Their utter desperation makes me FOFL
Posted on 01/30/2017 8:32:23 AM PST by Rennes Templar
The time has come to say it: there is something psychologically wrong with the President.
The fuzzy outlines of President Trump's likely mental illness came into sharper focus this week: in two interviews with major networks, he revealed paranoia and delusion; he quadruple-downed on his fabrication that millions of people voted illegally, which demonstrated he is disconnected from reality itself; his petulant trade war with Mexico reveals that he values self-image even over national interest; his fixation with inaugural crowd size reveals a childish need for attention.
Partisans have been warning about Trump's craziness for months, but rhetoric from political opponents is easily dismissed; it's the water of the very swamp the President says he wants to drain.
But frightened by the President's hubris, narcissism, defensiveness, belief in untrue things, conspiratorial reflexiveness and attacks on opponents, mental health professionals are finally speaking out. The goal is not merely to define the Madness of King Donald, but to warn the public where it will inevitably lead.
Ex-Trump executive: I knew he was ill for last 35 years "Narcissism impairs his ability to see reality," said Dr. Julie Futrell, a clinical psychologist, who, of course, added a standard disclaimer because she has never actually treated Trump. "So you can't use logic to persuade someone like that. Three million women marching? Doesn't move him. Advisers point out that a policy choice didn't work? He won't care. The maintenance of self-identity is the organizing principle of life for those who fall toward the pathological end of the narcissistic spectrum."
A little background: Shrinks don't typically analyze public figures. The reticence dates back to 1964, during Barry Goldwater's run for President. Then, like now, many shrinks believed that the candidate was psychologically damaged — but unlike now, many diagnosed him for a Fact magazine special...
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The malice and hatred from the left just never stops does it?
I guess Obama’s narcissism was ‘benign’.
Obama had abandonment issues. He was rejected by both birth parents.
The left is just “throwing stuff at the wall, seeing what sticks ..”
Lib alternative universe.
Man who thinks he is a woman, normal.
Man who loves America, mentally ill.
They said Goldwater was mentally unstable too, and he could win only six states, barely including his own AZ.
And what was their analysis of BHO ... I, me , my . *silence*
But it was completely normal when obama or bill clinton would reference themselves hundreds of times in speeches.
“I,I,I,I,I,I,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,I,I,I,I,I,I,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,I,I,I,I,I,I,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,I,I,I,I,I,I,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me......”
The “malignant narcissist” was Obama. Period.
Stuff it Kuntzman
“...the President’s hubris, narcissism, defensiveness, belief in untrue things, conspiratorial reflexiveness and attacks on opponents,...”
He is talking about Obama, isn’t he?
You will not lecture me about mental illness after having let that piece of sh*t Obama exhibit mental illness for 8 years. The correct response to these people is to hit them in the mouth and say "You had your chance to talk about mental illness when Obama was President. Now we have no interest in your opinion. "
Love it, the self destruction of the Democrat party continues, unabated!!!
Wait. What? Are they talking about Trump or Obama?
...because it’s Trump and no Ebola that’s a narcissist. [eyeroll] I’m sure the general public is smart enough to see through this.
The daily news is an illiterate leftist rag.
I don’t recall anything like this when Obama started.
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