Donald Trump and the psychology of blame

The commentary I chose was something that really caught my eye. It was located on CNN and titled “DonaldTrump and the psychology of blame." This commentary was written by Robert Klitzman whom is a professor of psychiatry. In this article, Klitzman explains how most Americans understand and view politics from a psychological perspective. He used the previous election as an example for his argument, and makes clear how people who were running for office, like Donald Trump, are very much aware how people think in such setting. In result, people like Trump often do things and say things in order to make people believe what they say. He mentions how Trump built a simple narrative that made sense of all the current issues going on in our world at the time, which voters wanted to hear and in return made them believe what they were hearing. In my opinion, I think Trump is excellent at this. It seems now after the election is over, a lot of what comes out of Trumps mouth is “I didn’t say that” or he just makes up excuses. However, in the process of election, candidates just say whatever they want in order for the people to elect them. Klitzman made his argument more credible by incorporating examples he had done in his own research on this topic. The end results were all the same; people made their decisions based on what made sense for them and not on the actual facts. We the people need to pay more attention to how psychology plays a huge role in our decision making and how it can be misused by not only Donald Trump but many other politicians as well.