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Psychoanalyzing Donald Trump
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Michael Bader DMH June 3, 2017
I'm going to psychoanalyze Donald Trump. In so doing, I may seem to be violating the "Goldwater Rule" that enjoins psychotherapists from diagnosing public figures based on second hand information. However, I happen to agree with the consensus of a recent conference of mental health professionals at Yale University that argued that mental health professionals have a "duty to warn" people about the danger posed by Trump's mental illness).
I'm going to analyze Trump because I think that media analyses have been too superficial and that understanding Trump more deeply can help us decipher actions and attitudes that might otherwise be bewildering. In my view, there isn't anything quirky or confusing about Trump's psychopathology. It makes perfect sense if seen through the right lens.
Most approaches to psychotherapy assume that people naturally avoid painful emotions. One person can't tolerate feeling dependent; for another, it's anger; and for still another it might be guilt. People do all sorts of things to avoid the danger of feeling painful emotional states. They might simply deny them (e.g. "I never feel sad"). They might exaggerate the opposite. (E.g. I'm powerful, not weak, happy not sad," etc.) Or they might project these feelings outward, thereby making an internal problem into an external one. (E.g. "I don't hate the world; the world hates me." ) These are examples of psychological defenses. More often than not, the difficulties that people experience in their lives—or create for others—come from their attempts to defend themselves against emotional pain. Their solutions, in other words, become a problem. So, for example, if someone fears feeling angry, he or she might assume an exaggerated position of meek compliance which might then lead to situations in which he or she is inauthentic or self-sabotaging. Or such a person might externalize feelings of anger and become paranoid about imagined aggression in others, believing that he or she is the target of others' anger. Such a person is chronically defensive and mistrustful of others. A paranoid person is very hard to get along with.
Our psyches are wired to seek to eliminate or escape painful feelings. Sometimes, however, emotional states feel so dangerous that a person's efforts to safely avoid them have to be similarly extreme and involve distorting reality. And if that person has a lot of power—the President, for example—such extreme defenses pose a serious threat to others.
Donald Trump's psychopathology is expressed primarily by his defenses against certain painful feelings. I would argue that among the emotions he most likely dreads the most are inferiority, helplessness, and shame. This triad lies at the heart of what makes Trump crazy. Trump can easily be diagnosed, as many have done, as a "malignant narcissist"—someone who has, according to the DSM-V, a narcissistic personality disorder but who, in addition, shows prominent symptoms of paranoia and an inability to feel guilt or remorse. Such a diagnosis, while accurate, is simply descriptive and doesn't go deep enough into the real sources of his pathology. It's not enough to diagnose him. Instead, we have to understand how a man with such a diagnosis is likely to feel inside, the fears and desires that motivate him and the strategies he uses to escape painful emotions. Understanding how Trump is constantly defending himself against feelings of inferiority, helplessness, and shame brings us closer to the truth. Viewed this way, malignant narcissism is merely the shape that Trump's defenses –the defenses of any malignant narcissist for that matter–take as he struggles against the threats of this triad of feelings.
For example, take Trump's extreme grandiosity. He is always the biggest, the best, and the greatest. This self-aggrandizement makes sense if it is seen as a defense against feeling small and insignificant—in other words, inferior. The exaggerated degree of his grandiosity is a measure of the depth of his dread of being inadequate. Similarly, Trump surrounds himself with a type of garish superficial beauty (gold fixtures in the bathroom, and golden trophy wives) to counteract feelings of lack of worth. In other words, this surface is absurdly glorified in order to counteract feelings of internal damage. Further, his incipient dread of feeling small (for example, his obsession with proving his hands are not small) is also defended against by projecting "smallness" onto others. We all remember that Marco Rubio was "little Marco," and he calls people he doesn't like "losers," thereby reducing the pressure of feeling that way about himself. Over and over again, he paints his critics as losers, petty powerless people, momentarily escaping a dreaded belief that he is the real loser.
Trump is constantly battling feelings of shame and humiliation. We know that because he is frequently expressing "disgust." Disgust is a way to keep shame at a distance. It's a way of saying that something bad isn't inside, it's outside, and disgust warns us to keep away from it. Trump can barely contain expressions of disgust and contempt. During the campaign we saw this defense emerge in regard to women; he was disgusted, for example, by Hillary's use of the bathroom during their debate at Saint Anselm College, and fulminated about Megyn Kelly's bloody secretions after she was tough on him in their first debate. Even Trump's alleged sexual preference for "golden showers" during a sexual tryst in a Moscow hotel speaks, if true, to his struggle with shame. A sexual fetish like this is his attempt to overcome feelings of disgust by enacting a disgusting scenario (being urinated on) but scripting it so that everyone is sexually excited rather than repelled.
Trump is obviously extremely vulnerable to feeling shamed and humiliated. Moreover, I would argue that, in general, he finds women to be essentially and especially disgusting and avoids getting too close to these dangerous feeling by using women as things. Relationships with things are safer than actual intimacy and exposure.
Shame, helplessness, and inferiority are mutually reinforcing. Helplessness and inferiority are shameful and being exposed as pathetic or inferior increases feelings of vulnerability and helplessness. The threat of experiencing all three of these emotions can be seen in Trump's by now famous inability to pay attention in meetings or to read. When he has to pay attention for too long, I think he begins to feel anxious, as if he is being helplessly cornered and made to feel one down, and he can't stand it. Further, if he has to consider a difficult problem or focus on material about which he is ignorant, Trump has to face feelings of being flawed, helpless, and embarrassed. In other words, he begins to feel like a stupid loser and he can't tolerate it. So he has to interrupt and quickly change the subject to one with which he's comfortable or one that features his greatness. In this way, he relieves himself of dreadful feelings of being defective. Such feelings trigger his private fear that he is, indeed, insignificant and weak.
For someone plagued with feelings of helplessness, shame, and inferiority, the danger of exposure is ever-present. Such a danger is captured by the colloquial expression "being caught with one's pants down." It shows up in our dread of incontinence, of an involuntary disclosure of one's private secrets or "tell," of being found out. But found out as what? In Trump's case, it's found out to be dirty and bad, unworthy and defective, instead of deserving and greatly valued. This is also why he is a conspicuous spender—also a defense. Trump is consumed by this conflict. His paranoia reflects his constant worry about the critical judgment of others, a worry that, in his heart, Trump secretly fears is justified. As a result, he is angrily fixated on being "found out" by investigative reporters or exposed from within by "leakers."
In the context of such a formulation, it makes sense that, more than anything, Trump dreads revelations that make his electoral victory last November seem illegitimate. He simply cannot tolerate the fact that he lost the popular vote nor even a hint that the Comey letter and/or the Russians helped him defeat Hillary Clinton. In Trump's disturbed mind, this makes sense because he is horrified by feelings of being a loser, horrified by evidence of the dirty fraudulent underbelly that might lie at the foundation of his personality and life. He has to stamp out this accusation—which is really a self-accusation—at all costs.
In his years as a real estate tycoon, Trump could exercise enormous control over his environment, sanitizing it of any evidence that contradicted his idealized version of himself. He could surround himself with flatterers and the trappings of wealth and power—the external cues that he is special. As President, however, he finds himself under constant hostile scrutiny, and this scrutiny threatens his defenses. He is constantly compelled to preemptively reassert his invulnerability, his power and greatness, which come across as what they are: boorishness–a braggart desperately trying to save face.
If reports are true, Trump frequently loses his temper, striking out and blaming others for chinks in his narcissistic armor. Of course he does. His outbursts are a belated attempt to master and control an environment that is relentlessly whispering—actually, at times shouting–that he's a bad, inferior, defective man. He can't stand being the helpless victim of these whispers and shouts. He'll do anything to shut them up—fire press secretaries, obstruct justice, bribe allies, anything to restore the moat defending him against criticism.
Real losses—say, votes in Congress—are psychically equated with being a loser. Revelations that his campaign colluded with Russia are psychically equivalent to admitting that his victories weren't real. Impeachment, of course, would be the ultimate realization of Trump's nightmare—proof that he is helpless, damaged goods, a public failure, and that everyone is contemptuous of him. Such a trauma could produce extreme and radical reactions, from a frank psychotic break, to a reckless military attack, to resignation and a panicked flight back to his private castle in Trump Tower.
