General Discussion

He doesn't have the foggiest idea what museums are FOR, much less how or why they do what they do. I wonder if he's ever even visited one. If he did, he was probably bored out of his skull and completely iggnored whatever information was being presented, because he's not interested in anything that's not all about HIM.

Now that I think of it, since he thinks everything always IS about him, I'll bet he is taking anything said about this country that sounds the least bit negative as a personal insult to him! That probably sounds crazy, but it's exactly the kind of crazy he is!

I've just started rereading Mary Trump's book Too Much and Never Enough, and was struck by something she said in the prologue, about how he sees everything through the prism of money:

The costs and benefits of governing are considered in purely financial terms, as if the US Treasury were his personal piggy bank. To him, every dollar going out was his loss, while every dollar saved was his gain. (Too Much and Never Enough. P. 15, copied and pasted from my copy of the Kindle book)

If he sees the US Treasury as his personal piggy bank, it makes sense, imo, that he sees everything to do with the federal government as his personal playground, to be remade in a way that reflects his personal beliefs and his personal (lack of) taste! That fits right right in with the tacky, gaudy, and downright tawdry changes he's made to the White House. Like the White House, he sees those museums as an expression of himself that needs to be fashioned in line with the whims of his own tacky, gaudy, and downright tawdry personality. That includes changing anything that he thinks makes a negative statement about this country, because to him, those statements reflect negatively on HIM.

Yes, that's crazy, but we are dealing with a legitimately crazy man here.