by Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik, MD, PhD
September 28, 2016
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It’s great to be back home. Of course, there is no paucity of topics to discuss. I have to place the recent debate between HC and DT on the top of my list.
By now, a consensus has developed which accurately reflects the outcome of Monday night’s debate. For the first half hour, Donald was in control. However, he then slipped on a sled of irrelevant utterances which reaffirmed to me that he has poor advisors and he needs to learn new strategies/tactics. He is the Republican nominee for 2016 because he is a strong, convincing personality.
Yet, Trump could lose the chance to be POTUS because he fears that he is not as good as his supporters think he is. Yes, this is true despite (or because of) his own narcissism. No one on his team understands psychology, dynamics, or strategies to debate a formidable candidate like Hillary.
Many things have been said, written and spoken about HC over a thirty year period, but her being stupid or unwilling to learn, is not one of them. Hillary (with all her props and aids) set up Trump like LeBron James. Trump fell for every verbal barb that anyone in Debating 101 would have avoided.
Trump has come this far because he was able to express an emotional discontent quite pervasive in the American citizenry. He did not do it alone. He received the vociferous support of those of us who wanted major changes in the USG. Yet, Trump may not be able to garner the presidency because he refuses to understand what I have said repeatedly over the past year.
He is his own worst enemy.
His daughter, Ivanka, the most talented of all of his children, must persuade him to study the psycho-political dynamics inherently involved in a race for the presidency. Politics is nothing more than an extension of individual and group dynamics which should be studied to achieve the “mission”. You cannot wing a presidential debate/race.
His team must be prepared to make a presidential candidate overcome their own personal liabilities. When I helped prepare both Bush Sr and Jr, I had to convert their respective liabilities into their assets. Similarly, their opponent’s strengths became their weaknesses. No military generals, nor political strategists are trained to confront such a challenging role of psychological warfare at this intense, highly circumscribed event. Trump has underlying fears, uncertainties and hurdles that he must confront if he is to become POTUS. Right or wrong, Hillary knows exactly who she is and who she can become.
Hillary provided Trump with an amazing opening to her life which he did not realize or utilize to his advantage. When she talked affectionately about her poor, working father, Rodham, she forgot to mention that he was a self-hating Jew [whose name was not really Rodham], who abused Hillary and her mother both physically and mentally.
Donald: you have to be able to Trump yourself and those parts of you that are inhibiting you from becoming POTUS. As for us citizens, we do not want to subject ourselves to another eight years of Obama/Clinton. That will become … Breaking Bad for America!
