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President Trump exhibits classic signs of mental illness, including 'malignant narcissism'
NY Daily News ^ | Jan. 29, 2017 | Gersh Kuntzman

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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If you can't beat him, diaganose him.
1 posted on 01/30/2017 8:32:23 AM PST by Rennes Templar
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The malice and hatred from the left just never stops does it?


2 posted on 01/30/2017 8:34:08 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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Their utter desperation makes me FOFL
3 posted on 01/30/2017 8:34:13 AM PST by tomkat
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I guess Obama’s narcissism was ‘benign’.


4 posted on 01/30/2017 8:34:13 AM PST by Right Brother
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Obama had abandonment issues. He was rejected by both birth parents.


5 posted on 01/30/2017 8:34:46 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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The left is just “throwing stuff at the wall, seeing what sticks ..”


6 posted on 01/30/2017 8:34:50 AM PST by Ken522
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To: Rennes Templar

Lib alternative universe.

Man who thinks he is a woman, normal.
Man who loves America, mentally ill.


7 posted on 01/30/2017 8:34:58 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Make America Great Again !)
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They said Goldwater was mentally unstable too, and he could win only six states, barely including his own AZ.


8 posted on 01/30/2017 8:35:04 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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And what was their analysis of BHO ... I, me , my . *silence*


9 posted on 01/30/2017 8:35:08 AM PST by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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Even if it was true — which it isn't — I strongly suspect that about three-quarters of the politicians in Washington are malignant narcissists.
10 posted on 01/30/2017 8:35:16 AM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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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......”


11 posted on 01/30/2017 8:35:16 AM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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The “malignant narcissist” was Obama. Period.


12 posted on 01/30/2017 8:35:22 AM PST by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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Stuff it Kuntzman


13 posted on 01/30/2017 8:35:30 AM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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“...the President’s hubris, narcissism, defensiveness, belief in untrue things, conspiratorial reflexiveness and attacks on opponents,...”

He is talking about Obama, isn’t he?


14 posted on 01/30/2017 8:35:41 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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President Trump exhibits classic signs of mental illness, including 'malignant narcissism'

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. "

15 posted on 01/30/2017 8:36:23 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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Love it, the self destruction of the Democrat party continues, unabated!!!


16 posted on 01/30/2017 8:36:30 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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Wait. What? Are they talking about Trump or Obama?


17 posted on 01/30/2017 8:36:34 AM PST by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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...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.


18 posted on 01/30/2017 8:37:07 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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The daily news is an illiterate leftist rag.


19 posted on 01/30/2017 8:37:07 AM PST by I want the USA back (Liberalism is a mental disorder without a cure.)
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I don’t recall anything like this when Obama started.


20 posted on 01/30/2017 8:37:16 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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