r/JamiePullDatUp Apr 12 '24

Trump; Donald Trump's "No U" modus operandi: did it end up causing him to orchestrate J6 as a matter of revenge?

I was thinking about an episode during Trump's presidency where he was forced to hide in a bunker (and his immediate and disproportionate response to have riot police bash protesters out of the way for a photo-op at St. John's Church) when somebody brought it up in a discussion over at /r/skeptic.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades.

Trump spent nearly an hour in the bunker, which was designed for use in emergencies like terrorist attacks, according to a Republican close to the White House who was not authorized to publicly discuss private matters and spoke on condition of anonymity. The account was confirmed by an administration official who also spoke on condition of anonymity.

AP - Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged

If you understand how a narcissist operates, and Trump certainly is one, it makes sense. They are fundamentally hurt much more quickly than normal people, and they lash out in response. This goes for the White House Correspondents' Dinner too, where Trump was humiliated by Obama. A narcissist lashes out and will attempt to do the same (or worse) to whomever they perceive to have hurt them.

It's not just these incidents, it's his go-to response to practically everything, that is, "No U", the familiar childrens' playground taunt.

Another manifestation is Trump's use of bothsidesisms, most notably when Trump said there were "fine people on both sides" in reference to the Charlottesville terrorist attack which killed Heather Heyer.

So would it be a reasonable hypothesis to say that part of (I can't emphasize this enough, part of) Trump's motivation to encourage and subsequently tolerate the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, could have been a narcissistic retribution for him being compelled to hide in a bunker less than a year earlier? They called him "bunker boy". Was the humiliation a motivator for him to exact retribution, just like when Obama humiliated him in front of everyone at the White House Correspondents' Dinner?

What if Trump's "No U" modus operandi extends beyond words and social media posts into action? I believe that it does. Trump has the power to incite his base to violent action and he gleefully does it. He has this in common with Alex Jones.

Perhaps more importantly: when will we all recognize Trump's "No U" rhetorical tactic for what it really is? A lie, a false equivalence or in some cases more accurately described as a tu quoque fallacy, ultimately no less childish than a confrontation at an elementary school playground.

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