"Getting away with it" is almost as rewarding to a narcissistic sociopath as committing the act is.
"Once Trump saw that he could get away with not disclosing his tax returns, he knew he could get away with anything. He knew that once he compromised the Republican Party, even its evangelical wing, into giving him a pass on his taxes, they’d roll over for anything — sex with porn stars, endless lying, trashing the FBI, coddling Putin."
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/trump-and-putins-getting-away-with-it-playbook/