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Samira Asma-Sadeque

Trump ‘deeply wounded narcissist’ says former White House lawyer

Former US president Donald Trump at rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in September 2022.
Former US president Donald Trump at rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in September 2022. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

A lawyer who served in the White House during Donald Trump’s administration said the ex-president is a “deeply wounded narcissist”, claiming that’s one of the two toxic traits that dictate his actions and decision making.

Ty Cobb, who stepped down in 2018 because of Trump’s disapproval of his “conciliatory” approach, also said Trump is “incapable of acting other than in his perceived self-interest or for revenge”.

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