Donald Trump considers the notes from his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be exculpatory—and that fact is terribly damning. He has no self-awareness of his own abusiveness, perhaps because that abusiveness is so central to his character. His conversation with the Ukrainian president is a perfect example of how a bully operates, how he bears down on his target’s weaknesses and doesn’t relent.One might argue that the notes from the conversation reveal Zelensky to be a lickspittle, that he sacrifices his dignity and that of his nation. But his obsequiousness is obviously strategic. Extreme unctuousness is apparently considered …read more
Source:: The Atlantic