These people all seem to fit the narcissistic personality profile. Once one understands how narcissists think and behave, their actions become more or less predictable, I have found.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/evolution-the-self/201311/6-signs-narcissism-you-may-not-know-about
These are typical traits of a narcissist.
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Has a grandiose sense of self-importance.
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Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
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Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions).
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Requires excessive admiration [regularly fishes for compliments, and is highly susceptible to flattery].
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Has a sense of entitlement.
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Is interpersonally exploitative.
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Lacks empathy: is unwilling [or, I would add, unable] to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.
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Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her.
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Shows arrogant, haughty [rude and abusive] behaviors or attitudes.
And some additional ones.
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Are highly reactive to criticism. Or anything they assume or interpret as negatively evaluating their personality or performance.
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…Have low self-esteem. This facet of their psyche is complicated, because superficially their self-regard would appear to be higher and more assured than just about anyone else’s. Additionally, given their customary "drivenness," it’s not uncommon for them to rise to positions of power and influence, as well as amass a fortune (and see here my post “Narcissism: Why It’s So Rampant in Politics”). But if we examine what’s beneath the surface of such elevated social, political, or economic stature—or their accomplishments generally—what typically can be inferred is a degree of insecurity vastly beyond anything they might be willing to avow.
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…Can be inordinately self-righteous and defensive.
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…React to contrary viewpoints with anger or rage.
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…Project onto others qualities, traits, and behaviors they can’t—or won’t—accept in themselves.
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…Have poor interpersonal boundaries. It’s been said about narcissists that they can’t tell where they end and the other person begins. Unconsciously viewing others as “extensions” of themselves, they regard them as existing primarily to serve their own needs