Trump and Russia Day: Narcissist’s attempt to excuse psychopath

Because this whole support for the Russian people’s “aspiration for a brighter future” (built on our blood and bones) feels like trying to console Raskolnikov after he hacked up the old pawnbroker. Or like sympathizing with Parfyon Rogozhin after he murdered Nastasya Filippovna. Sure, she didn’t love him, he was in pain, couldn’t have her—and so he killed her.

Poor guy.

Same with Putin: let’s all try to “understand and forgive” a murderer. Dostoevsky taught us that for long enough.

"Trump’s team is clearly stuck in a hopeless psychological construct of a past that never existed—a mindset stuck in the third conditional: If only we had treated him differently back then, none of this would have happened."

Within the framework of the eternal two-party discourse, this behavior is understandable. But from the standpoint of natural law, the current actions of the U.S. have about as much effect on Putin’s behavior as a light breeze has on the hatching of a Colorado potato beetle.

Sure, you can always come up with some narrative to explain it—and Russian storytellers will certainly spin one. But the truth is, murder has no justification. No excuse.

This is a narcissist’s attempt to change and redeem a psychopath—someone who, for some reason, fascinates and attracts him.

Honestly, I’d grab Kohut’s two-volume history of Ukraine, make some popcorn, and watch this tragic spectacle unfold—if not for the fact that, in the grand plans for Russia’s bright future, I’m supposed to be killed.

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About the author: Tetiana Nikolaienko, journalist.

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