they believe they're doing the right thing, so no matter how shitty they're behaving towards someone, even if they know they're being shitty, it feels justified

a guy like Trump, on one hand i assume he knows he's an asshole, but the man has one core value and that's Trump, and i don't really understand how the brain of a narcissist incapable of basic empathy actually works.

Trump's enablers on the other hand. The Lindsay Graham and Matt Goetz types.. Trump Jr.. Hannity.. Barr.. they're well aware of what awful people they are. They don't care.