..., to bail her out if something goes wrong, or she needs someone to blame for her own fuckups.

So much for being an "independent" female who does things for herself, takes credit when something goes well..., but also takes the blame if something goes wrong.

I know someone like that. She's a natural blonde, has gone through life playing damsel in distress (and she's in her fourth marriage and now close to retirement age). If something needs doing, the way she phrases things others jump in and volunteer to do things for her. So, whenever she wants a household project done (for instance), she cons a (usually) man (husband, son, male cousin, anyone else she can manipulate into filling the void of her neediness) into doing the painting or fixing something (or whatever), but when she talks about the accomplishment after the fact, it's always "I did this... I did that..." never "We did this... We did that...," never acknowledging the person(s) who did the actual work while she supervised.

Now, take that microcosm of behavior... extrapolate that out to what needs doing on a national or international level, throw in a strong, rich man who used to be president himself and is now doing money laundering through their foundation so they can become even more fabulously wealthy, someone who can "protect" her and make things happen for her because she's put up with his extramarital affairs for years, she makes him feel guilty..., and in her calculations he owes her for standing by him (and maybe she's using emotional blackmail, threatening to expose him in very personal ways if rumors of her temper tantrums are any hint of what she does in private)..., add a veep who can be his surrogate at times, maybe a cabinet of other dupes just as willing..., and you can see where all this is going..., amiright?

As far as I am concerned, that kind of manipulative *itch must not ever become president.