Howard Stern to Anderson Cooper: Trump was traumatized in childhood & needs therapy

[Amaryllis]

Last edited Tue May 28, 2019, 10:07 PM - Edit history (1)

Radio host Howard Stern told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an interview this week that President Donald Trump experienced a traumatic childhood and probably needed psychotherapy to recover.

Stern has known Trump for decades and frequently interviewed him on his show before he entered politics. In his new book, Howard Stern Comes Again, he details some of his experiences with Trump.

“From what I know of Donald and his relationship with his father, it sounds traumatic. It sounds like the father was very domineering. The father expected a lot of him. And the father, I don’t know, there was military school. You know, you read these drips and drabs and you go wow,” Stern explained.

“I can assure you he’s been traumatized. Because, you know, Donald, you know, his level of narcissism is so strong. He has troubled with empathy. We know that. And I wish he’d go into psychotherapy. I’d be so proud of him if he did, and he would flourish.”

But Stern said there was “no way” that Trump would actually ever attend psychotherapy sessions.

He also told Cooper that he doesn’t believe Trump enjoys being president.

More at video and at link:

https://www.alternet.org/2019/05/howard-stern-diagnoses-trumps-narcissism-he-was-traumatized-in-childhood-and-needs-therapy/

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Rounding up the troops...

[onecaliberal]

2. He needs to be locked up:

[smirkymonkey]

3. Trump is a lost cause.

Therapy would have no effect on him. In order for therapy to work, you have to want to change and you have to realize that part of the problem lies with you. That will never happen with him. He will always be a fucking asshole.

[renate]

8. As I recall, I think either Howard or Anderson said this

That Trump wouldn’t want to change. As far as he’s concerned, he’s perfect.
It was a really interesting interview, and I say that as someone who strongly disliked Howard Stern in the past. He seems to have changed a lot.

[peggysue2]

18. I read recently that Stern had a medical scare

Lesions on his kidneys, I think, that the physicians were pretty sure were cancerous. He really thought he was going to die.

Turned out to be a false alarm but the medical event scared the bejesus out of him. He started reflecting on his past shenanigans and failed marriage, how he'd hurt the people around him. From the sounds of it, the experience changed him dramatically.

Tasting your own mortality can do that.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. If true, he'd release those damning tapes he held back in 2016, which were worse than the bus.

[guillaumeb]

4. Perhaps this is true.

It certainly seems likely, but that (possible) fact alone does not release Trump from his liability for his crimes.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. Yaknow, there comes a time in your life where

you have to stop blaming your parents for how fucked up you are.

[guillaumeb]

7. Exactly.

Otherwise, there would be no personal responsibility.

[Amaryllis]

10. ANd some never get there. Although I doubt Trump thinks there is anything wrong with him

so he probably doesn't blame his parents for how he is.

[global1]

15. But Does He Give Them Credit For How He Turned Out?.....

If he thinks so highly of himself and is so perfect - is it because of his parents? (sarcasm)

[Maru Kitteh]

6. Well gee Howard - we ALL wish he'd get his head checked but that ain't happening so . .

fugg'im.

[John Fante]

9. Trump is a world class narcissist/psychopath.

There's no known cure for those disorders.

John Wayne Gacy was abused as a kid too, and I doubt therapy would have steered him away from the horrifying path his life took.

[Amaryllis]

11. Howard must not know that, but he did say Trump would never do therapy so it's a moot point...

[TheRealistRealist]

12. I have always wondered why Trump was abruptly sent to military school..

There were reports that his father found him with a switchblade then shipped him off. But i have always believe there was more to it than this. Could there have been blood on the switchblade? I have never encountered a person like him in my life. The mix of cruelty, sadism and pathological lying just makes me shudder. We cannot let him be re-elected. If that happens he will end the world.

[3catwoman3]

13. Let him get his counseling in prison.

Those who incarcerated are guaranteed health care.

[MiniMe]

14. Know somebody who went to school with the Donald

She said that tRump was always out of control. Could bully all his classmates and his teachers. The school couldn't handle him, so his parents sent him to military school to try to get a handle on his behavior. So he was always a juvenile delinquent.

[TheBlackAdder]

16. FU Howard, you could have stopped this last time with your tapes. Why now? Oh, yeah.. book sales.

[JI7]

17. fuck that, Trump isn't a victim. he is fucked up trash