Hubris Brings Down Donald Trump

House Impeaches President a Second Time to “Save America”

Photo by Alex Brandon, AP

Hubris is a dangerous cocktail of overconfidence, overambition, arrogance and pride fueled by power and success. When found alongside contempt for the advice and criticism of others, hubris causes leaders to significantly overreach themselves, taking risky and reckless decisions with harmful, sometimes catastrophic consequences for themselves, their…