It’s possible he’s just mentally unbalanced

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As we sit back and watch Trump destroy our government and now our economy, can we have an honest discussion about his mental health? MAGA believes he is playing three dimensional chess and has some magical power to make them all rich. But is it just possible that his bizarre policies and behavior are just a sign of continuing mental deterioration unfettered by any constraints like congress or the judiciary?

No.
He’s very cognizant of what he’s doing.

He may not believe he’s going to screw things ip but that doesn’t make one mentally ill.

You can know what you are doing and also be mentally ill. He’s quite mentally ill.

a personality disorder is different from a mental illness.

[Anonymous]

MAGA (not just Trump) are obsessed with the belief that the rest of the world is not doing their fair share. They believe the US has been underwriting the rest of the world to our detriment. These tariffs, insulting Europe, threatening to take over our allies, etc. are all symptoms of this belief, not Trumps’s personality disorder (although I do believe other behaviors he exhibits are a sign if a PD).

[Anonymous]

I posted this before, but trump reminds me of many senior male patients with both narcissistic personality disorder (https://www.mcleanhospital.org/npd-provider-guide) AND dementia who were admitted to the geriatric psychiatry unit at my med school. These patients were so narrowly focused on self-aggrandizement and their impending slide into cognitive decline made them so angry because they were now being told that they were wrong about simple things like where their glasses were or how old their grandkids were. They wanted tributes from everyone and the rn’s were unbelievably patient with them. You couldn’t not convince them that water was wet.

[Anonymous]

It is a way to feel powerful. To make the less powerful grovel.

He is a sick bully, who was hopelessly damaged by his upbringing.

Unfortunately, he is now in control, and people will literally die as a result (see USAID cuts, Kennedy running public health, cuts in research funding, release of violent criminals (who support him), lax gun laws, etc.

[Anonymous]

It’s the continuation of moving fast and breaking things. Except this time he will decide on who, perhaps down to the individual citizen, will be built back up again. Decimate the majority of the population so they’re on their knees starving and praying for the king’s blessing. Here we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As we sit back and watch Trump destroy our government and now our economy, can we have an honest discussion about his mental health? MAGA believes he is playing three dimensional chess and has some magical power to make them all rich. But is it just possible that his bizarre policies and behavior are just a sign of continuing mental deterioration unfettered by any constraints like congress or the judiciary?

We can, but I don't think it's going to change anything.

Trump just isn't that smart, but he thinks he is. I'm not saying he's unintelligent, but he's a very weird person who is stuck in the past. He has a lot of "beliefs" that he's not open to changing because he has zero intellectual curiosity, and because when he rambled on about tariffs at some NY dinner party in the '90's no one actually took him seriously. It's why he has the weird hair, the spray tan, the gold toilets.

The truth is that as a child/teen/young man he wasn't punched in the face for being an obnoxious boor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am one of the posters who thinks that Trump is too bored to care. His goals are:

1) staying out of jail (check)
2) revenge (check)
3) validation and adoration
He does not actually have 3)but he thinks he does because JD lies and kisses up non-stop, weirdo Musk lies and and manipulates him, Karoline seems to genuinely worship him and she's pretty so that helps, and the MAGA crowds really do love him. (So basically, check)

As for the rest, he doesn't actually want to govern and has delegated power to others. He doesn't know or care what is going on and, as a rule, is not the least bit ashamed of his own ignorance.

Sure he is getting old. Sure he is a narcissist. Beyond, these? He is a puppet president.

THIS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am one of the posters who thinks that Trump is too bored to care. His goals are:

1) staying out of jail (check)
2) revenge (check)
3) validation and adoration
He does not actually have 3)but he thinks he does because JD lies and kisses up non-stop, weirdo Musk lies and and manipulates him, Karoline seems to genuinely worship him and she's pretty so that helps, and the MAGA crowds really do love him. (So basically, check)

As for the rest, he doesn't actually want to govern and has delegated power to others. He doesn't know or care what is going on and, as a rule, is not the least bit ashamed of his own ignorance.

Sure he is getting old. Sure he is a narcissist. Beyond, these? He is a puppet president.

THIS

He's also a racist so a lot of decisions are done to decrease minorities and increase the majority.

