David Frum: Perché JD Vance è intimidito da Zelenskyy

“We will win this war or I will die in the ruins of my capital city. You will see my face, not my back”.

Yep, that’s Zelenskyy. 🇺🇦💪

They’re all plastic facsimiles of “real men”

Zelensky’s the “real deal”

Everything about Vance screams small dick energy… people like that hate the world, especially men who are actually strong.

*Worship power, you will end up feeling weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to numb you to your own fear.*

– David Foster Wallace

Zelensky is the definition of a strong leader. Vance is like the insecure dude that follows the bully (Trump) around because he has such low self-esteem.

Bullies always have insecure followers around them and Vance fits the profile.

Zelensky doesn’t back down. Very impressive person in general, not only as a leader but you could see in the Oval office incident that Zelensky was calm, didn’t back down or hide even though surrounded by creeps like Trump, Vance and Rubio.

Ultimate Chad if there ever was one.

I make this exact point here about Trump

[https://www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comments/1j1001q/observation_about_trumps_animosity_to_zelensky/](https://www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comments/1j1001q/observation_about_trumps_animosity_to_zelensky/)

Trumps not just a narcissist, he has other things going on. For Trump, everything is transactional, he doesn’t care what you think about him, he cares only how what you think translates into what is useful to him and maintaining his delusional self image.

A trump family member who is a nephew of his, stated the Trump father to Donald was a sociopath and constructed an environment where cruelty was a currency. Donald learned from an early age his grandiose delusions of competence as a way to obtain love and favour. But as we know there is a genetic contribute to psychopathology, his dad shows it, he has it too, just with added delusions, narcissism and entitlement.

As with Narcissism, there is a vulnerability the alternative reality is used to overcome, and there can be swings between vulnerable and malignent pathological types in the individual.

Now Trump is an expert at bullying and manipulating people. Those around him are quickly conditioned to become loyal servants to avoid his wrath.

They are there initially in the hope of acquiring power and/or wealth. They are the weak ones. Vance, who is a hollow political animal of the most calculating variety, is a chameleon and an act, cannot cope with this except by being his side kick. He is deep down insecure just like Trump. He must deflect from Trump to someone else. Some other group that can’t fight back.

And there is, according to one psychiatrist, a tendency of narcissists to cultivate narcissistic vulnerabilities in followers and create the ‘flying monkeys’ – people that do what he says and attack the sources of the narcissists vulnerability.

At a deep level they understand Zelensky is good, principled, worse, also highly regarded and supported by others, which they feel more entitled to.

He is also brave, noble and intelligent.

And he is competent.

He is willingly supported, not through coercion.

He is loved.

And he was winning this respect without cheating. They have to cheat. That is the thing, he doesn’t play games or have to put an act on, he wins without playing dirty, which takes actual ability and character. He is thus a truly competent example of what they should be. Putin by contrast is like them, a cheat who has to force consent and respect. Putin validates their desire to feel better.

And that makes them feel very envious and insecure.

Edit to add.

Cause he’s a weenie

This is so good.