'Only he would be petty enough': Analyst amazed by Trump lawyer's ego-stroking questions

During the cross-examination of adult film star Stormy Daniels on Thursday, Trump attorney Susan Necheles asked the witness a series of questions seemingly unrelated to the matter at hand whose sole purpose appeared to be flattering former President Donald Trump's ego.

At one point, Necheles even asked Daniels to heap praise on Trump's golf prowess and to declare him the biggest celebrity at a golf tournament that included two Super Bowl-winning NFL quarterbacks.

"President Trump was the biggest celebrity at that golf tournament, right?" asked Necheles at one point

"It depends on what you're a fan of," Daniels retorted.

All of this was too much for former federal prosecutor and current MSNBC legal analyst Kristy Greenberg, who said she couldn't imagine Necheles asking Daniels such questions unless Trump had pushed her to do so.

"Trump’s ego needs to be stroked by everyone around him, including his lawyers at his criminal trial," Greenberg observed on Twitter. "After confirming that celebrities like Aaron Rodgers, Charles Barkley, and Ben Roethlisberger were at the golf tournament where Trump met Stormy Daniels, Trump’s lawyer asked Daniels to confirm that Trump was the most famous celebrity there. She then asked Daniels to confirm that Trump did very well at that golf tournament. Only Trump would be petty enough to try to get evidence of his fame and golf prowess admitted as evidence at his criminal trial."

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Trump's infamous need for continuous affirmation is so overwhelming that many observers have questioned whether he suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, which the Mayo Clinic describes as "a mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance" and where "they need and seek too much attention and want people to admire them."

In one particularly notorious example, Trump once boasted of drawing a large crowd of supporters outside of a hospital in El Paso, Texas, where he had traveled to meet with a group of mass shooting victims.