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Whenever Donald Trump is accused of something, he responds by accusing his opponent of that exact thing. The idea is less to argue that Mr. Trump is clean than to suggest that everyone else is dirty.

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One of Trump’s Oldest Tactics in Business and Politics: I’m Rubber. You’re Glue.

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  • It’s called DARVO. He learned it from Roy Cohn.

    https://stephanievolin.medium.com/king-of-darvo-456217a7e10b

    The reality is that Donald Trump — like narcissists and psychopaths everywhere — is a practitioner, a devotee, of DARVO. DARVO refers to behavior by a wrong-doer after they’ve been called out for their misdeed: “Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.” Simply put, it means that once confronted, an abuser will vigorously deny it and claim to be the actual victim. “I know you are, but what am I?!”

  • I guess, like expected, he didn't live up to the promise of draining the sump he is part of

  • It muddies the water of any discussion and forces focus on others. If everyone does it, it's not wrong, right?

    Obviously that conclusion is false, but from the lack of consequences we continue to see, many people aren't understanding.

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