As a person, Trump is described by his close friends and colleagues as a hard worker and a man who is driven for success. Being categorized as an active-negative, we can see how our candidates early childhood has an impact on his political career today. His own family exiled Trump at the age of 13 due to his compulsive and aggressive behavior by enrolling him in a very rigorous military academy (Frontline, 10:37). This in return has shaped Trumps presidency by becoming power hungry in order to make up …show more content…
This aggression can be seen as a result of his father’s parenting strategies. We learned that Fred did not like “losers” which established a principal within Trump that we see play out during his presidency (Frontline, 10:00). Therefore, Trump uses his aggressive behavior to obtain what he wants in order to come out as the “winner”. An example of this is the current situation we are undergoing with North Korea. As Kim Jong-Un and Trump argue back and forth over social media, we see that Trump is not willing to retreat due to it seeming like a loss. Furthermore, this can prove to be very problematic behavior due to it potentially causing a nuclear war (Independent,