Knowing what makes Trump tick doesn't allow us to make specific predictions about his likely political positions, but it should make his frantically chaotic and sociopathic maneuvering around the Russia investigation seem quite understandable. I'm sure that intelligence agencies around the world already have a book on how to deal with Trump that is based on analyses of his personality similar to this one. As part of his domestic opposition, we ought to understand at least this much, namely that Trump will always be propelled by his defensive need to prove that he's good, not bad, powerful and not weak, a winner and not a loser. This need will lay behind everything he does.
Michael Bader is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in San Francisco. He is the author of More Than Bread and Butter: A Psychologist Speaks to Progressives About What People Really Need in Order to Win and Change the World (Blurb, 2015).
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TZToronto June 3, 2017
What more is there to say. This analysis makes perfect sense. I doubt, however, that Trump will be forced to resign in the same way that Nixon was forced to resign. Rather, he'll fight any way he can to stay POTUS, even if he is impeached. I can see a situation in which Trump, if convicted, refuses to leave the White House, literally. What would happen then? A civil war between Trump's base of support (they've got guns!) and those who want Trump out? A more likely scenario is that Trump will be impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate (he doesn't need a whole lot of votes to avoid conviction, and he'd probably get them). Once he's acquitted, though, he might decide to resign, saying that his actions as President were supported by the Senate and, by extension, the American people. It wouldn't be true, of course, but in his own mind he'd feel vindicated. He'd go out a winner, in his own mind. A clear failure as President would be shameful and point out both his impotence and his incompetence. Resigning on his own terms, unlike Nixon, would make him feel that he's the winner (until he's charged after leaving office with whatever real crimes he's committed).
Dominick Vila June 4, 2017
What is likely to happen is going to be congressional indifference, and a major distraction. The latter is probably going to be a major war with North Korea. If that happens, many Americans may be inclined to ignore Trump's behavior, including potential acts of obstruction of justice and even treason, while the country, under Trump's leadership, is fighting a dangerous foreign leader.
Mama Bear June 4, 2017
rich corozine June 4, 2017
As ridiculous as North Korea is, look at it objectively: your country has 40,000 foreign troops completely hostile to you on your border; this country has some 12,000 nuclear weapons, many pointed at you, while you have (maybe) one or two, and at present can't reach this hostile country; since WW2 this country has been hostile to everything you've ever done – foments trouble with your neighbor to the south, refuses to meet with your leaders, places numerous economic sanctions on you to destroy you…suppose the US was in this position? It is like with Iran: historically the US has done far more negative things to that country than Iran has ever done to the US. Ever! You always seem sane in your responses, so don't buy into the america first view of the world (even subliminally). The US has caused way more trouble around the world than it has helped and is steeped in some pretty nefarious episodes too numerous to mention. The dangerous country is the US, not North Korea. NK is pathetically poor and undeveloped. It is like saying Vietnam was a dangerous (existential) threat to the US, or Nicaragua, or Venezuela, or Iran, or Iraq, or Syria, or Lebanon, or Chile, or Dominican Republic, or Cuba, or the Caribbean Islands, or Bolivia, or Haiti, or countless others that just want to live their lives as they see it and the US, always the "greatest", just doesn't except that.
I share most of the sentiments and opinions you expressed. I lived in Venezuela from 1946 to 1958, and I still remember the overt influence we exercised over just about everything that happened in that country in those days. The eventual result, which proved to be catastrophic for a country with vast natural resources has been catastrophic. I remember the days of United Fruit in Central America, the murder of Mossadegh, our interventions in Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. The myopic invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, while giving Saudi Arabia, the homeland of the 9/11 terrorists a free pass.
As Isaac Asimov said, "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." When Trump's prospects start looking especially dreadful, his closest advisers may decide that war will save him and then. At that point, Congress will have a choice–follow the incompetent Trump over the cliff or stand in the way of disaster. Trump's base will demand the biggest war possible, and Republicans will fret about re-election should they oppose Trump's self-serving stupidity. Of course, there's a small chance that enough GOP Reps will see through Trump's attempt to save himself by killing thousands of Americans and potentially millions of Koreans (or Iranians) to stop him in his tracks via impeachment.
Better yet, TZ, is Samuel Johnson's oh-so-true: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."
That works, too.
Such an excellent article, and a definitive one in my estimation and that of so many others. While we all are good at sizing up a person just by obvious and subtle cues, it lends more weight to the description of the complex factors which make Donald such an historically dysfunctional person—surpassing even Hitler insofar as the degree of feeling the constant need to asserting himself.
This article should be republished in as wide of circle as possible, across the nation and abroad, so that people will have a benchmark of what qualities help define as sick a person as Donald. Perhaps, an entry called "Trumpaphilia" should be added, as a description of an inordinate personality disorder which carries with it a carnal/emotional fetish component, to the DSM-V manual.
Spot on. As for reckless military attacks, the most likely is a nuclear attack against NK.
Of all the people who read this or already know it; who of them feels sorry for Donald Trump!?
I think this man who is so efficient at making enemies is beyond the compassion of all but a small number of people.
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11thStPopulist June 4, 2017
I actually feel compassion for any family with someone facing medical catastrophes. Trump is a stroke/ heart attack waiting to happen – as are his anti- science base, also addicted to junk food and no exercise. He may have early Alzheimer's or blockages of oxygen to the brain from clogged arteries as well. Without a competent medical exam, this nation does not know. All we know for sure, as demonstrated by his irrational behavior, is that he is mentally ill.
Bottom line is Trump is one sick pup, just like we have all known all along. I do not feel sorry for him, I do not feel anything but disgust for him. His actions are actually reactions and we all knew that too. There will be no action by Congress. They are all way too drunk on their new-found power and money to care anything about our country.
plc97477 June 4, 2017
I think congress will step up and do something but it is going to mean letting them know that there jobs are at stake. They are pretty self centered and that will make them do the right thing.
I don't this THIS congress will act. They can manipulate Trump's inflated ego to get their draconian concessions from the rest of us (health care, social security, environment, public lands, public education, etc) to benefit the oligarchs and 1% for whom they work. We need to change the composition of the house and senate in 2018, then they can clean up this White House mess.
Independent1 June 4, 2017
"For example, take Trump's extreme grandiosity. He is always the biggest, the best, and the greatest. This self-aggrandizement makes sense if it is seen as a defense against feeling small and insignificant—in other words, inferior."
I certainly have no intention of making excuses for the way Donald Trump acts, but we should keep in mind that part of Donald's narcissistic tendencies are the results of his parents brainwashing him to believe he has 'superior genes'; and therefore is always the smartest, grandest person in any room or contest he enters.
See this from the DailyKos:
Shocking video of Trump explaining his dangerous theory that people like him have superior genes
PBS and The Huffington Post have uncovered video evidence of Donald Trump's long-held beliefs that he (and people like him) are genetically superior:
The Frontline documentary "The Choice," which premiered this week on PBS, reveals that Trump agrees with the dangerous and abusive theory of eugenics.
Trump's father instilled in him the idea that their family's success was genetic, according to Trump biographer Michael D'Antonio.
"The family subscribes to a racehorse theory of human development," D'Antonio says in the documentary. "They believe that there are superior people and that if you put together the genes of a superior woman and a superior man, you get a superior offspring."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/9/29/1575870/-Shocking-video-of-Trump-explaining-his-dangerous-theory-that-people-like-him-have-superior-genes?
https://youtu.be/3Yh0jAxOxGE
And it certainly didn't help that Daddy was a tyrant who demanded a lot of Donald when he was growing up but was yet willing to constantly bail him out from one failure after another; spending millions in the process. His dads willingness to cover for him in his many failures surely gave him the expectations that he could do no wrong and that somehow he deserved to be bailed out even at the expense of others like investors, contractors and even people who worked for him. And Daddy even got him involved with mobsters.
A good article on how Daddy helped to corrupt Donald is here:
Donald Trump's Many Business Failures, Explained
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/08/12/donald-trumps-business-failures-election-2016-486091.html
And here:
"The Making of Donald Trump": David Cay Johnston on Trump's Ties to the Mob & Drug Traffickers
https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/5/the_making_of_donald_trump_david
but….there comes for all of us an "age of accountability" when we are supposed to look inward and take stock of what we are and what we think. For those who never do that there is no redemption. There is no pity. There is nothing but an unexamined life – which is not worth living.
