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debm55

(55,859 posts) Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:24 AM Dec 16

Why does tRump use his own name when talking about himself. If I was talking about my thoughts I would use the pronoun

"I" not Deb says....

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Why does tRump use his own name when talking about himself. If I was talking about my thoughts I would use the pronoun (Original Post) debm55 Dec 16 OP

Putin's A.I. running trumps brain.................nt IA8IT Dec 16 #1

Because he is damaged C_U_L8R Dec 16 #2

Total meglamania. marble falls Dec 16 #3

Because the royal "we" isn't enough to express his Greatness off-the-clock Dec 16 #4

Every raging asshole I've known in my life has had a bad habit of referring to himself in the third person. Aristus Dec 16 #5

Malignant narcissism ZDU Dec 16 #6

A prerogative reserved for royalty. eppur_se_muova Dec 16 #7

He switches between both. mwmisses4289 Dec 16 #8

IA8IT

(6,350 posts)

1. Putin's A.I. running trumps brain.................nt

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:28 AM

Dec 16

C_U_L8R

(48,889 posts)

2. Because he is damaged

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:32 AM

Dec 16

Junk. Beyond repair.

marble falls

(71,104 posts)

3. Total meglamania.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:52 AM

Dec 16

off-the-clock

(335 posts)

4. Because the royal "we" isn't enough to express his Greatness

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Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:53 AM

Dec 16

Aristus

(71,658 posts)

5. Every raging asshole I've known in my life has had a bad habit of referring to himself in the third person.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:53 AM

Dec 16

It's so fucking annoying, and par for the course for a raging asshole like Trump.

ZDU

(1,121 posts)

6. Malignant narcissism

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:03 AM

Dec 16

Broken orange piggy

eppur_se_muova

(41,005 posts)

7. A prerogative reserved for royalty.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 11:31 AM

Dec 16

Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue shriller than all the music
Cry “Caesar.” Speak. Caesar is turned to hear.

Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act I, scene 2

When Caesar refers to himself in the third person, it is interpreted as an ominous sign that he already regards himself as royalty. Victoria took it even further, by using the plural: "We are not amused."

mwmisses4289

(3,255 posts)

8. He switches between both.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 12:22 PM

Dec 16

Seems the more distance he wants to put between himself and whatever it is, or the less interest he has in something, is when he starts to refer to himself in the third person.

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