Trump and those who still back him.. The twisted leading the naive
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OPINION -- Trump's narcissism is a detriment to the nation | Retired clinician: President Trump suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder ... David J. Bergner Guest columnist
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I have yet to read an article that deals with Donald J. Trump's mental health and its impact on his behavior and subsequent policy formulations central to his administration. As a former clinician, clinical supervisor, and director of several Catholic Charities agencies with strong counseling divisions, I will attempt to do that here.
Mary Lea Trump in her book, Too Much and Never Enough, describes the long-term family dynamics on her uncle Donald that included alcohol addiction and emotional neglect without offering a diagnosis. Let me make a diagnosis based in part on Mary Trump's work but mostly on the behaviors all of us see but few seem willing or able to confront.
Our president, Donald J. Trump, has the personality disorder we in the helping professions call narcissism. A person with a narcissistic personality disorder has only one frame of reference, himself (or herself if a woman). His opinions are the only ones that count. If he is wrong on something, he will never admit it. His ego is too fragile to take responsibility for any of his mistaken positions. It's not that he doesn't care for the truth, the country, other people, or even members of his own family; he can't care because of his acute narcissistic personality disorder. Again, my objective here is to comment on the President's behaviors and interpret them for a broader understanding among the general public.
One characteristic of a narcissist is grandiosity. Mr. Trump showed this characteristic as a real-estate developer by inflating his financial worth and that of his company. As President he has raised the possibility of invading Panama, annexing Canada and Mexico, and buying Greenland. In this way he shares the imperialistic designs of some other world leaders. Trump's contemplating a third term is also an example of his grandiosity.
Another characteristic is the insatiable quest for power and control, often at the expense of others. His approach: "You are either with me or against me." There's no middle ground. The narcissist must be right. President Trump not only seeks to control the issues he has highlighted for his administration, i.e., immigration, national security, reducing the size of government, he also has a need to control the messaging on these issues. If someone can do this for him almost as good as he can himself, like Elon Musk, he will deputize that person as an extension of himself. If the President perceives that he can't control the message, as with the Voice of America, he will shut it down, thus ending, at least for now, over eighty years of broadcasting to the world about Americans and American democracy.
Lack of personal accountability is the last characteristic. Trump has preached accountability and transparency, but his actions have betrayed him. The best example was his firing the Inspector Generals (IGs) from almost all major government departments. Their primary jobs were to tackle the very things he talks about: "waste, fraud, and abuse." Trump would rather obfuscate than admit to the real reasons behind his extreme actions.
From my clinical practice I know that narcissists don't change. Their behavior may change but only if enough people stand up to them and insist they take another course. We need people to stand up, refuse unlawful orders, confront abuses, and challenge misguided and harmful ideas.
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Posted COMMENTS:
He's not just a mentally twisted narcissist.. He's a rank moronic crude offensive azzhole. He's descended into a state of oblivious insanity where almost none of his actions nor thoughts make sense. He's totally cut off from reality living in a mental bubble of highly dangerous nuttiness. As for his obsessive bromance with satanic Bibi, it's more shamelessly depraved than mere gay-goofy.
https://www.rt.com/news/620681-trump-iran-sanctions-relief/
https://en.topwar.ru/267107-ja-ego-bukvalno-spas-tramp-reshil-ne-smjagchat-sankcii-protiv-irana-tak-kak-ajatolla-hamenei-ne-priznaet-pobedu-ssha.html
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https://stateofthenation.info/?p=22586
https://www.infowars.com/posts/iran-slams-trump-over-disrespect
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