I agree, that's why I'm not trying to make excuses for Donald, he certainly eagerly let Daddy go about corrupting him in every way possible. As you point out, the bottom line guilt is on Donald himself – but I think that in addition to what is pointed out in this article, people need to understand that Donald didn't get the way he is on his own. His parents were an enormous factor in turning Donald into the monster he has become.
our parents are always an enormous factor in who we are. But…and I'm sorry to disagree with you…our lives are our own and none of us escape a "dysfunctional" childhood on some level. We alone are accountable for who we become after that.
I don't think anyone is trying to give him a "get out of jail free card" just trying to explain how he got to where he is. We all agree that our parents give us our start in who we will be but it is on us to do the best with what they give us. tRump didn't do as well as most.
Most mature people do as you say, Mama Bear. Trump not only had arrested development at an immature point in life (high school?), but it was reinforced for him in the business world. He also had many unsavoury business acquaintances (Mafia) building his hotels, and apparently few honorable role models.
His world of oligarchs, who buy people and things without conscience, display little character development. Trump, with the help of Russians looking for a pliable fool, bought this election. He has very little self awareness and will not mature into a decent human being in our lifetimes.
and I think he chose his path…or at the very least chose to stay on that path.
Sorry, but I have a wife and several relatives whose lives were dramatically traumatized by their parents' upbringing. Who they are has been severely altered by the traumatization they received in growing up. To suggest that Trump's parents are not significantly responsible for the way Donald is today, is to refused to believe reality. My wife has been told by numerous mental professionals that her life was severely affected by the way she was treated as a child. She is still carrying the scars of their misguided treatment from them for more than 70 years!!
Now I understand your frame of reference, Indy, and I am very sorry for what your wife has experienced. It is not fair that a human is mistreated and abused and I totally agree that the experience leaves scars that do not heal. She is in fact very lucky to have a partner who is as kind and understanding as you are. I was not in any way talking about abuse…which is quite different than what Trump is all about.
But it's not just what we call 'abuse' that can warp a person's life or character, it's also being exposed at an early age to the outright corrupt nature of one's own parents that can turn them into monsters like Donald.
See this article from Politico about what helped turn Donald into what he is today.
The Men Who Gave Trump His Brutal Worldview
Fred Trump was a fiercely ambitious man who worked seven
days a week and devoted few waking hours to his role as a parent. Although he pushed his son Donald to prevail in every arena—to be a "killer" and a "king"—Fred didn't actually tell the young man how to achieve this destiny. His way of paying attention to his children was to let them watch him at work. As Donald Trump told me in an interview for the biography I was writing about him, he was expected to learn things "by osmosis." One such lesson came when Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent—equivalent to $15 million today—before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork. Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.
Like his father, Donald J. Trump seems to be a patriotic American, but like his father he's also someone who never misses a chance to bend the rules.
For more go here:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/2016-donald-trump-brutal-worldview-father-coach-213750
thank you for this, Indi. I know that I am sometimes more demanding of myself and my loved ones with regard to self-examination than may be possible. Here is a book that I think you and possibly your wife would find interesting:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007237VUA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&
All that you say about his personality development may be true. However, at Trump's age, weight, and lifestyle choices, he may have an undiagnosed medical condition. He probably will see the quack who called him the most"terrific, wonderful, amazingly healthy president to walk on the planet" (or whatever), because someone has to prescribe his statin and ED drugs. This is obviously a morally/ethically challenged doctor so I don't count him among qualified professionals, but money apparently buys whatever.
If he had a competent medical exam, it may reveal early Alzheimer's or cerebral hypoxia (restriction of oxygen to the brain from clogged arteries). Comparisons with how lucid he was in past videos compared to his current incomprehensible behavior demonstrates there has been a change in his cognitive function.
You make a good point; something certainly is going on with Donald's brain; be it Alzheimer's or as you point out clogged arteries blocking blood flow to his brain. Whatever is going on is only making Donald an increasingly sporadic, manic person whose actions are totally unpredictable and dangerous.
Ideally, the investigation into his and his campaign's collusion with the Russians needs to be hurried up which should prove that the 2016 election was a total fraud; and not only Trump but also Pence should be charged with treason and the GOP kicked out of the White House with Hillary, the rightful winner, installed as president.
Pence has certainly been implicated in cover-ups as he blatantly lied about what he knew concerning both Michael Flynn's treachery, and the conspiracy to fire James Comey.
Once Trump has been successfully impeached, Pence may have to face his own charges.
2018 cannot come soon enough as over turning the congress and senate is the only chance democracy has, IMO. Republicans are too lilly- livered to do their jobs for the American people. In fact, they only represent special interest oligarchs and the 1%. This Trump debacle lays bear their true motivations and they should all be expelled!
itsfun June 6, 2017
You will be very disappointed when President Trump gets re-elected.
Theodora30 June 4, 2017
Not to nitpick but the "golden showers" story is that Trump paid prostitutes to urinate on the bed because it was where oBama and his wife had slept on their visit.
Al Kowsky June 4, 2017
I hope one of Trump's aids reads this article to him (knowing he doesn't like to read). The only people who would find this article abhorrent are his core 35% supporters. Intelligent educated people will find this article to be accurate & well written.
Harper West, MA June 4, 2017
I completely agree that poor shame tolerance is the root of "narcissism" and "sociopathy." I have developed a revolutionary new paradigm to replace the DSM called Self-Acceptance Psychology that reframes "mental disorders" as adaptive responses to a natural need for love and belonging, the natural fear response, and low self-worth and shame that result from developmental or attachment trauma. These factors lead to an inability to handle shame in healthy ways. Self-Acceptance Psychology identifies poor shame tolerance as a key factor in development of anxiety, depression, personality disorders, and other supposed mental illnesses. People adopt one of three Counterproductive Shame Management Strategies that define essentially all unhealthy behaviors in relationships with self and others. Trump is an extreme "Other-Blamer," who handles shame by lashing out at others, refusing to be accountable, making excuses, and all the other "narcissistic" descriptors. The key is: When criticized, he cannot handle that shame so he offloads it to others. Two other Shame management Strategies include Self-Blaming and Blame Avoidance. I have a chapter in an upcoming book on Trump's character flaws called "The Dangerousness of Trump." Much more at http://www.HarperWest.co
notafoxfan June 4, 2017
for those of us who are not psychologists,nor psychiatrists,just logical college educated people who can walk, talk, and chew gum at the same time,mr trumps issues have been obvious for quite some time..those who choose to totally accept his behavior by saying, "its just trump being trump",or he is doing what people elected him to do,are at best, oblivious,and at worst, just blissfully ignorant…it takes only an observation to note the man is 70 years old,not in very good physical shape, and overweight..all of those factors affect every part of your body,including your arterial flow and your brain function..he has been making a fool of himself in front of other countries,and if people are "laughing at us" as he stated just last week,it is because of what he says and does, and those never ending immature tweets…
He is a man of his word, a straight talker and you don't have to be a lawyer to understand what he says. He does something foreign to politicians and that is say it as he sees it, not as others want him to say it. He got elected with his personality and just may get elected again if he chooses to run. He puts America first and watches out for Americans. He has shown the world what a real leader looks like, not someone that draws fake red lines. He has been treated terrible by the left wing media and he still won't bow to them.
And the delusional pathological liar just keeps posting one fantasy lie after another – Donald Trump is a pariah! And absolute disaster for America and the world!!!!!!
DennisRL June 5, 2017
it's funny how the people on the right like itsfun are in full denial about what a disaster trump is. When I read 'he puts America first and watches out for Americans' it actually makes me want to laugh out loud. Donald trump has never put anyone or anything first except himself. Itsfun, did you even read this article, are just put your one size fits all response to anything about trump. It would truly be funny if it wasn't such a sad state of affairs for America.
So far the President has cracked down on sanctuary cities. He is making citizens aware of illegal alien crimes by compiling a list of crimes committed by illegals, has gotten a constitutional following judge on the Supreme Court. reinstated "Mexico city policy" banning federal funding of international abortions. Repealed Obama regulation on guns. Approved the Keystone and Dakota pipeline. Froze the last-minute Obama funding of 200 million funding to the Palestinian Authority. Beefed up immigration enforcement. A new health care plan has passed the House. Signed a requirement that every for every new government regulation, 2 must be eliminated. Kept Carrier furnace manufacturing plant in Indiana. Placed lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying for foreign Governments. Is trying to rebuild the military that Obama has depleted.
