Quote Originally Posted by vertical_doug View Post
He loves to wield power and bully people. What part of being President, don't you get?
Well, I've never been president, so I'm not sure which part of it I don't get.

You are right that his ego needs to be fed and this feeds it. But presidents are also under more scrutiny and subject to criticism more than pretty much anyone else, fair or not. That part he probably didn't count on.