Narcissism, Codependency, Gaslighting, Reality Distortion Fields and The American Presidency

Why does a person stay in a toxic relationship?

How can she (or he) be so blind to that which is so obvious to others? 

In my previous article for The Domino Principle, The 10 Reasons People Still Support Donald Trump, I asked and answered a similar question… why do some people cling to support of a President who is so morally reprehensible and so clearly and obviously antithetical to the bests interests of themselves and of America? And in another earlier article, The Destructive Dominoes of Domestic Abuse, I looked at the signs and signals of psychologically abusive and manipulative personal relationships. This column looks at how these two issues are deeply related. Continue Reading >>

The 10 Reasons People Still Support Donald Trump

Why do so many Americans stand in such stark denial of reality?

The August 2, 2017 Quinnipiac University National Poll found that  61% of American voters disapprove of the job Trump is doing, while 33% approve.  With 200 million registered voters in the United States, that means that 66 million people still approve of President Trump.

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Six months of observation and analysis has allowed me to identify the 10 key motivational factors at play in this situation. Continue Reading >>