Got out of Paris Accord of non-binding commitments. India has made no commitment. Germany has seen 2 straight years of emission increases. The Philippines have renounced it commitment. It put American last, President Trump puts America first. There is not evidence of ""green job" being created as promised by Obama.
The President is trying to do everything he promised to do when campaigning. He is trying to protect Americans by imposing a travel ban on potential terrorists. He wants to lower taxes on all of us. This President will get what he got elected to do completed. He will not give into PC groups. I can see the headlines now if President Trump has stayed in the Paris Accord. The left would be saying how he didn't live up to his campaign promise and he is a liar and every other BS description they can come up with.
all the things you mentioned don't amount to a hill of beans. Only to the Waco nut jobs that supported him or those things important. The really important things like job creation, infrastructure, healthcare, the environment and education go unaddressed. You can promise to make jelly beans taste better when your campaigning but that doesn't make it important. The problem is that people on the right have lost sight at what makes a democracy great. And it's not that one side wins and gets to do everything their way. It's two sides with differing ideas working together to come up with the best way to make our country move forward. What we have now is one side trying to impose their will on the rest of us and that's how we wind up with a goofball like trump as president.
You don't get to decide what amounts to a hill of beans and what doesn't. 138,000 new jobs were created in May alone. Unemployment went down again. The stock market is at all time highs. The environment and education are being addressed. States will be given more power to make their own laws and rules. The Democrats have said over and over they will try to block everything the President wants to get done. That is being nothing but obstructionist. The Democrats are the side saying we won't work together. President Trump will prove out to be a very good President, one that brought America back to prominence in the world. He is and will drain the swamp.
I don't know why I even bother. Everything you said is total nonsense. The one fact you mentioned, 138k jobs created. That number was much weaker than expected. Everything else you said is subjective and the same old republican bromides. I've voted both republican and democrat over the years but I always tried to keep a logical, pragmatic view of things. And if I needed to criticize whoever voted for I would. With ideologues, which you are, it's not possible and therefore impossible to have a meaningful conversation. That seems to be where we're at.
Everything I said is a fact. I couldn't care less what a person of your obvious low intelligence thinks of what I say. I don't care who or what you voted for. You have no idea what a meaningful conversation is. You are just another elitist that believe you know everything, when you actually know nothing. Just another feel better person that sees the world as you want it to be, instead of seeing what really is. You are just a waste of my time.
you know, I was the only one on this blog willing to engage you in conversation because everyone else knows what and who you are. But I thought, what the heck, I'll give it a shot. And your comment proved my point. What a sad person you are.
You lefties can't deal with facts. You do believe in the fake news though. I don't need you to give me a "shot". I will continue to post what I want and don't care if you or any other lefties like it or not.
I just figured out what your problem is and it's the same as trumps. You're as paranoid as he is. You can't take criticism and you fly off the handle when you get it. That's funny!!
You are one sad and sick person. get help
schymtz June 4, 2017
Six months in office – feels more like 60 year. Trump apparently has strong but distorted defenses psychologically speaking. His issues are born of character disorder, not neurotic. He is shameless. He has little capacity for real introspection, meaning his motivations are not known or understood by himself. Cons con themselves first and most of all.
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How to Replace Pinion Bearing on Chevy Truck | Step by Step Guide
Do you hear unusual noises while driving? The quality of the pinion on your truck can be compromised. In this scenario, knowing how to replace pinion bearing on chevy truck can be helpful.
Materials Needed to Repair a Ring gear bearing for Chevy Truck
When working from home, avoiding scratching or breaking the drive shaft is critical. It must be gently removed. It would also help if you possessed the necessary equipment.
When changing the pinion bearing, you'll need important equipment and specialized tools.
A press
Old suppressor cinches
Force wrench (in strange conditions)
How to Replace Pinion Bearing on a Chevy Truck?
Certain technical measures are required to replace the gear bearing on a Chevy Truck. You may simply do it at home since you're not custom-made to mechanical work.
The instructions for replacing your Chevy pickup are as follows.
Disconnect the driving shaft.
To remove the nuts and bolts, use the pliers with a screwdriver. Four screws are on their path. Once the screws are excessively tight, loosen them using a powered screwdriver and some lubricant. Lower the shaft of transmission when one of the edges is unfastened.
Remove the differential fluid and drain it.
Differential fluid has started to leak. If you don't use the bucket, it will end up in various locations. This is a perfect time to replace rapid flow once it hasn't been replaced in a long time. Otherwise, the accumulated liquid can be reinserted.
Take out Wheel
When the gearbox is installed and removed, it will be much easier to remove the pinion. The differential must also be removed by removing the bolts. The pinion is held in place by certain seals. They should be released and deleted. You may need a claw hammer to unlock the coal-based power circuit.
Get the races started.
The pinion is known for its races. These races maintain the pinion's position and aid in its correct operation. Remove the pinion ring using a mallet and a rod. Take away three races.
Replace the bearing.
Remove the pinion's other nuts and bolts. Remove the bearing by unscrewing the bearing seal.
You can achieve this by leveraging a rubber hammer. For this, use the press and the damper clamp. If it becomes stumped, take it to a professional. Who has the necessary equipment to free it? Remove the archaic sign and replace it with a new one. The washing machine may be replaced or reused. Double-check that all is secure before tightening.
Install the Pinion Gear again.
Change the spindle. Once the bearing has been replaced, ensure all the screws are secure.
It is not recommended to add new races since they may become corrupted. While driving, a minor scrape generates a noise.
Place the gap, including the drive shaft, in their proper locations. Make care you place each element in its designated spot at these locations.
You will have difficulty driving otherwise. And even little errors can have serious consequences.
What amount does it cost to supplant a pinion bearing?
Replacing a pinion bearing costs on average $239-286. The parts are estimated at $66-$68, while the labor cost would be about $173-$218.
What are the signs that you're using the wrong rear pinion bearing?
A whistling deceleration noise may indicate a bad or loose pinion bearing. Howling during acceleration can be the same problem. Only at speeds above 20 mph a rumble or whine can be a sign of worn bearing bearings on the carrier. The sound may change when cornering.
How do you recognize a bad pinion bearing?
Worn gears, pinions, and faulty gear settings are the most common causes of howling or howling during acceleration in a limited or wide speed range. Rumbling or grunting at speeds above 20 mph can be caused by worn bearings on the carrier. The sound may change as it spins.
What makes a pinion bearing?
Pinion bearings are intended to decrease friction and boost efficiency in the direction of the desired motion. For drive differentials, the pinion bearings help the smoothest gears in the differential run smoothly.
What happens if the preload on the pinion bearing is adjusted inaccurately?
The pinion spins at the same speed as the driving shaft and can simulate vibrations caused by that speed. Improper pinion bearing preload can cause what looks to be a pinion seal leak, yet the seal is fine, and the pinion spins vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
How important is the pinion preload?
The bearing preload can be adjusted slightly to maintain adequate blade contact between the pinion and ring gear. This reduces gear wear and extends the life of both gears' teeth. When gear wear is minimized, impurities in the shaft system are reduced.
What is a pinion bearing's pressure?
Pinion preload is the thrust acting on the pinion tapered roller bearings. The collapsible spacer is used to obtain a certain amount of pressure or preload. This spacer is located between the bearings. Turning the pinion nut crushes the spacer to achieve the prescribed preload.
How long do pinion bearings last?
Now, if you look for a time frame, it could be ten days or ten years. Low damage bearings can last ten years, while extreme damage does not last ten days.
You could save a lot of funds by understanding the time and season to repair a Chevy pinion bearing. This is, however, an extremely difficult and sensitive process.
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Be sure that there is an adequate period to finish the operation. Instead, you'll end up with a half-finished project.
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Q: HTTP PROVIDERS in @Injectable Service Angular2, now in beta, my company decide to work on it a little bit.
I tried to set a request from my service. I browse all the internet, but nothing working. (Maybe posts was written before Beta release).
So, I have my boot.ts like this :

