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4 Major Similarities Between Trump And A Child

This president won't need his own Kid President

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4 Major Similarities Between Trump And A Child
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Obviously, there are some fairly significant differences between adults and children. If I asked you to make a list of these differences, you could probably come up with a pretty long list. Here's the real challenge; can you identify these characteristics when examining a grown man?

When face-to-face with a full-grown adult, we can often be oblivious to the signs of immaturity they may be demonstrating - especially if they are rather loud and boisterous. Physical age doesn't necessarily reflect emotional age. And there are few things worse than a man who acts like a child. One of these things is a man who acts like a bullying, mean and tantrum-throwing child. Just for fun, let's see if we can identify these childish characteristics in our soon-to-be president.

1. Name-calling

Children can't often take criticism, so they resort to immature ways to deal with the people and problems they face. Instead of hearing people out, they attack the traits of others, rather than attack the issue they are presented with. They are not open to criticism and will try to avoid conflict by turning an issue into a personal attack, such as seen below.

2. Poor Impulse Control

Adults have learned the ability to sit still, be patient, and wait for their turn to speak in a conversation. They can act respectfully. It is often a childish trait to interrupt someone one when they are speaking. Yet, being an adult doesn't seem to stop Trump from impulsively interrupting others when they are talking.

3. Denial

Little children can't handle the pressure of dealing with the consequences of their actions. Instead of owning up to their mistakes and apologizing, children tend to deny anything rather than face the repercussions of their actions. Fortunately, if you don't have a child of your own, you can just turn on your TV or do a quick Google search to see a grown man with the same poor defense mechanisms. Anything along the lines of "I didn't say that!" or "I never did that!" when the speaker has blatantly said or done the thing should be easy enough to find these days. Really, it's very easy.

4. Blaming

Like denial, blaming others is another poor defense mechanism that children have. Unlike adults, children look to blame someone else when things go wrong. For example, we can turn to Trump blaming Hillary Clinton for her husband the signing of NAFTA. And it gets even funnier from there. When this debate took place way back in September, Clinton commented, "I have a feeling that by the end of the evening, I will be blamed for everything." Trump's response: "Why not? Why not, yeah, why not?"

Just so we're all clear; Trump thinks he can blame Hillary Clinton for everything because "Why not?" Moving on...

Perhaps if I had more time on my hands, maybe a year or two, I could compile a much longer list. But for the sake of making a point, we'll stick with this one. Looks like Trump will be his own Kid President during his term.


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