He likes watching it

The Post did a big story on the chaotic, frenzied, giggling-terrified atmosphere in Trump’s White House. Who will go next? Who will be marched out by security without a jacket?? Who will be fired on Twitter next?! What Fox News “personality” will get the next key national security gig?!?

Trump has decided to fire McMaster, but he’s dawdling over it partly to spare McMaster embarrassment (right because it’s not at all embarrassing to be fired-but-not-quite-yet) and partly because he wants to find a replacement first. Good luck with that! Who wouldn’t want to work for a guy who takes pleasure in abruptly firing people via Twitter? Besides everyone?

The turbulence is part of a broader potential shake-up under consideration by Trump that is likely to include senior officials at the White House, where staffers are gripped by fear and un­certainty as they await the next move from an impulsive president who enjoys stoking conflict.

Or, to put it less tactfully, from an impulsive president who revels in sadistic public bullying.

That’s what we’re all living with: a head of state who is the worst kind of mean stupid chickenshit high school bully – a guy who loves having money and power because they enable him to grind people’s faces whenever he feels like it. He “enjoys stoking conflict” because he enjoys watching other people’s misery. That’s who he is. He’s no more complicated or interesting than that – he’s a mean narcissistic child who has never moved on from being a mean narcissistic child.

And on Thursday, Trump signaled that more personnel moves were likely. “There will always be change,” the president told reporters. “And I think you want to see change. I want to also see different ideas.”

That’s just the cover story. “Change” is a code-word for tormenting his employees.

Trump enjoys watching his subordinates compete for his approval. Many of the rumors are fueled by Trump himself because he complains to aides and friends about other staffers, or muses about who might make good replacements.

“I like conflict. I like having two people with different points of view,” Trump said last week, rapping his fists toward one another to simulate a clash. “I like watching it, I like seeing it, and I think it’s the best way to go.”

True, true, false. He loves watching it, he loves seeing it, and he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about whether it’s the best way to go or not. It’s just more scoops of ice cream to him.

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