import {bootstrap} from 'angular2/platform/browser';
import {Component, provide} from 'angular2/core';
import {HTTP_PROVIDERS} from 'angular2/http';

import {BrandsComponent} from './brands/brands.component';
import {BrandsService} from './brands/brands.service';

@Component({
 selector: 'my-app',
 template: `
  <brands></brands>
 `,
 directives: [BrandsComponent]
})

export class AppComponent {
}

bootstrap(AppComponent, [HTTP_PROVIDERS, BrandsService]);

My BrandsComponent inject my BrandsService.
Here my service code :

import {Http} from 'angular2/http';
import {Injectable, Inject} from 'angular2/core';

@Injectable()
export class BrandsService{
 constructor(public http: Http) {
  console.log('Task Service created.', http);
  http.get('http://google.fr');
 }

 getBrands(){
  //return this.http.get('./brands.json');
  return [];
 }
}

In my console, I have the 'Task service created' log, but any ajax request is going.
I can't tell you what I've tried, cause I change my code about a billion times.
Thank for your help !
@Edit :
Here my BrandsComponent code :

import {Component} from 'angular2/core';

import {Brand} from './brand.interface';
import {BrandsService} from './brands.service';

import {ModelsComponent} from './../models/models.component';

@Component({
 selector: 'brands',
 templateUrl: 'templates/brands/list.html',
 providers: [BrandsService],
 directives: [ModelsComponent]
})

export class BrandsComponent implements OnInit{
 public brands;
 public selectedBrand : Brand;

 constructor(private _brandsService: BrandsService) { }

 /*
 * Get all brands from brands service
 */
 getBrands(){
  this.brands = this._brandsService.getBrands();
 }

 /*
 * On component init, get all brands from service
 */
 ngOnInit(){
  this.getBrands();
 }

 /*
 * Called when li of brand list was clicked
 */
 onSelect(brand : Brand){
  this.selectedBrand = brand;
 }
}

A: In fact observables are lazy. This means that corresponding HTTP requests aren't sent before attaching some response listeners on them using the subscribe method.
Adding a subscribe method in the constructor of your BrandsService should trigger your HTTP request:
import {Http} from 'angular2/http';
import {Injectable, Inject} from 'angular2/core';

@Injectable()
export class BrandsService{
  constructor(public http: Http) {
    console.log('Task Service created.', http);
    http.get('http://google.fr').subscribe();
  }
  (...)
}

