Does Trump have idea any how many people absolutely loath him?

[Fast Walker 52]

I would guess he doesn't, but a related question is does he have any clue WHY people are upset with him?

How much of a bubble is he in?

[Trust Buster]

1. He is incapable of such self awareness. Lyin' Ted Cruz got one thing right during the primaries

when he claimed that this country has never seen the likes of Trump's narcissism.

[smirkymonkey]

2. I doubt it. The reality of it would blow his pathetic little ego to shreds.

He simply won't let it in.

[Fast Walker 52]

3. that's the truly scary thing... he's cut off from humanity and has no empathy

[sarah FAILIN]

4. I think this is our error

We assume Trump will be like a normal person and be bothered when people are mad at him. No. He takes it as encouragement that he is top tier and someone we all envy. Our mistake is thinking he is a normal person.

[Fast Walker 52]

5. yes, I agree... so is there ANY WAY to get to him?

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Note that he lost Manhattan in the primaries...

All New Yawkers are not the same, of course, but those of us who actually followed the news knew him to be a shameless publicity hog that the local press used on slow news days as filler. He was never as rich or successful as he bragged and his greatest talent was rising out of failure without skipping a beat. And he had a lot of practice-- pretty much every one of his ventures dropped like a toxic boulder.

Rumor was that he had a special phone with fifty or so buttons on it-- every local radio, TV, magazine, paper, or other media that he could call on an instant when he felt he wasn't properly adulated.

We're in for a really wild ride.

[Fast Walker 52]

14. that is for sure-- one wild ride

leading either to the complete collapse of the GOP or the destruction of the planet...

[still_one]

7. I think he thrives on it

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Sure, but he doesn't examine himself over it.

If people don't like him, he assumes THEY have the problem.

[dembotoz]

9. would imagine the tyrant to be does not consider the rest of us to be his equal...his is rich we are

not....

so just as we have seen with his sub contractors

we are beneath him we do not matter

[pipi_k]

10. Based on his latest Tweet

I would say that he probably does know how many people despise him.

As to the question does he have any clue as to why...I'm sure he actually believes that people hate him because of how GREAT he is. How rich. How successful. How handsome.

I don't think he has the slightest clue about the real reason, and if he does, then I think he doesn't care one tiny bit.

[pinboy3niner]

11. +1. nt

[Fast Walker 52]

15. yeah, probably right

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/basics/symptoms/con-20025568

DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder include these features:

Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerating your achievements and talents
Being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people
Requiring constant admiration
Having a sense of entitlement
Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
Taking advantage of others to get what you want
Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Being envious of others and believing others envy you
Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner

[GreenEyedLefty]

12. Yes, to some extent.

And no, he has no clue why. But he's the smartest and best, you know.

Anyone who criticizes him is a loser, pathetic, sad, etc.

He is completely one dimensional - he has zero complexity - what you see is what you get, which makes it easy to counter him.

[MineralMan]

13. Yes, he probably does, but does not care.

He may retaliate against people, actually, in ways we don't anticipate. In fact, we should expect him to do so.

[Jacob Boehme]

17. You asked: "How much of a bubble is he in?"

Imagine a person who's so completely self-absorbed that for them life is like floating inside one of those reflective glass Christmas tree globes; all they ever see is themselves. The only voice they hear or even listen to is their own.

To a normal person, this total enchantment with "self" would be like sticking our heads into a beehive; but for a total narcissist such as tRump, this world of his feels completely perfect.

Perhaps it's worth stating the obvious here, but a clear sign of mental illness is the inability to acknowledge there's a problem when so many others are pointing out the fact there there is one.

[democratisphere]

18. His New Year's Eve greeting indicates he is getting the message.

[Different Drummer]

19. In his mind, everybody loves him. He can't conceive...

of the possibility that there might be people who don't.

[Paladin]

20. No, nor will he ever. (nt)

[krawhitham]

21. That is not the way he see it

In his eyes those who hate him only do so because they are tricked by the evil MEDIA, if they really knew him they would love him and he knows it

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. Yes and he loves it. Knowing he's going to get his revenge and destroy lives

Remember, he hits his critics back ten times harder, his words.