Mike Barnicle rarely makes a Morning Joe splash, but his description of Donald Trump yesterday as a “deeply damaged” man seemed to get some traction. And so, Barnicle recycled his shtick on Friday’s show.
On Thursday, Barnicle recruited Charlie Sykes to second his take. On Friday, it was Eugene Robinson’s turn to say that he “absolutely” agreed with Barnicle’s depiction of Trump as badly, deeply damaged.
Someone off-camera chipped in, describing Trump as “broken.”
Robinson, despite questioning his right to diagnose Trump given that he was not a psychologist, proceeded to don his Dr. Freud cap nonetheless, opining that Trump has “some deep insecurity and feeling of inadequacy.“
And between that and being a “really, really damaged person,” Robinson argued that Trump was “dangerous,” and would demonstrate that again if he were elected. Robinson concluded his…