Hope it helps you,
Thierry

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the overall length of repayment.
When people shop for a car, most think they are being smart by working out their budget. Unfortunately, the way in which they approach this all-important idea is not always the best. For many, the first thing they consider are their monthly finances — how much more each month can they afford to pay?
This is certainly valid; most of us deal with bills on a monthly basis. The problem is if that's your only guiding star. You could very well end up in over your head when you buy a car that you can't afford, even if the monthly payments seem sound.
Consider: if you can only pay $250 a month, and you have a choice between an economy car that will let you pay that out over four years, and a luxury sedan or SUV which will cost you that over eight years, which is better? Far too many people go for the sedan or SUV, thinking that if they can afford the luxury they should, or believing that the high-end car will hold its value longer.
The truth is, the longer you pay on a vehicle, the more you are going to pay in interest. Edmunds reports that the difference between a 5-year and 6-year loan in interest alone can be over $4,000! That's a difference of only one year in the cycle of the loan, all in interest.
The longer you own a car, the less it is worth and consequently, the less you can get when you go to trade it in on a new model. In addition, the longer your loan terms, the longer it will be before you can get your head above water and actually build equity into your car because of the increased interest. If you go too long, it won't be worth the trouble. Your car will be worth too little and you will still owe more than it is worth.
In the end, if you have a choice between a more affordable vehicle at a shorter term, you should go for that. The less time you are paying on a car loan, the better off you will be.
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Saviours vinyl now in stock
We'll be releasing Saviours officially at our show on the 26th of May, but from now on we will take orders through Bandcamp, Bigcartel or via Facebook private message. Limited 300 black and 200 white. We will ship your copy at the beginning of May!
Saturday, 6 May 2017, 18:19 Bert Hekman
Saviours vinyl coming soon
Our 2nd full length Saviours will be released on vinyl later this year! It will be limited to 300 black and 200 white editions. We've also opened up a bigcartel store, so get your shirts, cd's and vinyl there!
Sunday, 19 February 2017, 12:35 Bert Hekman
Saviours has been released now
Our new full length album Saviours has been released digitally worldwide today on Spotify, Deezer, iTunes, Bandcamp and a lot of other steaming services!
In two weeks we will be performing at Swamp Fest in Berlin where we'll play a lot of our new songs, so come check us out if you are in the neighborhood. We'll also have a limited amount of T-shirts to sell while we're there!
Saturday, 3 September 2016, 00:00 Bert Hekman
Saviours will be released on 3 september
Our brand new full length album "Saviours" will be released on 3 september on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Deezer and a lot of other digital platforms.
Saviours contains eight tracks with a total runtime of 35:42.
Insanity Grows (5:50)
The Heckler (3:03)
Your Pointless Gods (3:00)
Sand and Stones (5:23)
Burning Torch (4:19)
Watch Me Flying (5:02)
Never Confessed (4:54)
Refused (4:11)
Sunday, 28 August 2016, 19:00 Bert Hekman
Preview track "Never Confessed" from our upcoming album "Saviours"
We've been working hard the last few months to record and produce our second full length "Saviours". You can preview one of the tracks called "Never Confessed" right now on YouTube:
Saviours will be released around fall 2016. If you'd like to check out some more new songs, we'll be playing them live in The Cave in Amsterdam on 7 August!
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Motyf is an International Symposium and Media Art Exhibition about the current and future forms of interactive and motion typography expressed through art, design, space and technology. Motyf is founded and curated by:
Professor Anja Stoffler
University of Applied Sciences Mainz
Professor Ewa Satalecka
Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Warsaw
Professor Ralf Dringenberg
HfG Schwaebisch Gmuend University of Design
Motfy has a special focus on initiating discussion between academics and industry practitioners about interactive and dynamic media text design and delivery. It aims to run bi-annually, each time taking a new theme and opening up further discourse amongst a greater number of interested stakeholders, students, academics and industry professionals. Mofyf welcomes contributions from a spectrum of disciplines: design, technology, media and creative arts.
Motyf 2013 — Moving Types: Letters in Motion — focused on motion typography and all aspects of dynamic text design. The Moving Types exhibition presented at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany was conceived by Anja Stöffler and Ralf Dringenberg and has since been developed into an archive of over 800 works that include film titles, advertising, brand films, artist films and experimental pieces.
Motyf 2014 — Type in Music: the rhythm of letters — examined the relationship between dynamic typography and music. It was hosted in Warsaw, Poland at the Polish Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
Motyf 2016 was held in Mainz, Germany at the Gutenberg Museum. The theme — Moving Types: Gutenberg goes Media — compared dynamic type and its added value to its static counterpart in an increasingly multimedia and convergent world. The accompanying exhibition Akademos–Poetry and Philosophy in Motion features more than 70 international selected works that impressively showcase the theme using moving text from poems and texts by many authors and philosophers.
Motyf 2018 — Virtual Types: Future forms of Typography is developed and curated in partnership with Dr Hilary Kenna, IADT (Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology), Dublin Ireland (www.iadt.ie) and will be held at dlr LexIcon, Dun Laoghaire and at IADT's campus from October 31st–November 4th, 2018.
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Teens shun traditional news channels for TikTok and Instagram, Ofcom says – BBC
More teenagers are turning away from traditional media outlets and getting their news from social media, new research from Ofcom has shown.
The number of people consuming news content on TikTok has increased from 800,000 in 2020 to 3.9 million in 2022.
For the first time, Instagram is the most popular news source among younger people – used by 29% of teens in 2022 – with TikTok and YouTube close behind.
But print, TV and radio news outlets still dominate in older age groups.
The growth in news consumed via TikTok is being driven mainly by younger age groups – half of users consuming news on the platform are aged 16-24.
The number of people consuming news via the video sharing platform is now similar to the number using the Sky News website and app, Ofcom said.
TikTok users who took part in the study said they get more of their news from "other people they follow" (47%) than from news organisations' own accounts (24%).
Increasingly, news stories also originate on the platform. Earlier this week, a video showing a student being harassed by a man on a Cardiff street was watched more than two million times and picked up by news outlets.
And the recent high-profile libel case between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp dominated the video sharing platform, with many users watching the proceedings unfold live on YouTube before selecting clips to share with their followers on TikTok.
Yih-Choung Teh, Ofcom's group director for strategy and research, said in a statement that teenagers nowadays are "increasingly unlikely to pick up a newspaper or tune into TV news", preferring to stay informed by "scrolling through their social feeds".
"And while youngsters find news on social media to be less reliable, they rate these services more highly for serving up a range of opinions on the day's topical stories," he added.
Despite its newfound popularity though, less than a third of young people (30%) asked in the study said they actually trusted the news content they found through TikTok.
On Instagram, the BBC was the most followed outlet for users who consume news on the platform, with a 45% reach. Sky News (22%), the Lad Bible and Buzzfeed (both14%) also performed well on the platform.
Around 60% of Instagram users who consume news said they followed a public figure, while 44% said they followed at least one specific journalist.
That teenagers are using Instagram and TikTok for news is probably not a surprise. It was perhaps more surprising that, right up until 2020, BBC One remained their number one source of news and still remains top of the list for "most important source". The research shows 59% say they still watch some news on TV.
However, for anyone interested in which news sources are most influential, this new research makes interesting reading.
The decline of printed newspapers has been apparent for many years, but the drop in the last two years has been startling. In 2020, 35% of the population (the vast majority over the age of 55) were still reading a paper, but that's now dropped to 24% – a drop of almost a third.
It appears deliveries and popping out for a paper are some of the former daily habits which were disrupted by Covid.
And for those hoping digital readership was replacing print, it's not good news. Online reach for newspaper websites also dropped slightly (from 20% to 19% of the population).
However, it's worth noting that this misses out a crucial part of the news landscape. The news agenda is still, in many ways, driven by what appears on front pages and news websites.
Instagram and TikTok are popular platforms for news, but the stories themselves often have their origins in what used to be called Fleet Street.
And what's easily forgotten is that the biggest source of news for teens isn't Instagram but their families (65%), and mum or dad are probably not relying on TikTok just yet.
The Ofcom report also shows an acceleration in the decline in consumption of traditional outlets, particularly among young people.
BBC One and BBC Two, previously the most popular news sources among teenagers, have been knocked off the top spot and are now down in fifth place.
Just under a quarter (24%) of those asked used the those channels to find news last year, compared with almost half (45%) five years ago.
For adults in the UK the picture is a little different however, as BBC One remains the most used news source.
A BBC spokesman said: "According to this Ofcom research the BBC is the most used news source for 12-15 year olds – via TV, radio, and online – and young people are also consuming BBC News on social media platforms such as our hugely popular Instagram account."
TV news generally remains the most trusted source among most (71%) adults, with news on social media deemed to be the least reliable (35%).
CNN (83%) was found to be the most trusted of the all the news channels, with Sky News (75%) in second place and the BBC (73%) in third, followed closely by ITV (70%).
Sixty-seven percent of newcomer GB News's viewers said they trusted its reporting.
There is still a trend for traditional networks like BBC, ITV and Sky News being in general decline in terms of overall viewing figures, which are now below pre-pandemic levels.
Readership of print and online newspapers among adults (38%) also declined again this year, the study suggested, with a significant decrease from 2020 (47%) and 2018 (51%).
When the newspapers' online presence was removed, those consuming news solely from physical papers also declined from 35% in 2020 to 24% in 2022.
The use of newspapers among teenagers fell from 19% to 13% in the past five years.
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More characters join now MY HERO Game Project scheduled to be launched in 2018 on PlayStation 4 and PC Digital via STEAM and other distributors. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Asia today unveiled Shoto Todoroki, Ochaco Uraraka and Tenya Lida.
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Q: Multiplicative Structures on Moore Spectra The motivation for this question is that I want "toy examples" of how to prove/disprove the existence of multiplicative structures on examples of spectra. The class of examples I am thinking of is the Moore spectrum. For concreteness this is defined as a spectrum $X$ such that $\pi_n(X) = 0$ for $n <0$ $H_n(X)= 0$ for $n >0$ and $H_0(X) = R$ for some ring $R$.
There are some curious phenomenon that happens:

*

*On one extreme, the Mod 2 Moore spectrum has no unital multiplication at all (by simple arguments in, say, Difficulties with the mod 2 Moore Spectrum)

*The Mod 3 Moore spectrum is not $A_{\infty}$ by Massey product arguments.

