Trump and flattery: A dangerous combination

The ego of an alpha male can lead to bad decisions if left unchecked

Raven, over at Whisper from the Trees, wrote a great post recently about the differences between Paleocons and Neocons. But the part of the post that resonated with me the most was about Donald Trump’s susceptibility to flattery:

Trump is extremely susceptible to flattery and will overlook almost anything his underlings do as long as he considers them to be loyal to him as an individual. Further lets not kid ourselves he is a womanizer and thus susceptible to a woman younger than himself whispering poison in his ear. Normally this is just gossip rag fodder but unfortunately in this case it has deadly serious policy implications.

Trump’s titanic ego

Donald Trump is an alpha male, and one of the problems with alphas is that they have gigantic egos. In Trump’s case, his ego is larger than the planet. This, unfortunately, means that an alpha like Trump is highly susceptible to flattery. You can say or do the nastiest things to such alphas, but if you change course and kiss their ass, they ea…