Try to view what Trump is saying and/or doing without addressing his justification, deflection or spin.
He's indiscriminately murdering people on the high seas and is now moving ominously toward Venezuela.
He's threatening to attack Nigeria.
He's threatening to resume nuclear testing.
He's weaponized government, demonized "others," and militarized blue cities.
He's told Johnson to keep the House closed entirely for weeks in a steadfast bid to avoid a vote that would embarrass or implicate him.
Malignant narcissists feed on grandiosity. They rarely acquire it meritoriously - it's more contrived through bluster and bravado. He's been force-feeding us false narratives about jobs, prices, inflation, foreign investment, ending wars, for months to manufacture grandiosity and ward off its opposite - humiliation.
Trump is in decline. He knows this. He feels his own mortality. He's a poster boy for Cluster B personality disorders - as were a few others who are responsible for the greatest inhumanities in history.
Two immutable truths are: They always get worse. They never want to go down alone.