JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey thinks Donald Trump is empty, desperate for affirmation and lacks the confidence to be humble — but he still wants him to succeed. In a CNN town hall event Wednesday [4-25-18], Comey built on the devastating character sketch he has created over 10 days promoting his new book, which is evolving into one of the most damning portrayals of a sitting president in living memory. The fired former FBI director has had 11 months to get his story straight — and it shows. He’s unflappable, never contradicts himself and has a clear narrative about his role in the 2016 election and dismissal by the President last May. His account of his interactions with Trump adds up to a case that the former real estate magnate is morally unfit to be President — but is also an unusually needy person — a depiction that is staggering in its frankness. Comey argues that Trump does not make decisions on the basis of philosophical, religious or logical considerations, but simply to assuage the deficiencies of his own character and emotional makeup.”
–Stephen Collinson, “Comey’s psychoanalysis: Trump’s always trying to fill an emotional hole,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 26, 2018 4:28 pm