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...
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
A so-called journalist masquerading as a self-styled psychiatrist...
Honestly, look up his picture and tell me you think he’s even on the same planet as Sigmund Freud or any of his contemporaries.
This is just mindless blather and a waste of time.
Here’s a similar attempt from the lefty Boston Globe:
https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/30/trump-mental-health/
Actually much more fair, though quoting a grotesquely misinformed anti-Trumper, with, yes, false facts, at the top of the story—some pretty good points from others quoted.
And malignant narcissism, especially, is supposed to be linked to an inability to sustain relationships. Trump, by contrast has not only great family relationships but many long, long term loyal employees that he has personally interacted with for decades.
The jokes write themselves.
When in doubt the Left drops words with “isms” as the suffix, and since conservatives take “isms” oh so seriously I can say Freud has won the day.
Dear Fake News Daily, please fold with dignity.
article from the employee
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ex-trump-executive-knew-ill-35-years-article-1.2959293
There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with Donald Trump but the liberals just are unable to accept the fact that he, like the rest of us, have had all the B.S. we need from those on the left. I expect they will whine, protest and raise hell about everything Trump does until he is no longer in office, they have already said so. It is far past time that the rest of us get on Trump’s band wagon and shut the liberal bastards down.
Of course they never noticed the walking/talking prototype of a malignant narcissist, Iman Obama and his Wookie, another malignant narcissist.
...why do I think of Kramer when I look at this reporters name?
Post of the Day. Add a host of RINOs and Never Trumpers including the National Review.
I think Gersh needs to take a long look in the mirror...
Wasn’t it the Soviets who eliminated their dissidents by saying that they have mental issues? Thanks DailyNews! You are in good company!
It is hilarious to see the charge of narcissism bandied about...after 8 years of OBAMA!
The liberal press is reduced to a big circle jerk.Except for a few crazy lib die hards,nobody is listening to them.
BS
Isn’t it ‘malpractice’ to diagnose a patient without an examination? Every last one of these so-called ‘psychiatrists’ should be hit with lawsuits and driven into bankruptcy.
But what Bill Clinton did, normal? The people at women’s march, also normal? Anyone claiming they are actually the opposite sex, still normal. Michael Moore, yeah, normal? Such a long list is possible.
Trump mentioned himself 3 times in his inaugural address
Obama mentioned himself 75 times in his farewell address
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/10/obama-refers-to-himself-75-times-in-farewell-address/
Who’s the narcissist, doc? LOL!
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