Do you think Trump is miserable most of the time?

[raccoon]

Not suggesting, of course, that anyone should lose any sleep over it, if he is.

I know that when I'm acting mean toward others, I'm in a crappy mood and feel bad. I've heard others say the same thing about themselves.

When I'm in a good mood, I'm much less likely to take offense, make snarky remarks, etc.

[DemMedic]

1. Yes,

I person with that much animosity towards so many cannot have a happy life.

[unweird]

2. All his life

I’ve yet to hear any anecdote about him that wasn’t mean spirited.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

3. Yes

I was married to a malignant narcissist. Even when they are "happy", they always self sabotage. They thrive on being the victim and being in a state of upheaval. Real happiness and contentedness is something they are not capable of.

[choie]

4. Yes

Which is why he gets off on making others miserable.

[Shermann]

5. I wouldn't be miserable holding a high-profile position without having to actually put in the work.

I might get a little bored playing golf all the time instead, though.

[True Dough]

12. Not likely

IF you were winning at golf all the time! Trump has all those club championships to his name. So good. Some say there's never been a better golfer!

[newdeal2]

6. No. Mary Trump said he is a sociopath

Sociopaths don't feel things like guilt.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

15. It's

It's not about guilt. It's called narcissistic rage and trump displays that countless times, as do all narcs. It's part and parcel of being a narcissist.

[Diamond_Dog]

7. I doubt he feels much of anything but hate.

[milestogo]

8. All the time.

[Rebl2]

34. I also

think he hates the fact that he is getting old and he knows he is overweight and can’t do the things he used to do. He would have been better off, after he lost the election in 2020, to leave the US and live elsewhere.

[hamsterjill]

9. No. He gets off on the power.

He enjoys hurting others and wielding power over them.

[RandomNumbers]

17. And, he probably has a few prescriptions to help

if there is ever any danger of an unhappy feeling entering what is left of his psyche.

(note that he probably doesn't have to worry about prescriptions in the same way the rest of us do. in his case, someone is just stocking the supply when needed)

[Glorfindel]

10. I hope he is.

Misery is the very least he deserves for all his wickedness.

[Xavier Breath]

11. I would imagine he's only miserable during those brief times when he's not making someone else miserable.

Now, when exactly that is...

[True Dough]

22. Could be

when he's on the shitter, provided nobody can smell the aftermath.

[Blues Heron]

13. He's like a pig in shit- he's a sadist. He loves being an asshole.

[moondust]

14. Only because

he wants the whole world on its knees before him but he's only getting his spineless GQP toadies to comply.

[Ferrets are Cool]

16. Except when he is exacting misery on others.

Or making crude offensive jokes about those who are disabled.

[marble falls]

18. I certainly hope so. Extremely miserable, if possible.

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. He is constantly motivated to fill the empty void where his soul should be

So, that’s why he’s up at 2am tweeting insults, because otherwise he would be alone with his nagging awareness of his complete failure as a human.

Constantly Flexing power, seeking wealth and adulation, and making others suffer are the only things that can temporarily quiet the roaring insecurity and emptiness inside of him.

[surfered]

20. No, he's a narcissistic sociopath. He's loving being the center of attention, the ass kissing, the power

He also escaped going to jail and is using his position to make tons of money, his measurement of status.

[gab13by13]

21. He's probably golfing right now,

He has a long weekend. He flew from his speech in Alabama Thursday night right to Mar-el-Loco.

[Tommy Carcetti]

23. I once saw secret backstage video on YouTube, since taken down...

…of Trump at one of his rallies, being told some student journalist wanted to ask him a question. I think it was about the cost of college or something.

When Trump’s handler tells he he has to entertain this kid for a half minute, Trump spews out annoyingly, “What, do I have to do this now? Let’s get this over with.”

Meanwhile I recently watched a story on Bill Clinton, while he was President, and he too got a similar request for an interview from a student journalist. He was more than happy to sit down with the kid and be interviewed for 10 minutes, took pictures, etc.

It made a huge impact on that kid’s life. He ended up starting a successful company, even helped to pay for the college education of the kids of the staffer who helped arrange the interview. He and Clinton even reunited years later.

Some people actually like and care about other people’s lives.

Donald Trump is not one of those people.

[Swede]

24. He's only happy when he's pulling the wings off flies, or deporting brown people.

While golfing, he's too busy attempting to not get caught at cheating to really enjoy it.

In other words he's a dark triad personality.

[Hotler]

25. Hopefully. He's carrying the weight of his voters hate, cruelty, selfishness, meanness, racism,

with every step he takes.

[no_hypocrisy]

26. He's never been happy.

Money. Power. Women. Influence. Control.

As Mary Trump's titular book says, Never Enough.

And Roy Cohn taught him that it's OK to be miserable when you have everything.

[Ocelot II]

27. No question.

Actually, although it's hard for me to wish him well, it would be better for everyone if he wasn't so miserable, because then maybe he wouldn't be such a pernicious asshole. He's clearly miserable all the time or he wouldn't be enraged and lashing out at everybody and everything. Happy, contented people don't devote their lives to the destruction of others.

[Luvcatz14]

28. No, he's a narcissist

He lives in his happy little bubble where he’s king of the world. We can’t view him through the lens of ourselves and the way we think and feel. He has zero empathy. He’s a monster.

[Goonch]

29. ;-{)

[unblock]

30. I think of it like an addiction. He's desperately needs ever more praise and validation, and gets *pissed* when anyone

doesn't comply.

So he spends much of his time between angry and furious. The only relief he gets is when he's in a safe space like rallies or fox news where they almost always play along.

relief from withdrawal is not happiness, but it's the closest he'll ever get.

[Celerity]

31. No, not at all.

[PlanetBev]

32. He is a bottomless pit of the need for constant attention

Unless he’s getting it every minute, he’s in hell.

[republianmushroom]

33. Don't know or care, but sure hope he is.

[Fichefinder]

35. If there is any Justice he is