Hey Gary--I think you have defined part of the pathology, add narcisism, and something related, the lack of learning from one's mistakes. I did hear that he apologized because the people he saw getting off the airplane with their gear were not pallets of cash. But over time little d has taken one tack, he markets himself. He doesn't really do anything, make anything, he is a brand and he got into the race for attention. He got it...but he also pulled the cover off the real GOP leadership as frauds...the tea party was so convinced that the mainstream leaders of the GOP were on their side...really the goal of current Republicans is to assure the economic success of the very few and the very rich. This is why Clinton (Bill) scared them..he took a centrist take on policy, and he got a strong youth vote, then they found Bush the Lessor, then along came Obama, smart, young, elegant, and a new youth-centered voting block, now Hillary with the widest tent of all.