Brutally Honest

I doubt if anyone cannot see that President Trump has a compulsive personality. He himself confessed that he is a germophobe as a counter to the "golden shower" fake dossier that was being peddled by his detractors  earlier this year. Another manifestation of his OCD is that he is honest ... compulsively honest ... brutally honest. Recently he had second thoughts about the House-passed version of Obamacare replacement and he said, after having previously endorsed it, that it was too "mean" ... see: ABC News Story. This turn-around clearly doesn't endear him to those Republicans who voted for this bill.

Trump's brutal honesty has occurred over and over again ... often revealing truths that few politicians would touch. And I believe that this has recommended him to Middle Americans who are full to the gills with our many politically-correct fictions.  He even keeps insisting that his executive order against the 6 failed Muslim countries is a travel ban ... against his lawyers' advice. And how does he communicate these bon mots? Why over Twitter of course.

So, when foes and even friends keep telling him to stop tweeting, they are, in essence, saying, "stop being so brutally honest!" But, again, this is not who Trump is. He is compelled to say what is now on his mind even if it is inconsistent with what he said last month. And clearly, in his current position, new information is constantly causing him to see new truths ... which he is then compelled to disclose.Your standard politician would either not change his/her mind under such circumstances, or confound the media with doublespeak. But not Trump.

The result of Trump's OCD? He is quite good at getting good things done. But he makes lots of enemies. He is accused of lying. He is accused of being mentally unbalanced. (In the DC swamp, telling the truth is crazy.) He has hosts of equally unbalanced (mostly liberal) elites wishing him dead ... or impeached ... or neutralized in some way. (Kinda like a group OCD, no?)

Why? Perhaps it is because politicians and the media are not used to dealing with brutal truth tellers?