To understand Trump we need to distinguish between shame and shaming | Letters
In the former president’s eyes, he has wronged no one – he thinks he is the victim of injustice, not the perpetrator, writes Phil LeaskIn trying to understand Donald Trump in his review of David Keen’s book Shame (27 December), Charlie English does not distinguish between shame – our feeling of having done something wrong – and shaming, a demonstrative and abusive act of power that seeks to humiliate someone. Trump feels no shame because he does not accept or share
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