Trump is crazy, his mental health issues are the crux of everything else about him.

[kwassa]

Donald Trump's behavior is completely explained under the definition of someone with a narcissistic personality disorder. The best way to attack Trump is to attack him on his mental health, which is the source of everything else about him.

Here is a list of the symptoms of someone with this disorder:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

People with narcissistic personality disorder are characterized by their persistent grandiosity, excessive need for admiration, and a disdain and lack of empathy for others.[8][9] These individuals often display arrogance, a sense of superiority, and power-seeking behaviors.[10] Narcissistic personality disorder is different from having a strong sense of self-confidence; people with NPD typically value themselves over others to the extent that they disregard the feelings and wishes of others and expect to be treated as superior regardless of their actual status or achievements.[8][11] In addition, people with NPD may exhibit fragile egos, an inability to tolerate criticism, and a tendency to belittle others in an attempt to validate their own superiority.[11]



According to the DSM-5, individuals with NPD have most or all of the following symptoms, typically without commensurate qualities or accomplishments:[8][11]

Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others
Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions
Needing constant admiration from others
Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs
Intensely envious of others and the belief that others are equally envious of them
Pompous and arrogant demeanor.

This is the core of everything else about Trump

[marylandblue]

1. Attacking him on NPD won't work

I used to work with someone who had NPD. Calling him a liar doesn't work. He just responded with more lies and accused you of lying. Pretty soon you are arguing about something other than the original provocation. The only way to fight NPD is to stand firm in what you want and stick to it no matter what. For example, we don't want to build a wall. So no matter what he says on or off topic, whenever it comes up, our answer is the same - we don't want a wall. Even if he starts building it, no matter, we still don't want it, and we promise to dismantle it at our first opportunity.

[kwassa]

4. It doesn't have to work with him. It has to work with the public.

Trump is clearly acting in a crazy manner.

Everyone sees it, but everyone doesn't understand what they are looking at.

[Cha]

9. He can't accept Realtiy.. it hurts too much.. he is unfit for duty. Krugman..

"Trump's mentally ill says Paul Krugman this morning(yesterday)"

link

[C_U_L8R]

2. Trump may very well have a breakdown

Sooner or later. Trump's personality is so fragile and toxic,
one bruise to his ego sends him into raving rants and
paranoid obsessions. One day Trump may just have a
complete meltdown. People around him better be prepared.
There's no guessing how much damage he'll do.

[Dave Starsky]

20. He could start masturbating at a summit meeting...

and no one would do a thing about it. It's beyond crazy that we've even made it to where we are today, and he's just getting started!

We are stuck with this evil clown until he decides to leave of his own accord, and not a minute sooner. The ONLY hope we have is that, like Godzilla, he gets bored with it, decides he's done enough damage, and marches back into the sea.

[tavalon]

3. The most common diagnosis noted in people who kill their whole family is NPD

No wonder my nuclear nightmares are back.

[KT2000]

11. are you serious?

because my nuclear nightmares are happening again. A recurring theme is that someone wants to start a war or starts bombing.

[tavalon]

17. I would love to say I'm kidding, but I'm not

However, with as fast as Cheetolinni is losing his shit, the 25th amendment should come into play very soon. But yes, he is just the profile to kill if faced with real and not alternative facts.

I am scared of him but I'm more scared that Pence isn't going to invoke the 25th and that the House won't impeach in time. Who could have guessed he might actually use the nukes he seems to have an unnatural passion for, eh? No one would imagine something like that happening.

But, that's a lie because there are many of us who have already connected the dots.

Hell, if it weren't for the nukes, I would actually align with Cascadia secession desires. But, Civil Wars are bloody things and Civil Wars with nukes, unimaginable.

[TheDebbieDee]

5. OUR PRESIDENT IS CRAZY! TELL YOUR SENATOR TO USE THE 25TH AMENDMENT

to remove this nut from power/office before he hurts himself/our nation...

[onetexan]

7. KICK!

[tavalon]

18. Tell Pence

He and the (i think) the Speaker Pro Tem, need to invoke it.

[Strelnikov_]

6. Until this week I just thought he was a major league asshole . . typical Bagger in other words . .

Nope. He's crazier than a shit-house rat.

Thanks GOP.

[6000eliot]

8. +1 million!

Goddamn all of the irresponsible fuckers who put him in office!

[Oldtimeralso]

10. Just to prove how bat shit crazy el cheeto is

I just heard from a friend that the USMC Band will not play Hail to the Chief when he comes into the room. He has ordered them to play Lord it it Hard to Humble

http://www.last.fm/music/Mac+Davis/_/It%27s+Hard+To+Be+Humble

[emmadoggy]

12. This is even more frightening:

He may be a double or even triple whammy of personality disorders.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/darwins-subterranean-world/201608/donald-trump-high-in-the-dark-triad

http://www.minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Hare-Psychopathy-Checklist.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/3/14/1501089/--The-Confidence-Game-author-Donald-Trump-is-a-psychopath

[kwassa]

13. Thanks for these links.

Narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. Trump has all three.

[emmadoggy]

16. You're welcome.

He certainly seems to...

[wiggs]

14. After recognizing that he is a sociopathic, unsympathetic, fact-free ignorant liar...the next

step for analysts, pundits, writers, and citizens is to recognize that he is the result of mainstream gop fever dreams. He is very close to what they've been waiting for, except instead of being WILLFULLY ignorant (a la Ryan, McConnell) he is actually ignorant and incapable of changing that.

This is what you get when 95% of talk radio is RWNJ blather and mainstream media is incapable of effective public discourse that should have weeded out this guy...no defense against the crazy. The nation became vulnerable and defenseless against invasion by all the 'crazy uncles in the attic'. Someone will be blamed for this...has to be the gop and the media.

[emmadoggy]

15. GOP and the media..

Totally agree with you.

[trueblue2007]

19. i think he is crazy and dangerous. Anti-Christ evil