I have studied, informally for years, Narcissistic Personality Disorder which is recognized by the psychiatric authorities as an illness.
In 2017, "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" was published. The book is a compilation of 28 psychiatrists and mental health experts' opinions that define Trump's behavior as a Malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder. In 2024, this book was updated to 40 references. The mental health experts warned us!
Narcissists do not feel good about themselves and pursue a lifelong quest to prove that they are ok. The reptile brain dominates - fight or flight; Trump is in a constant state of fight. The goal of "being ok" never occurs in almost all cases. Emotional maturity stops at about eight years of life.
Good reference:
Bernstein, Albert. "Emotional Vampires" second edition, McGraw Hill, 2012.
In this self help book, Bernstein explains, in plain language, personality disorders and how to equip oneself to deal with the illness. There is much detail regarding narcissism. P. 145 lists 20 characteristics. Summarily, a plain language approach to include humour with suggestions to how to "Deal with People Who Drain You Dry." Trump, as an emotional vampire, has hypnotized a vast portion of the U.S. populace to include the governing class!
I agree with you, Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Trump makes sense. He always seems like a transparent con man to me, it is a mystery how he can be taken at his word. He seems almost to be talking to himself. The governing class I believe were looking for a would-be dictator, and have helped Trump to take over the GOP. The level of private+corporate+public+financial US debt as % GDP and inequality as % GDP, are at similar levels to 1930. The idea is that democracy cannot sustain this level of debt and this level of inequality, without major reforms. In the 1930s FDR saved US democracy by reform, the attempt to install General Smedley Butler as dictator to stop FDR failed. This time there is no FDR and they have their Smedley as the elected President.
The president should be removed from office in the constitutional and legal manner identified by our government. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD A MILITARY COUP TAKE PLACE, EVEN IF DONE FOR THE “RIGHT” REASONS. If the lawful process takes place and he is legally removed from office, yet refuses to step down, then police and military efforts to enforce the law can be taken. MUSK HAS NOT BEEN ELECTED NOR VALIDATED BY CONGRESS. Get him out in any way possible.
Madison did not anticipate a faction as large and extreme as MAGA, this was not how C18 British politics of which he was familiar worked. The Constitution does not deal with the problem of impeaching a president attempting to overturn it, who controls a very large and extreme faction. Republican members of Congress minded to rebel are afraid for themselves and their families. The Declaration of Independence was implemented by the Constitution, the declaration includes this sentence "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." The Constitution does not implement this idea. Trump shows why it should now. An amendment needs to be devised and ratified after the fact if necessary, after Trump’s removal, the purging of MAGA extremism and a new election.
It will be extremely difficult to stop the Trump dictatorship. Trump will use the power of the federal government he is attempting to be governed by him rather than the rule of law, to spy on, blackmail, punish and intimidate opposition to his rule; while rewarding his followers. Trump will recruit MAGA extremists as federal employees and then impose them on state election administrators (see 1965 VRA) to ensure election corruption rather than preventing it. A new American Revolution might be required.
Is a double or even triple or quadruple impeachment possible, because if Trump goes but Vance, Musk and/or Johnson stay, we're not a whole lot better off. OTOH, if they're all impeached and removed, we have incendiary speeches that incite real violence. What would be a positive outcome?
Trump is the narcassist, and Vance the ideologue. If Vance takes over it will be worse. Some were predicting Trump would be allowed to be killed exactly for this reason.
Absolutely agree. To remove any Trump dictatorship, at worst a new American revolution would be required, with the use of armed force. To ensure the military acted in a unified way would be a problem. There would have to be an effort similar to the original revolution, of showing just cause and planning for an amended constitution to ensure a swift return to stability. Possibly to plan such a back stop, would put a brake on Trump’s dash for dictatorship.
Anonymous:
I concur with the article.
I have studied, informally for years, Narcissistic Personality Disorder which is recognized by the psychiatric authorities as an illness.
