The Hatred of Donald Trump

The hatred of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, can be explained by the ego defense mechanism Reaction Formation. Let’s get into it.

Reaction Formation

is simply the hatred of that which you fear you need, or want. It is a Freudian, psycho-analytic concept. It combines repression of unmet desire with projection. Therefore the subject, or patient, can validate and rationalize their lesser status in the hierarchy of social standing within society. Allow me to explain via real life current happenings.

Professor X

is someone I follow on WordPress. X is respected in his field. He is liberal and yet has unpopular positions regarding religion and some cultural fashions. He is my age, retired, single, white; and yet still very active in the academic space. I follow him and he doesn’t follow me. Moreover, I am below him in sphere of influence and social position. (Kick down, kiss up.)

Professor X posts 5/6 times a day on WordPress, 365 days a year.

Often, his posts reference Trump. He, in his own words, “despises” Trump. I have on occasion asked him why. X won’t respond directly to me, but only in a Passive Aggressive Way (= another ego defense mechanism).

Evidence

of reaction formation is substantial. Below, I will lay out the contrast between Professor X and Donald Trump (T). Reaction formation combined with jealousy and envy can lead one to hate – a secondary emotion.

1. X is a drinker and T is not.
2. X is uncomfortable speaking publicly. T loves it.
3. X is asexual (IDK for certain.). T loves sex (With beautiful women.)
4. X is childless. T has five children. (From three wives.) All who love and support T.
5. X is short (5’8). T is tall (6’2).
6. X is not athletic (IDK for sure.) T was & is athletic. (T played baseball and loves golf.)
7. X is introverted (Quiet). T is extroverted (Loud).
8. X reads a lot. T does not.
9. X is a not-widely-read author. T has written several bestsellers.
10. X is neurotic (worries a lot); and has insomnia. T is confident, energetic.
11. X is abstract, i.e. deals in theory. T is concrete, i.e. builds things.
12. X needs an animal pet (cat) for companionship. T doesn’t need, or have, any pets.
13. X is a pacifist. T will fight.

    

14. X hates guns and wants them taken away. T accepts them.
15. X has money. T is a billionaire.
16. X has 20k+ followers. T has 30+ million.

The Real World

is where T lives and, notwithstanding, X does, too. However, T doesn’t hate. X hates Trump because T has what X wants. On a sub-conscious level. Or consciously, because X thinks he’s earned it. Yet X lacks what it takes in the real world. X hates T because of, not only Reaction Formation, but also Envy and Jealousy.

In Conclusion

consider the real world. Who are you? Are you what you read, watch, write, do? Or something else? What is important to you? What do you value most?

I am inclined to suggest X should talk with someone. Say, walk across the campus to the Psychology building. However, most therapists are liberal. Because they’ve been taught the current postmodern fads in Psychology, Psychiatry, and analysis. Which are making the world worse, not better. Because the current fads are fantasy based.

By the way, professor X also hates Freud.

Professor X is befuddled by the fact that Donald Trump is becoming more popular by the day.

The more people, such as professor X, hate on Donald Trump, the more popular he becomes. Because Trump has proven, in the real world, that he can win AGAINST ALL ODDS. Trump has also shown, in the real world, that he can come back from being knocked down. (He’s written a bestseller book about it.)

Following up.

Most Americans are struggling or suffering. More so than they were four years ago when Trump was president. Thought leaders, like professor X, are, because of ego defense mechanisms, unable to see or understand this.

Those folks who are doing well fear losing what they have (= Jealousy’s foundation) if an outsider should win. They will lie. Or worse, to keep their position at the top of the social-economic hierarchy.

The world now, the connected global community (CGC) makes all matters of status worse. Because the comparison pool has become an ocean. Moreover, the Internet, the smartphone, social media, etc. makes deciphering truth from fiction almost impossible. We (humans) are not equipped to process this much information. It’s overwhelming.

Furthermore,

as I wrote in Election 2016:

 

Eight years. A long eight years and so much has changed so fast. It seems like. However, some things seem to have remained the same. Moreover, now Trump is without a doubt the most famous face in the world. Ever! Talk about a huge backfire.