Richard Hogan: Trump is a gaslighting, grotesque narcissist

Last Friday in the Oval Office, the world got a frightening glimpse into how Donald Trump conducts himself in the complicated arena of world diplomacy

US president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office last Friday: What we witnessed was the gaslighting of a wartime president in full view of the world’s gaze.

Last Friday morning in the Oval Office, the world got a frightening glimpse into how Donald Trump conducts himself in the complicated arena of world diplomacy. But there was nothing complicated about what we witnessed. It was a garish car crash, straight out of his book, The Art of the Deal.

The art is, by the way: rubbish your adversary before you meet, call them a dictator or something like that, (make sure not to call the actual dictator a dictator — that might upset them) blame them for being invaded, insult their clothes before you start talks, say something like "he is all dressed up today" in a condescending tone as you meet outside the West Wing.