To me, the weirdest part of this is that they're doing it because it apparently works so well on Trump. I can intellectually understand Trump having differing v

To me, the weirdest part of this is that they're doing it because it apparently works so well on Trump. I can intellectually understand Trump having differing views from mine and a very different personality but it's hard to comprehend how anyone can be a wealthy business executive and media personality for decades who achieved at least some level of functional success and still not intuitively recognize the obvious motivations behind such flattery or praise and dismiss them completely. Wealthy, famous people have nearly everyone blowing smoke up their ass - especially in politics. I can't understand how anyone could function at all in that context without developing natural immunity to it. Yet, by publicly repeating the flattery/praise he receives from others, as well as clearly seeking it out, Trump gives every indication he accepts it as credible and that its important to him. There are perhaps a dozen people in the world whose praise would be both credible and meaningful to me.