Here's One Smithsonian Painting the White House Wants to Censor

[ShazzieB]

8. Bingo!

He sees it as a slap against him because with a narcissist, everything is about them.

I'm convinced that this fact is key to why he reacts the way he does to so many, many things: because of his narcissism, he sees a slap against himself in things that none of us would ever see that way. I think this business with the Smithsonian is a classic example.

It can be really hard for those of us who are not narcissists to fully comprehend how profoundly seeing himself as the center of the universe affects his behavior. I think it's something we would do well not to lose sight of.