*The comment here on top of page 838: http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/schwede/rigid.pdf says that the mod $p$ Moore spectrum for $p \geq 5$ is homotopy associative by folklore (I would like to see an argument for this too!)

*On another extreme, since we can model the $\mathbb{Z}[q^{-1}]$ by localizing the sphere spectrum they are $E_{\infty}$.

In this light, my questions are:

*

*First and foremost, I would love to see a proof of the folklore result above about $p \geq 5$

*Is there a "general pattern" about multiplicative structures of the Moore spectrum as the ring/abelian group varies

A: I think the answer to your question is essentially unknown. As far as I'm aware the best known results are:

*

*$M(p)$ admits an $A_{p-1}$ structure but never an $A_p$-structure. I learnt the following argument from Tyler Lawson (I'm not sure if this is the "folklore" proof). If $M(p)$ was $A_p$ then there would be an $A_p$-map $M(p) \to H\mathbb{Z}/p$. The induced map on homology is meant to hit $\xi_1 \in \mathcal{A}_*$, but there is a $p$-fold Massey product $\langle \tau_0,\ldots,\tau_0 \rangle = \xi_1$, which is a contradiction.

*For $M(p^i)$ a few cases have been studied by Oka ("Multiplications on the Moore spectrum"). Namely, at the prime 2, $M(4)$ does not admit an $A_3$-structure, whilst $M(2^i)$ does admit an $A_3$ structure when $i>2$.

Prasit Bhattacharya is thinking about this problem and is worth speaking to.
Update: The argument alluded to in the first dot point above can be found in Angeltveit's "Topological Hochschild homology and cohomology of $A_\infty$ ring spectra" - http://msp.org/gt/2008/12-02/gt-2008-12-022s.pdf

A: The classical reference is as follows:
@article {MR760188,
    AUTHOR = {Oka, Shichir{\^o}},
     TITLE = {Multiplications on the {M}oore spectrum},
   JOURNAL = {Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. Ser. A},
  FJOURNAL = {Memoirs of the Faculty of Science. Kyushu University. Series
              A. Mathematics},
    VOLUME = {38},
      YEAR = {1984},
    NUMBER = {2},
     PAGES = {257--276},
      ISSN = {0373-6385},
     CODEN = {MFKAAF},
   MRCLASS = {55P45},
  MRNUMBER = {760188 (85j:55019)},
MRREVIEWER = {Donald M. Davis},
       DOI = {10.2206/kyushumfs.38.257},
       URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2206/kyushumfs.38.257},
}

Here is the review by Don Davis:

For any positive integer $q$, let $M_q$ denote the Moore spectrum
  whose only nontrivial homology group is $\mathbb{Z}/q$ in dimension 0.
  The main result is the following theorem: (a) The number of homotopy
  classes of multiplications on $M_q$ is $4$ if $q≡0 (4)$, 1 if $q$ is
  odd, and $0$ if $q≡2 (4)$. (b) These multiplications are commutative if
  and only if $q≡0$ (8) or $q$ is odd, and are associative if and only
  if $q\not\equiv 2 (4)$ and $q\not\equiv\pm 3 (9)$.     A number of
  more technical results are proved, many involving premultiplications
  and regularity.

A: There is an unpublished result of Hopkins that none of the Moore spectra  (modulo any power of $p$) admit $A_\infty$-structures. Although I do not know the proof, I believe the obstruction is $L_1$-local.
It might also be worth noting that none of the Moore spectra (including generalized ones) can have $E_\infty$-structures. More generally, any $E_\infty$-ring which is a finite spectrum must have nontrivial rational homology or be contractible. This is due to T. Lawson and appears as Remark 4.3 of this paper.

A: Alright, I will be gutsy and try to provide the idea behind getting bounds for higher associativity of $M(p^i)$. I am taking the risk of prematurely displaying part of the work in my thesis in public domain. I will only give a sketch. As a warning I would say that this is just a rough idea, I haven't written down the details, so I can potentially write down something stupid.
Firstly, one can realize $M(p^i)$ as Thom spectra of a map
$$ 1+p^i: S^1 \to B \mathscr{G}_p$$
where $B\mathscr{G}_p$ is the classifying space of $p$-spheres. More details in modern language is explained in the answer to the Mathoverflow Question. If this map is $A(\infty)$, then this map is a loop map and lifts to $\Omega \mathbb{C}P^{\infty}$. Stably speaking, this is same as saying
$$ p^i \in [\Sigma^{-2}\mathbb{C}P^{\infty}, b]$$
where $b$ is the suspension-spectrum of $\mathscr{G}_p$.
However using "Stasheff's version of bar construction" one should be 'able to argue'  that if $1+p^i$ is $A(n)$ then it lifts to some truncation of bar construction, as a consequence (I think it should be true, but did not work out the details yet)
 $$ p^i \in [\Sigma^{-2}\mathbb{C}P^{n}, b].$$
To compute the value of $i$, we run Atiyah-Hirzebruch SS
$$ H^*(\mathbb{C}P^n; \pi_{-*}(b)) \Rightarrow [\mathbb{C}P^n,b].$$
Things to note here is $$\pi_k(b) = \pi_k(S^0_p) $$ for $k>0$ and where $S^0_p$ is the $p$-adic sphere. Also $\pi_0(b)$ are strict units of $p$-adic integers.
Notice that $E^2_{0,0}$ of the spectral sequence is $\mathbb{Z}$ and everytime
there is a differential from $(0,0)$ spot the target is always $\mathbb{Z}/p^r$ (depending on the homotopy groups of sphere). So every differential from the $(0,0)$ kills of some power of $p$. I do not have any information about the differentials, except that there are finitely many. First elementary estimate can be obtained by assuming all possible differentials exists (the worst case scenario). It turns out that $M(p^i)$ is $A(n)$ if $i>o(n)$ where
$$o(n) = \underset{k\leq 2n-3 \text{ and odd}}{\Sigma} \text{maximum $p$-torsion in } \pi_{k}(S^0_p)$$.
This is the first elementary approximation. One can get much better answer than this, however its not feasible for me to write it down here at this stage.
Again I may have made mistakes several places above, but this is more or less the idea.


