Why does the Madman always applaud himself after he gives a speech?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

That's rhetorical, of course. He does it because he has a raging case of NPD.

But it's still utterly bizarre.

[spanone]

1. he's mentally ill.

[Botany]

9. So true he is deeply mentally ill and cruel too

He talked about wanting to have sex with his daughter for God's sake.

[randome]

2. He once saw someone applauding the audience and he thinks that's how he comes off.

He's wrong, of course. He's always wrong.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[dalton99a]

3. .

[randome]

7. "Here's the church and here's the steeple. Open it up and..."

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[etherealtruth]

4. Narcissism ... megalomania ....?

[left-of-center2012]

5. It reminds me of the old Soviet Union

Their leaders did that

[malaise]

6. You answered it

- he's a fucking lunatic

[dubyadiprecession]

8. Nixon, smiled broadly and raised his hands into victory signs...

as he left the whitehouse to go into exile after resigning. I guess it's what you do when your a loser.