And maybe that is one (among many), of tRump's salient defects?

Worship the trappings of 'success', however so defined, whilst crushing underfoot, the weakest, the most vulnerable and the most abject.

I think it is widely acknowledged in addictions treatment circles that people do not 'choose' to become addicted to damaging substances - it is a response to trauma, suffering and unresolved pain. Yet, this preening, narcissistic bag of garbage sees such people as being less than 'the scum on the bottom of his shoe' (your words, not mine).