The failure of the Russian Army to quickly conquer Ukraine has been pointed to by many as the result of the incompetence of people around Putin. Narcissists like Putin can't accept having smart people around them only compliant people. Competence and unquestioned compliance are usually not compatible. We have also seen this with our recent narcissist leader--Donald Trump. Who could forget his first Cabinet meeting where everyone had to praise their leader. Do you think any of the cabinet members would ever dare to contradict any of his incompetent ideas? Anyone with any competence was left shaking their heads at the stupidity of Trump. While there was a quick turnover of competent leaders at the Departments of State and Defense and the National Security Office the most incompetent Cabinet member, Dr. Ben Carson, was one of the few members to stay the whole term. How can we forget Trump's inability to attract competent lawyers to represent him in his legal troubles? When you are left with Rudolf Giuliani as your lawyer you know you are in trouble.
It would be scary to think where we would be at with Trump as our leader in the Ukraine conflict. There might be some truth to the theory that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump was president because Putin would leave it to Trump to weaken NATO.
P.S.
Not all narcists become sadists but it came close when Trump said he told "his folks" to stop the testing for COVID because it was hurting his poll numbers. He was not willing to try and prevent the deaths of citizens from COVID if it hurt his poll numbers.
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