This is it, right here. He can’t turn off for cameras, he needs the attention viscerally, and he’s well aware of the old axiom “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” Further, he revels in the fact that people are upset that he doesn’t respect anything or anyone at all except himself, because it’s a display of power that he has the power to not give a shit and shirk consequences. He eats up that we’re disgusted with his behavior, fucking loves it.

What would actually fuck with his ego is being ignored.