# Why a Trump Critic Says Democrats Should Stand Up to His Bullying - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120858260521529455 - Source account: [@reggiebblue](https://x.com/reggiebblue) - Source language: English - Duration: 1:58 - Published: 2026-11-12 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying) get in my way to do that. The way a lot of people have dealt with the president is through flattery, um, uh, appealing to him, maybe to his ego- You mean like manipulate the narcissism? ... to his transactional approach. appealing to him, maybe to his ego- You mean like manipulate the narcissism? ... to his transactional approach. [0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=11) I mean, no, that's not what I'm saying, but I'm saying- I mean, but that's, that's actually exactly what you're saying. But you- Right? [0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=15) Like, you're not using those words. He's a narcissist, and the way you manipulate a narcissist is to flatter them, because in his mind, the only thing that matters is how much praise he's getting at any given moment. [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=25) Now, you're doing the opposite. You recently called President Trump the dumbest effing guy who ever was president- True ... on a podcast. [0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=32) Um, you've also said Democrats should drop the decorum and treat the president as the unserious fool that he is. True. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=37) Why are you taking that approach? Because he's a bully alongside being a narcissist, and the only way you deal with bullies is to stand up to them. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=49) Because here's the thing about it, bullies don't bully you because they necessarily care for the thing you have. [0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=55) They bully you because they like to bully you, because it makes them feel strong. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=59) And the way you take on a bully is to bully back, because then they learn that this does not make them feel strong. [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=66) It makes them feel weak, and they don't like to feel weak, so they back off. [1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=71) And the more you let a bully get away with bullying, the more they signal to everybody else that this person cannot be stood up to. [1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=78) And so, I think it's important for us to stand up to him. [1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=81) Now, if he wants to start being serious and doing things for the American public, great. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=86) He is the president of the United States. [1:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=88) And in the interim, I am not going to play around and pretend that somehow this man is intelligent. [1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=93) I'm not going to play around and somehow pretend that this man has any strategy or that this man is somehow brilliant. [1:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=98) I think, you know, if he has a neat trick, it's that he has fully succumbed to his narcissism and is very good at getting attention. [1:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=107) So, the good news about that, though, is that because he's very good at getting attention, what he says gets attention, which means every day he tees off on me, he gives me more attention. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bdlCyQPC4qoW/en/why-a-trump-critic-says-democrats-should-stand-up-to-his-bullying?t=116) So...