Overconfident

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Such a pretty face.  Just ask him.  You have nothing to worry about, because he has the steering wheel of all our fate in his pretty hands and he never makes mistakes.  He heard you thought something happened yesterday that was a mistake on his part, silly you.  The only mistake is you thinking that is what actually happened because you are so gullible, so easily mislead by those jealous of his beauty.

His beauty, intelligence and renowned manhood are adequate to any task. He goes up against something so much bigger than your petty presence, the reality that only something with nature's majesty can throw your way, the reality that can actually kill you, discard your body.  Yes, it can kill you, but it can't even muss his hair.  
He doesn't care in the slightest what you think, you bringing up something that requires humility and knowledge to survive it, something that requires you to look death and your own impermanence in the face.


That won't do at all!  Everything he's built, his magnificence, his money.  No, he doesn't look at it really at all.  Instead he turns to his admiring followers and tells them that not only does he have it fully under control, he always had it under control.  He projects his beautiful image large for all to see and praise.  He realizes that a few of those many below him, unworthy of his greatness, will die.  That's OK, he knows that others die.  Sometimes it actually makes things easier to display his heroism in the face of an enemy that terrorizes others.

And, oh, hey, pay no attention to that little guy behind the curtain.  Just look at that pretty face.  Don't worry.  That pretty face is saying everything will be just fine and he's NEVER wrong!

Shackman gave us this week's topic. Please check out his and my other blog mates' takes on the same topic at their blogs, Ramana, Sanjana, Padmum and Shackman!

Comments

  1. Ramana RajgopaulMay 8, 2020 at 9:52 PM

    I had a premonition that you will talk about 45. Nice feeling to see that I was right. Since I am not an American, I shall not say anything further.

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  2. UrsulaMay 9, 2020 at 7:45 AM

    Trump's tragedy that he is not confident. Over or otherwise. He is deeply insecure. Quivering. Always gagging for others' approval. If he were the guy he thinks he is he wouldn't have to ram it down the world's throat. Biggly. At 140 Twitter digits a shot.

    U

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    1. The Old FossilMay 9, 2020 at 8:24 AM

      U, I actually agree with you. I wanted to portray his disgusting facade. But you are totally correct.

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  3. Shackman May 11, 2020 at 2:22 PM

    Textbook definition of unwarranted arrogance and severe overconfidence is just about any comment from 45

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    1. The Old FossilMay 11, 2020 at 4:01 PM

      I wasn't going to write with him as a subject because it is so obvious, but like a moth to a flame ...

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