindictive, vengeful, smirking personality. The same brilliant, two-steps-ahead, crazy-making cancer of an individual with an agenda for harm and hate. This is the destructive and vicious handy-work of the wildly creative animal known as a malignant narcissist.

I’m not talking about the kind of narcissist who gazes into a mirror and thinks their shit doesn’t stink – although Trump certainly fits that bill – I’m referring to another much more malevolent type of personality. It is the type of personality disorder that seeks power and self validation by bringing down others.

And look at him go. The greater the platform, the greater the harm. Make no mistake, there are no limits to how far a malignant narcissist will go to seek destruction of others and we have given this one a world platform.

I know of what I speak. He is delighting, yes delighting, in the attention. He goes to sleep with a smile on his face because in his mind he is winning. This attention serves as his narcissistic supply and narcissists need this supply like a junkie needs drugs. And, he feels pretty big and powerful right now because we are helping to make him feel that way.

“But why,” you may ask, “Why would anyone do this?” Because it is the mission of a malignant narcissist to do harm.

How do you stop a malignant narcissist? You abandon them. You make them irrelevant. You hold them accountable. You provide no validation. You make policy or uphold policy without his involvement. You side step him every damn chance you get. You stop enabling him.

Stop enabling him!

Newspapers need to stop quoting his every utterance. TV needs to stop covering his “rallies” and his public appearances. World leaders need to stop including him, meeting with him, and catering to his crazy. People must stop reacting to him and move on.

I know, I know, it is a pastime to try and figure out what the hell is wrong with this man. To attempt the make sane something which is not sane. We can’t quite wrap our heads around it and many of us have never come up against this type of disorder so we shake our heads and say “what the fuck” while really what needs to be done is …

We need to make him irrelevant.

Previously published Facebook September 23, 2017

Writer/photographer Lisa Mikulski based in Boston, MA. Available for print or online publications. Editorial, features, content development, and creative.

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