[Anonymous]

Who cares? Observers are not detectives trying to chase down a criminal with a psychological profile. I know where he’ll strike next! The guy literally says what he is doing.
There is little to discover

It doesn’t matter. Journalists do these profiles a lot. People eat it up. Time better spent? imo, Figure out how to mend fences with your family and get them to vote. We need them back

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am one of the posters who thinks that Trump is too bored to care. His goals are:

1) staying out of jail (check)
2) revenge (check)
3) validation and adoration
He does not actually have 3)but he thinks he does because JD lies and kisses up non-stop, weirdo Musk lies and and manipulates him, Karoline seems to genuinely worship him and she's pretty so that helps, and the MAGA crowds really do love him. (So basically, check)

As for the rest, he doesn't actually want to govern and has delegated power to others. He doesn't know or care what is going on and, as a rule, is not the least bit ashamed of his own ignorance.

Sure he is getting old. Sure he is a narcissist. Beyond, these? He is a puppet president.

Except what are these tariffs then? He's been talking about tariffs for 40 years, since he was a young scumbag on TV.

I think you are overall right - and also this is his little pet project. I think he is overall a horrible, stupid, lazy, narcissist who rapes, lies, and steals when he wants to because who's ever going to do anything about it. He is careless and does not care one whit about anyone else's wellbeing.

And also I think the one thing he actually believes in in outside of all that is these idiotic tariffs. Like he truly believes he is doing a good thing for the country here, I think.

I really don’t think he thinks like that. I think it’s all Art of the Deal power posturing. He wants power, and he wants power over others. This is a way to get it. It’s not broader or deeper than that.

+1 Also he holds grudges and thinks that trade deficits are personal insults to him.

+1

[Anonymous]

^^^ this is insane, by the way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am one of the posters who thinks that Trump is too bored to care. His goals are:

1) staying out of jail (check)
2) revenge (check)
3) validation and adoration
He does not actually have 3)but he thinks he does because JD lies and kisses up non-stop, weirdo Musk lies and and manipulates him, Karoline seems to genuinely worship him and she's pretty so that helps, and the MAGA crowds really do love him. (So basically, check)

As for the rest, he doesn't actually want to govern and has delegated power to others. He doesn't know or care what is going on and, as a rule, is not the least bit ashamed of his own ignorance.

Sure he is getting old. Sure he is a narcissist. Beyond, these? He is a puppet president.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As we sit back and watch Trump destroy our government and now our economy, can we have an honest discussion about his mental health? MAGA believes he is playing three dimensional chess and has some magical power to make them all rich. But is it just possible that his bizarre policies and behavior are just a sign of continuing mental deterioration unfettered by any constraints like congress or the judiciary?

No.
He’s very cognizant of what he’s doing.

He may not believe he’s going to screw things ip but that doesn’t make one mentally ill.

You can know what you are doing and also be mentally ill. He’s quite mentally ill.

a personality disorder is different from a mental illness.

Does it matter at this point whether his personality disorder is a mental illness or not? The personality disorder is so strong that it has led him to start destroying the country. First the federal government and norms that have been observed for decades if not hundreds of years. Now the economy.

A small example of how sick he is:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As we sit back and watch Trump destroy our government and now our economy, can we have an honest discussion about his mental health? MAGA believes he is playing three dimensional chess and has some magical power to make them all rich. But is it just possible that his bizarre policies and behavior are just a sign of continuing mental deterioration unfettered by any constraints like congress or the judiciary?

No.
He’s very cognizant of what he’s doing.

He may not believe he’s going to screw things ip but that doesn’t make one mentally ill.

You can know what you are doing and also be mentally ill. He’s quite mentally ill.

a personality disorder is different from a mental illness.

Does it matter at this point whether his personality disorder is a mental illness or not? The personality disorder is so strong that it has led him to start destroying the country. First the federal government and norms that have been observed for decades if not hundreds of years. Now the economy.

A small example of how sick he is:

It’s does take a complete idiot or a “disabled” person to not realize that he was intentionally allowed to win (or, his challengers were 90-year olds who literally never held a golf club before)

[Anonymous]

I haven't seen democrats this angry since republicans freed their slaves.