In 2017, "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" was published. The book is a compilation of 28 psychiatrists and mental health experts' opinions that define Trump's behavior as a Malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder. In 2024, this book was updated to 40 references. The mental health experts warned us!
Narcissists do not feel good about themselves and pursue a lifelong quest to prove that they are ok. The reptile brain dominates - fight or flight; Trump is in a constant state of fight. The goal of "being ok" never occurs in almost all cases. Emotional maturity stops at about eight years of life.
Good reference:
Bernstein, Albert. "Emotional Vampires" second edition, McGraw Hill, 2012.
In this self help book, Bernstein explains, in plain language, personality disorders and how to equip oneself to deal with the illness. There is much detail regarding narcissism. P. 145 lists 20 characteristics. Summarily, a plain language approach to include humour with suggestions to how to "Deal with People Who Drain You Dry." Trump, as an emotional vampire, has hypnotized a vast portion of the U.S. populace to include the governing class!
I agree with you, Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Trump makes sense. He always seems like a transparent con man to me, it is a mystery how he can be taken at his word. He seems almost to be talking to himself. The governing class I believe were looking for a would-be dictator, and have helped Trump to take over the GOP. The level of private+corporate+public+financial US debt as % GDP and inequality as % GDP, are at similar levels to 1930. The idea is that democracy cannot sustain this level of debt and this level of inequality, without major reforms. In the 1930s FDR saved US democracy by reform, the attempt to install General Smedley Butler as dictator to stop FDR failed. This time there is no FDR and they have their Smedley as the elected President.
The president should be removed from office in the constitutional and legal manner identified by our government. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD A MILITARY COUP TAKE PLACE, EVEN IF DONE FOR THE “RIGHT” REASONS. If the lawful process takes place and he is legally removed from office, yet refuses to step down, then police and military efforts to enforce the law can be taken. MUSK HAS NOT BEEN ELECTED NOR VALIDATED BY CONGRESS. Get him out in any way possible.
Thanks for your comments.
Madison did not anticipate a faction as large and extreme as MAGA, this was not how C18 British politics of which he was familiar worked. The Constitution does not deal with the problem of impeaching a president attempting to overturn it, who controls a very large and extreme faction. Republican members of Congress minded to rebel are afraid for themselves and their families. The Declaration of Independence was implemented by the Constitution, the declaration includes this sentence "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." The Constitution does not implement this idea. Trump shows why it should now. An amendment needs to be devised and ratified after the fact if necessary, after Trump’s removal, the purging of MAGA extremism and a new election.
How can we get trump and Vance out of office? Revolution, civil war? He must go! He's a disgrace to our great country
It will be extremely difficult to stop the Trump dictatorship. Trump will use the power of the federal government he is attempting to be governed by him rather than the rule of law, to spy on, blackmail, punish and intimidate opposition to his rule; while rewarding his followers. Trump will recruit MAGA extremists as federal employees and then impose them on state election administrators (see 1965 VRA) to ensure election corruption rather than preventing it. A new American Revolution might be required.
Is a double or even triple or quadruple impeachment possible, because if Trump goes but Vance, Musk and/or Johnson stay, we're not a whole lot better off. OTOH, if they're all impeached and removed, we have incendiary speeches that incite real violence. What would be a positive outcome?
I think nobody knows what Vance would be like if Trump was really gone. Right now, Vance is Trump's flunky but as President he might be different.
Trump is the narcassist, and Vance the ideologue. If Vance takes over it will be worse. Some were predicting Trump would be allowed to be killed exactly for this reason.
Absolutely! The whole entire administration would have to be removed. 😵 But what a thought.
um... yes. absolutely.
Absolutely agree. To remove any Trump dictatorship, at worst a new American revolution would be required, with the use of armed force. To ensure the military acted in a unified way would be a problem. There would have to be an effort similar to the original revolution, of showing just cause and planning for an amended constitution to ensure a swift return to stability. Possibly to plan such a back stop, would put a brake on Trump’s dash for dictatorship.
hell yes!!!