Trump and the “C” word. No, not that one.

Carol Smaldino
5 min readJan 17, 2024

As part of the preface of this short piece, I’d like to suggest that grandiosity ALWAYS covers insecurity, no matter how cool and smart it may look. And no matter how shrill or even menacing it may sound.

I have decided to choose two words beginning with “c” to capture some of what may be going on in the quest to worship Donald Trump. In some of us, there is a sense of urgency about what may lie ahead. I’m not sure about the letter “c” itself though many of you can see how it came to mind.

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Carol Smaldino

A psychotherapist, a New Yorker living between Colorado and Italy (in good times) I am passionate about the role of emotions and awareness for evolving,sanity