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LAWRENCE: In your experience, Doctor, how does a person end up like this? What's the developmental path to this kind of condition?
DR DODES: It's very early. Almost all people don't have this problem. One of the ironies is that most of the people who support Donald Trump would make a far better president than Donald Trump because they're not as ill.
BootinUp
(47,139 posts)Prez, lol.
ClearSky24
(234 posts)Thanks for posting.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)And having access to the nuclear football.
It was said during the campaign that he used a 4th grade level lexicon. Most thought it was specifically directed at his supporters, but maybe that's all he can bring to the party. Remember, 50% of people have a below average IQ.
Trump never developed any kind of brain capacity because he was a sheltered son of a multimillionaire who never associated with the general public and was probably told by his parents how perfect he already was. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Where the lack of empathy comes from will always be a mystery.
gordianot
(15,237 posts)Prostitution, defrauding customers and Government, lies, bigotry, and astounding greed with a lack of empathy are family traits. Look at Trumps older children in spite abuse and removal from their father they are in lock step with this Malicious Narcissist. There might also be a genetic predisposition along with the environmental culture.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)gordianot
(15,237 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)73 years of privileged living couldn't have helped either, but the guy is showing all the signs.
Also, the fact that he is so privileged also means the folks around him won't do anything about it. Both sad an infuriating all at the same time, really.
irisblue
(32,967 posts)Possible strokes
PatrickforO
(14,570 posts)We've got to get this man out of office by Senate trial, forbidding him to hold public office any more, declaring him unfit or failing all that, at the polls.