Trump Bubbles

“Bill Eddy’s latest book, Trump Bubbles, takes his high-conflict personality analysis into a sweeping look at political leaders and the high-risk effect of their personal patterns of behavior. At times frightening, insightful and hopeful, this book is a fascinating read about important issues. Narcissistic political leaders are highly attractive, but also can be very dangerous.”

“Bill Eddy comes through in the nick of time with this tremendous exploration of high-conflict personalities in politics. Whether you are an anxious voter, a citizen who’s fed up with American politics, or someone who’s tired of drama in leadership, this book is for you. Nobody understands the psychological dynamics of high-profile and high-conflict politicians, or how to deal with them, better than Eddy. Get this book now, read it, and apply what’s inside. Trump Bubbles may be one of the most significant and needed books of the decade.”

“Stephen Hawking was recently asked if he can explain Donald Trump and he said “I can’t”. Not surprising though—Hawking’s a smart guy, but he’s a physicist, not a social scientist. However, Bill Eddy, the author, IS a social scientist—specifically a professional therapist, mediator, and attorney specializing in conflict resolution. He brings his unique insight to a phenomenon that reporters, politicians, and even physicists cannot understand.

Why is Trump so popular and what can we do about it? Eddy explores High-conflict Personalities (HCP) as it relates to politicians He explains Trump’s appeal through the emotional right-brain rather than logical left brain. Eddy shows how HCPs have narrow behavior pattern that cannot change, and the consequences of a HCP as president—one only too willing to start wars and not work together to solve problems. Eddy suggests how to talk to Trump supporters (hint: it’s not logic and reason, but EAR: empathy, attention, and respect).

Finally, Eddy steps back and shows the danger of modern politics that is too willing to be narcissistic and show lack of restraint, instead of collaborate and work together to solve problems. The book is well-written and easy to read by the non-professional.”

“Bill Eddy has nailed it with this gripping and eye-opening analysis of Donald Trump’s rise in American politics. What’s so fascinating is the historical context Eddy provides to shed light on the Trump bubble. From the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, to McCarthyism, to the Vietnam War and the Iraq War, Eddy points out how political leadership by narcissistic personalities is nothing new in our society. What’s new, Eddy demonstrates, are the fairly recent cultural, economic, and social changes—including American media practices—that have created the perfect storm culminating in the dangerous state of American politics in 2016. We, as a country, are at a political crossroads, with even more at stake than we first believed. Eddy offers concrete recommendations on how each of us can respond to ‘Trump bubbles’ now and in the future. This book should be required reading before voting for any candidate. I see Eddy’s work also becoming a staple of U.S. history, political science, and sociology classes for years to come.”

“No matter where you stand on the politic spectrum, you have a responsibility to read this book. Bill Eddy brings the reality of our world into focus through the lenses of history, psychology, and politics. He gives us all a way to make sense of the high-conflict culture in which we live and offers the long-overdue gift of sound, down-to-earth advice about how to maintain our sanity, if not our civilization. If only Trump Bubbles had been in print seventy or eighty years ago, humanity would today be in a far healthier place.”

“Picking up on the themes that Bill Eddy and I wrote about in our book Splitting America, published just before the 2012 presidential election, Trump Bubbles offers a stimulating, insightful, and in-depth historic analysis of previous political and economic ‘bubbles’ that, predictably, have risen and fallen over the years, and carries us forward into the unsettling 2016 presidential election—with its worrisome ‘Trump phenomenon.’ Bill’s well-documented explanation of this phenomenon is fascinating and informative, as he clearly illustrates the perils for our nation of having a high-conflict person in a major leadership position of power. Informed by his vast background in studying high-conflict people, Bill offers warnings along with reasonable recommendations for preventing these ‘Trump Bubbles’ from taking us in; for the sake of us all, we need to heed his warnings and take his recommended actions to heart!”