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Norway in South Africa Royal Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria
Restrictions on entry into Norway (Covid-19)
For nordmenn/For Norwegian Citizens
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Personal ID Number
Globalskolen
Reiseinformasjon for South Africa
Norway and South Africa
All regular passports for adults and children must be applied for in person at the Embassy in Pretoria due to biometric requirements. Please contact cons.pretoria@mfa.no in order to make an appointment. Below you will find more information about how to apply for a passport, as well as the application procedures.
In order to apply for a passport you need a Norwegian Personal ID Number. Read more about how to apply for one here.
If your passport is lost or stolen, please report it to the local police immediately. You should then contact the nearest Embassy or Consulate. Read more about Emergency passports below.
In order to verify whether you qualify to apply for a Norwegian passport, you will be asked to provide a copy of your current Norwegian passport and your residence permit or entry visa for the country you are resident in.
In order to apply for a Norwegian passport you need to have a Norwegian personal number (ID number). If you do not have a personal number, you must apply for this before lodging a passport application.
For information regarding name and personal ID number, you are kindly requested to read paragraphs relating to change of name and personal number below.
Which documents do you need in order to apply?
See requirements for adults and children below.
Passport applications take approximately 2-3 weeks from submission until the passport arrives in Pretoria from the producer in Norway.
How to schedule an appointment
To schedule an appointment at the Embassy in Pretoria, please send an email with a copy of your current Norwegian passport and your entry visa/residence permit for the country you are applying from to cons.pretoria@mfa.no. We are open for passport appointments Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 9-12 by appointment only. To schedule an appointment at one of the Consulates, please contact the consulate directly.
The Embassy or consulates will not be able to assist anyone without an appointment.
Application for adults
Please bring the following documents:
Your current passport
Other valid photo ID – if your current passport expired more than three months ago
Documentation of other citizenship (if applicable)
Valid residence permit in the country you reside (if applicable)
Certificate of Retention of Norwegian citizenship beyond the age of 22 (if applicable)
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Receipt of payment (see details under Fees)
Application for children below the age of 18
Before applying for a passport, the child must have a Norwegian Personal number.
Please bring the following documentation:
Current passport (if applicable)
Birth certificate showing the names of both parents
Both parents' passports. This also applies if one of the parents is not Norwegian
Proof of residence (of child and Norwegian parent)
Children must be present when applying, and accompanied by one or both parents. If only one parent accompanies the child, he/she must bring a signed consent in original from the absent parent, stating that he/she accepts that the child will apply for a passport. They must also bring the original ID/passport of the absent parent.
Application for Norwegian passport: persons over 16 - ZAR 2260
Application for Norwegian passport: persons under 16 - ZAR 1350
Application for Norwegian temporary passport (Emergency passport) all ages: ZAR 2965
All fees have to be paid in ZAR.
Payments for applications submitted at the consulates are to be paid to the consulates.
Payments for applications submitted in Pretoria should be made to the consular fee account. Please send an e-mail to cons.pretoria@mfa.no for bank details.
Change in fee structure
As of 19 October 2020 with introduction of the new Norwegian passports the fee structur for passport fees changed in order to reflect actual costs related to the production of passports. The cost of applying from Embassies abroad is now higher than applying from within Norway. The cost of applying for a new passport in Norway is as follows:
Application for Norwegian passport: persons over 16 - NOK 570
Application for Norwegian passport: persons under 16 - NOK 342
Validity of passports
Children under 5: 2 years
Children 5-10: 3 years
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Adults and above 16: 10 years
Children who need to apply for "Retention of citizenship by the age of 22" will be granted a passport that is valid until the day before he/she turns 22 years of age. Please see information about retention of citizenship below.
Apply for second passport
A person in possession of an ordinary passport may be issued a second passport when there is a documented need for it, e.g. in connection with extensive business travel that requires frequent visa applications. A signed letter from the employer must be submitted with the application stating the need for the extra passport for work purposes.
The second passport will have a maximum validity of two years.
Emergency passport
Lost or stolen passport:
You are required to report the loss of passport to the local police. When you get the police report you can apply for a new passport.
Temporary passports/Emergency passports:
Until further notice you can apply for an emergency passport either at the Embassy in Pretoria or at one of the consulates.
An emergency passport is issued in the same way and according to the same rules as for an ordinary passport. It is only valid for one return journey and must be handed in to the police when arriving in Norway at the end of the trip.
Please note you must research whether your intended transit countries accepts handwritten (non-biometric) passports since not all countries do. For example South Africa does not accept non-machinereadable passports.
Loss of passport Affidavit from the local police
The applicant must prove his/her ID (with Norwegian driver's licence, Norwegian bank card, birth certificate etc.)
The applicant must prove his/her Norwegian citizenship (an interview may be conducted)
One colour passport photo
Flight ticket showing travel back to Norway
Receipt of paid fee (same as ordinary passport)
Name(s) stated in the passport application must be identical to what is registered in the Norwegian National Register ('Folkeregisteret'). Should you wish to change your name this should be completed prior to your visit to the embassy. Please contact the The Tax Administration, National Registry for more information regarding name change.
Skatteetaten, Postboks 9200, Grønland, Norway
The processing of name change will normally take about 3 weeks.
Retention of citzenship
Retention of citizenship
A person who acquired Norwegian nationality at birth, but who has not resided in Norway for a total of two years, or in Norway and other Nordic countries for a total of seven years, will lose the Norwegian citizenship automatically when turning 22, if having dual citizenship. You may, however, apply to maintain your Norwegian citizenship. Such an application must be lodged after the age of 21, but before the age of 22 through the nearest Norwegian foreign service mission.
Please note that if you are a second generation Norwegian having been born abroad, it may be more difficult to retain your Norwegian nationality.
Further information concerning Norwegian nationality may be obtained from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.
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If you emigrated from Norway between 1960 and 1975, and has not since been registered as a a permanent resident in Norway, you are requested to contact the Norwegian Embassy before applying for a new passport.
The Norwegian Directorate of Taxes decided in 2012 that that the citizenship of persons who emigrated from Norway in the period 1960–1975, and who have not since been registered as permanent residents in Norway, will be altered from "Norwegian" to "unknown" in the National Population Register.
If you are affected by this, the Embassy will have to raise the matter with the Directorate of Taxes.
You will have to prove your Norwegian citizenship. Please note that you may have lost your Norwegian citizenship automatically if you actively applied for and acquired citizenship from another country.
You will be asked to provide a copy of your old Norwegian passports and the full names and dates of birth of your parents. If you do not have an old Norwegian passport, you must provide the following information: full name, date and place of birth, and the full names and dates of birth of your parents.
If you were born abroad, you should also provide a copy of your birth certificate or family book.
You will need to provide residence permit in the country you reside.
Citizenship of another country
If you have since acquired citizenship of another country before 01.01.2020, the Embassy will ask you to provide information about this in order to clarify the situation before taking up the matter with the Directorate of Taxes. Documentation of citizenship of the country concerned, such as a copy of your passport or certificate of citizenship, must be provided. You will be asked to clarify whether your citizenship of the country concerned was awarded on the basis of an application or in another way. If the Directorate of Taxes concludes that your Norwegian citizenship has been lost, your citizenship in the National Population Register will be altered accordingly.
Clarification of your citizenship will take a few weeks. If your citizenship is reverted to "Norwegian" in the National Population Register, the Directorate of Taxes will notify the Embassy, which will then notify you. If it is decided that you are no longer a Norwegian citizen, for example due to loss of citizenship, you will receive a copy of the decision directly from the Directorate.
If you have any further questions, please contact the Directorate of Taxes directly by email: skattedirektoratet@skatteetaten.no.
From 1 January 2020, it is allowed to have one or more citizenships in addition to a Norwegian citizenship.
Persons who have previously been Norwegian can now apply to have their Norwegian citizenship back.
From Monday 3 February 2020 these categories of applicants will be able to apply in UDI's online portal:
retention of your Norwegian citizenship;
those who have previously been Norwegian;
those born before 2006 and whose parents were not married at the time of birth
https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/citizenship/
The Directorate of Immigration (UDI) is the central agency in the Norwegian immigration administration, and can answer questions about the citizenship rules. Here is the contact info for the UDI.
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria
Ozmik House
165 Lynnwood Road
Brooklyn 0181
P. O. Box 11612, Hatfield, 0028
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VFS Cape Town Office:
47 Strand Street
5th Floor Office 504
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Essenwood
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114 Fehrsen Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk
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