Extremists tend to regard themselves through a prism, one of their own making, faking exceptional, answerable only to their own scope for irrational through which they see crystal clear and consequently do not require the inconvenience of relational, the distraction of negotiational, or those blind to their unique brand of remarkable.
And occasionally, sadly, they can sufficiently fake credible to become President (which is not the same as presidential).
The invasion of Ukraine is just the latest example. Power corrupts.