You state you are a psychiatric nurse, who has worked with extremely ill people for 10 years. Don’t you think it is just a tad unusual that a man with an such extremely disordered personality that you insist Mr. Trump has, in his 70 years of life has never had a psychiatric admission, has stated his past is fair game and is perfectly open about it, is exceptionally successful financially (which is certainly indicative of consistently focused and organized cognition and demonstrates consistent and excellent contact with reality, as well as a well-integrated personality) and above all, and I cannot emphasize this enough, HAS NO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS?????????
And, I might add, Donald Trump has a good sense of humor. He can crack a joke, he gets jokes! He is funny. He can make a joke at his own expense, I have heard him. Of what psychopathology is this a cardinal symptom, Dr. Nurse?
I agree that Donald Trump has some character traits that probably make him a hard person to live with, and he is not someone you or I would ever want to marry. But he accomplishes great things, what he sets out to do, he does. He loves challenges. He builds things. He fixes things. It appears to me, he has an unusually good grasp of the essential truth of things, and is unafraid to speak his mind, however tactlessly and bluntly, sometimes crudely, and he seems to have a gift for being able to size people up quickly and accurately.
Maybe you are right. Maybe every single one of those negative traits you have diagnosed in Donald Trump without an interview, without any testing or direct observation whatsoever, based only on information filtered through a mountain of negative nasty press reports, and well-published libel and slander by his many enemies who want to take him down because their gravy trains are threatened, were given to him, so he would recognize those traits in those who would do evil. Who but God knows why He made Donald Trump the way He made him?
By the way, you forgot to diagnose those positive character traits and assets of this high functioning, non-acute patient who apparently is having no problems in his daily life, and has not presented to your hospital — which might be far more pertinent than your presumptive diagnoses. A good physician/therapist ought assess the patient’s actual level of functioning. You are guilty of malpractice, and you have probably misdiagnosed the patient, Dr. Nurse.
By the way, You also failed to look at the positive traits in Donald Trump’s personality which may be far more important than the negatives, and much more predictive of a healthy life, and since Donald Trump is 70 years old and very successful, and seems to have a good relationship with his family, including his two ex-wives, there must be some pretty good things going on too.
Really, Dr. Nurse, a good therapist looks for, and builds on the positive traits and strengths in a patient so he can have a healthier life. Are we to believe Donald Trump has none?
And by the way, if you are right about those not-so-good things in Donald Trump’s personality, he has channeled those not-so-good things in a constructive manner; those political leaders he challenges and skewers and leaves by the wayside, have used those not-so-good things within themselves in very evil ways.
His outsize ego, which you think twisted (and certainly sometimes misused in his youth, and I like you do not condone it) indeed is from God and given to him for the sake of this country, so that now in his old age and for this time, he can weather the abuse he has endured from every direction, and still stand tall.
God makes no mistakes. He knows what He is doing when He made each and every one of us. And I think when all is said and done, though Donald Trump is a loud mouth, and was a bit of a rouge in his youth, the sum total of Donald Trump is that he is not a bad man, and now he is becoming a great man. He sees all the evil that has befallen his country and has decided to stand up to it and try to fix it, maybe part of is ego, and this okay with me. He is still risking much, maybe even his life, taking up this nearly impossible task against incredible odds and against very powerful people at an age when he should be relaxing and enjoying life.
When all is said and done, I think Donald Trump will be judged a good man and a hero by the men who write the history books, and perhaps even God Himself who knows the hearts of men will have a kindness for Donald Trump. Who can say?
Let me add one more thing, Dr. Nurse, there were times in Winston Churchill’s life, when he would most definitely have qualified for admission into your hospital.
Trump does not have a good relationship with his two ex-wives. He bought their silence and threatened legal action if they revealed what occurred in their marriage.
I have formed my opinion about his personality disorder from his history and the countless hours of media coverage. I have seen his speeches, his mockery, insults and name-calling, mugging, illeism and lack of substance.
So Dr. erkelly, with no stated experience in the mental health field, I reject your argument.
Winston Churchill should not be mentioned in a discussion of Trump. Churchill was a great man.
Thank you, erkelly.