Opinion | Donald Trump's insecurity state

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : No, the most important people, the elites, were the ones who shared another characteristic: They were the ones who supported and cheered for and loved Donald Trump.
74% : Trump was giddy; on Dec. 19, he posted "EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!"
64% : Numbers are important to Trump.
60% : It happens to be precisely the sum that Trump once sought from Columbia for a parcel of land it sought for its expansion.
55% : Because, as has long been the case, there is nothing more important to Trump than feeling as though he is an object of respect and admiration or, at least, fear.
55% : If the generals or Boeing had done so, it was obviously because each understood that using "47" made it much more likely that Trump would become an immediate and fervent champion of the project.
50% : " This structuring of the world is the one Trump always sought.
48% : Schools that are part of the University of Maine had funding blocked, prompting the university system to announce its compliance with the executive order.
48% : Republican lawmakers know that the surest way to get an approving mention from Trump -- or approving mentions from the media outlets and personalities catering to Trump and his supporters -- is by offering him novel and excessive demonstrations of fealty and honor.
42% : For Trump, though, that victory was not enough.
40% : Some of it was about the leadership's political lethargy, but a lot of it was that the Republican base, like Trump himself, felt as though something had been denied them by people they hated.
38% : It was an anxiety that Trump legitimately shared.
35% : Law firms who had been involved, even tangentially, in the investigations into his actions found themselves targets of retribution from a federal government that was being rapidly reorganized into an arm of Trump himself.
34% : During that kickoff event, Trump made reference to the foundational insecurity of his life: having been born and raised in Queens, eyeing the more-posh Manhattan real estate scene as an outsider.
33% : " Trump had won the policy fight, such as it was.
33% : Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump pledged that he was targeting firms that "went after me for four years ruthlessly, violently, illegally."
17% : Trump became visibly angry, insisting that Mills's political career was likely over.

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