of anyone but himself. And non-white immigrants, to him, are simply disposable animals (note that Trump doesn't even have a pet, which is a good thing for any creature who might be so unfortunate). But though even animals care for their children, Trump probably doesn't even care for his own except to the extent that they reflect well on him, so the concept is lost on him.

Just when you think Trump and his toadies and enablers couldn't go any lower, he's using these kids as hostages to get Congressional Democrats to fund his wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for. I wish I believed in Hell...

I can't wait.

Really. So many rich people must end up jaded, being removed from most of the ordinary travails of real life. Trump is this way even more so than other really rich people, as he is remarkably lucky in his health, given his lifestyle. Yes, he lost a brother Fred Jr prematurely, but i doubt that bothered him much-- after all, when that brother's infant grandson needed extensive medical help for cerebral palsy, Trump actually tried to cut the family off the insurance policy. (Really-- who would vote for such a man? Then again, this all had to do with his cruel father cutting Fred Jr's family out of the will.)

There are many instances of Trump's almost default cruelty in this Atlantic article.

Anyway, I don't think Trump just doesn't care about the children at the border. I think he gets sadistic pleasure out of their suffering, and all us losers who are so lame we empathize.

Trump is missing something in his makeup, yes-- he doesn't empathize, and I also think he can't love (ask his kids... and wives). But I suspect also he is so jaded after a lifetime where everything went his way. I think he enjoys the suffering of others, like it's a TV show. (Remember he even talked about getting ratings for his "great work" in Puerto Rico.) I think the suffering gives him a charge.

I know there are studies showing that with increasing wealth people (or some people) tend to become less generous rather than more. Yet there are many wealthy people who give generously to charities and foundations (real ones, not like Trump's), and I've known a few. I've also met a few rich assholes. But Trump is in a class by himself, and it's not just because he's rich. If he hadn't been rich he might have been just a garden-variety mobster or con man, or maybe a serial killer, but his wealth gave him the opportunity to be a weapons-grade sociopath whose sole mission in life is to aggrandize himself using his money, or the appearance of it, to bully and intimidate anyone who crossed him. There must be a deep, black hole in whatever might be left of his soul.

do anything to change him.

I thought that you could.