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Nancy Pelosi

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

Actions that feed his fragile ego and quell all of his insecurities, and there are many.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

I mean, he kind of suggested as much last month, saying out loud, when he publicly admitted to having a possessive and addictive type personality.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

Just the kind of person you want in the White House, right?

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

Now, Trump craves the high that comes from the public displays of power so much that he doesn't concern himself with the consequences of his actions.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

Because by the time the dust finally settles, he's already chasing his next dopamine hit.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

And Donald Trump's decision to invade a foreign country and arrest its president is kind of a perfect example of this.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

I mean, he relished the images of the dramatic overnight raid to capture Nicolas Maduro, who I would note is not a good guy.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

He's a very bad guy and a very corrupt guy, but still.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

Trump loved the scene of Maduro being perp walked off a plane in his tracksuit into an American prison.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

He even told his favorite Fox Morning program, quote, I watched it like I was watching a television show.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

The speed, the violence, it was an amazing thing.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

That's the president of the United States, everybody, saying that.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

See, for him, this is all about the spectacle, about the images of toughness and conquest.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

It's why he's obsessed with the idea that the U.S.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

is now going to take their oil.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

It's a fantasy he's been fixated on for almost 40 years, seizing oil wherever the U.S.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

can flex its military might.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

Okay, so Trump has clearly fantasized about doing this for a very, very long time.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

That goes back many, many years.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Donald Trump is addicted to power; planning, not so much

Well, tonight in a post-untruth social, Trump announced that Venezuela would be turning over between 30 to 50 million barrels of, quote, high-quality sanctioned oil to the United States of America.