George Conway Issues Warning Over Donald Trump's 'Deep Down’ Desire

"It's only going to get worse," feared the conservative attorney.

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Conservative attorney George Conway on Thursday suggested that some of Donald Trump ’s most controversial Cabinet picks — such as former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

for health secretary — were ones you’d make “if you were actively trying to do harm to the country, to destroy the country.” Conway, talking to CNN ’s Wolf Blitzer, boiled it down to the president-elect’s malignant narcissism, which means he is “inherently destructive.” “People like Trump, malignant narcissists, actually do, subconsciously or consciously, seek to destroy,” said Conway, a longtime critic of the incoming POTUS.



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Deep down, he’s a destructive force. Deep down, he wants to destroy,” he said. “Mark my words, it’s only going to get worse,” he added.

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