The Bulwark: “Two motivations seem to steer the pack of emotional wolves that maraud Trump’s mind. First, as his niece Mary Trump has mentioned, he owns ‘essentially the most colossal and fragile ego on the planet.’ His frail self-image fears exterior affirmation that he’s a loser. Restoration would characterize redemption.”

“Second, and sure extra necessary, is his worry of federal prosecution. The presidency brings immunity from it below Justice Division memos… Though Lawyer Common Merrick Garland has appeared reluctant to prosecute Trump, he stays uncovered to federal prosecution on quite a lot of costs—together with costs associated to Jan. sixth—absent a return to the White Home.”

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