Human Nature

[Alan V]

I literally don't know anyone IRL who talks the way Trump does, which I take to mean "lies all the time."  Facts are still facts, no matter how many times someone denies them.  Honesty must include the attempt to be accurate.  Trump doesn't even try, and apparently never admits he is wrong or takes corrections.

Saw this a while back, and I think the author nailed it for me.

"Why some British people do not like Donald Trump?” 

Nate White:

"A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

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Being something of an Anglophile already, I can't help but feel even more in common with these British perspectives than with those of many of my fellow Americans.

However, it isn't just the fault of Americans per se, but with our evolved human nature.  Trump is a supernormal stimulus, and Americans are psychologically naive.  In a way, I am letting people off the hook by saying that.