Republican pundit S.E. Cupp ragged President Donald Trump’s constant need for adulation and compliments.
“There were some big tests [in Washington — one of them, loyalty,” reported “Table for Five” host Abby Phillip, before playing a montage of toe-kissing from President Donald Trump’s administrators at cabinet meetings.
The cut-scene contained a flood of “thank yous” and “greatest president evers,” as well as a “Thank you for letting us get up every day and have a purpose,”—all of which caused a raft of cringing amid the “Tabel for Five” panel.
“Just another day in the United States of North Korea,” quipped Phillip.
“This is the worst trend in the history of America,” said journalist and “Real Patriotism” Substack author Terry Moran. “It’s grotesque, and I don't understand how grown people — you look around that table and there are people of significant achievement, right? There're governors. There's people who've done things in life, and they grovel.”
“But do they have to tell you they love you? Do they have to call you Your Excellency?” demanded broadcaster and fellow panelist Cari Champion. “Do they have to tell you how great you are?”
“It’s immense, immense insecurity and that everyone knows this is what he needs and requires and that this is the way to his heart and get what you want,” said Cupp. “It's just really sad. He's a very small man.”