New York Times columnist David Brooks said he wishes President Trump was bestowed with “the gift of some crisis” that would enable him to depend on people more.
In an op-ed published Friday, Brooks, who often delves into Trump’s psyche, said he believes “psychic wounds” are keeping Trump in a state of “perpetual war” that is hindering his presidency.
“With Trump we are relentlessly thrown into the Big Shaggy, that unconscious underground of wounds, longings and needs that drive him to do what he does, to tweet what he does, to attack whom he does,” wrote Brooks.
He said Trump would benefit from “the gift of some crisis he absolutely could not handle on his own.”
“He doesn’t have to begin each day making enemies: Nordstrom, John McCain, judges,” wrote Brooks. “He could begin each day looking for friends, and he would actually get a lot more done.”
Since winning the election, Trump has periodically lashed out at the media, lawmakers and others he feel have disparaged him in some way. He has, however, also met with unlikely political allies, including congressional Democrats and union leaders, to find common areas of interest.
