Trump's Problem with Hillary is Her Age and Looks

Last night Trump once again proved he has not idea what America is or what it represents. When asked by Chris Wallace if he would support the results of the coming election regardless of the outcome (i.e. if he loses) he answered, "I will look at it at the time."  If you accept the rhetoric coming from the Trump camp about a rigged election, Trump is saying this because he believes he's being cheated by the process if he loses.  Yet in spite of his stream-of-consciousness speaking style and spitball policy pronouncements Trump is not a stupid man. He doesn't believe even half of his own talking points. He is a man with enormous talent and enormous blind spots. Here are two of them.

Women, Can't Live With 'em.

Donald has a problem with women. I don't mean women voters - I mean he has issues dealing personally with women. His Porky's-come-Manhattan urge to use and dominate women is only one facet of a genuine psychological fear and loathing of the opposite sex. If there was ever a candidate that could relate to Norman Bates, this is the one. 

His philandering is not of the garden variety. He careens from desiring women as sexual objects or possessions to loathing them as disgusting (a favorite word) and nasty (his new adjective for Sec. Clinton). When Trump says a woman is ugly he seems to think that judgement is a final nail in the coffin - a way to write her off as worthless. He has no idea it only really says something terrible about him. 

I believe that Donald simply can't believe he's losing to woman - especially this woman. Hillary has plenty of negatives, but I'm betting it's her age and looks that push him over the edge. It drives him crazy. Every poll showing Hillarymentum stokes his loathing for that "nasty woman." I'm surprised he hasn't said "nasty old woman" by now. The Muse has no proof for any of this - but notice how his reaction to women who oppose him is visceral, unhinged, and rooted in base emotions like disgust. It is not within the continuum that we usually think of as normal - even for politicians. If the democratic candidate was a man I suspect he would be much less emotional his second place finish.

A New Hope

If it worries you that Trump will somehow parlay his pathology into a revolution I would say take heart. I think a revolution takes a ground game, ideology, planning and execution. These are not really in his bag of tricks. Meanwhile, Trump surrogates, campaign officials and GOP leaders are all saying that Trump should and will accept the results of the election. It's hard to see how he starts a movement out of that goulash. Starting a TV network based on resentment and conspiracy theories may be well within reach however.