I just love how anything that makes Trump look bad is automatically fake news.
Trump unabashedly insults people and calls them names. In the very first republican debate, the first words out of his mouth were that all the politicians were “stupid”. Although maybe he was right – name-calling has proven to be effective.
It seems effective here too.
Name calling can be a very effective demoralizing tactic. It’s about control. That is why the people who do it, use it, they want the people they are targeting to feel powerless and weak. Doing this embues the name caller with a false bravado. The name caller feels very good about themselves. It makes them feel confident, dominant, and more important. It is a sign of a far deeper issue in most who use it. Name callers usually have a superiority complex.
It is a mask, nothing more.