Trump's stark mental impairments are now unleashing global catastrophes: mental health professionals

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https://www.alternet.org/2020/01/donald-trumps-mind-mental-health-professionals-from-harvard-the-air-force-and-more-reflect-on-the-meaning-of-the-soleimani-assassination/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3419

snips of article:

As predicted by leading mental health professionals several years ago, Donald Trump’s emotional and psychological collapse continues unabated. In his third year in office, the president has demonstrated through his public and private behavior that he is mentally unwell. The pressures of the impeachment process have only worsened Trump’s condition. There will be no bottom. Trump’s mental decompensation and associated downward spiral will only get worse. This is both a national and global crisis.

The newest low point in Donald Trump’s behavior arrived last Friday when he ordered the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The Trump administration claims that Soleimani was planning imminent attacks against the United States and therefore that killing him was an urgent necessity. Trump’s followers, most notably Vice President Mike Pence, have falsely tried to claim that Iran poses a dire threat to the U.S. and was somehow involved in the 9/11 attacks.

Trump has again shown that he lacks the maturity, temperament and intelligence, as well as the emotional and mental stability to lead the United States in a time of crisis.

In an effort to gain more insight into the Iran crisis, I asked a panel of the country’s leading mental health experts for their thoughts about what Trump’s recent behavior reveals about his psychological and emotional health. Their responses have been edited for clarity and length.

As a malignant narcissist, when threatened, Trump must reassert his dominance over the world at all costs. And to a sadistic psychopath (one component of malignant narcissism), the collateral damage is not a cost but a bonus. As I said in 2018:


He has no empathy or concern for anybody but himself and so he will not care about the destruction that it will cause other people. In fact, because of his sadism, there’s a part of him that perversely seems to revel in causing chaos and destruction and making us all frightened all the time, but even more importantly, it will be irresistible for him because it will transform him from feeling like a hunted victim of this witch hunt to feeling like an omnipotently destructive victor.

We have seen a consistent pattern of Trump beginning with a statement (or tweet) regarding his perception of a situation (a perception often inconsistent with verifiable facts) after which he proceeds to proposing and/or implementing a “necessary” course of action — yet there is no explication of any fact-based, logical analysis or thought processes that led from point A to point B. Trump does not appear to seek advice from “advisers” but only information regarding available reactive options, then unilaterally (ignoring the advice of experts) choosing a response without any indication of understanding, consideration or care regarding legality, ethics or consequences.

The irrationality of Trump’s immature, ego-driven and severely sadistic manner of impulsively choosing courses of action is an existential threat to our democracy, our Constitution, our country and our national security.

What is deeply unsettling about this impulsive attack against Iran is how serious the implications could be. There is a real chance that Trump is unleashing a massive attack/revenge/counterattack sequence that could end in a catastrophic conventional or nuclear exchange. I understand that many Americans would rather keep their heads in the sand rather than acknowledge the grave situation in which President Trump has again put us, yet it is now more crucial than ever that we stand up to this bully before he inflicts catastrophic damage.

Trump is dominated by fear. He is also dominated by paranoid anxiety about being convicted in the U.S. Senate for the high crimes and misdemeanors that led to his impeachment. Fear, more than anything, is “the thrust behind the knife, the fist, the blow to the head.” Fear of being found out to be lacking or small also plays a part in Trump’s lying. Thus he is driven by a need to recreate the feeling of infantile omnipotence. He tries desperately to get others to believe him, so they can share his feeling of being all-powerful. But with impeachment, Trump no longer lies to impress others or even to assert himself. His lies about the reasons behind the assassination to distract us from his impending Senate trial: Trump lies now to survive.

At this point in our impending crisis with Iran, it’s again essential to illuminate the president’s character structure. Donald Trump has never left his either/or mentality, which has been how he functioned his entire life. You are bad or good, period. He was told since childhood by his father, a domestic tyrant in his own right, to be a “killer.” And Trump is a tortured sadist — a tortured torturer. A breaker of things.



This is clearly a red alert which has been said over and over again.

Interesting article.

[Mike 03]

1. Kick

[Newest Reality]

2. Due to the gravity...

Due to the gravity of the situation with this IMPOTUS, I have been observing and monitoring his mannerisms and behaviors as I am sure many people are doing. That makes sense when you have someone in the highest office who exhibits clearly problematic tendencies that could be disastrous left unchecked.

I really must agree with that assessment. When you look for what motivates Trump, you get the feeling that there is a deep, personal psychological drama being played on on the world stage that really should have been a matter of therapy, self-inquiry and maybe even medication. Instead, we are being subjected to it daily and the stress and confusion alone are deleterious on many levels to our nation and the World at large.

It seems that one of my major assessments is not being addressed by that article, though you could consider to be implied. Trump's failings, insecurity and impulsive compensations for his lack of insight into himself, (seeing how exaggerated his capacity to project is) is also fueling a will to power, so to speak. By that, I mean the prevalent, dictatorial and authoritarian aspect of his personality that seems to even control him, rather than the other way around. That compulsion, IMHO, is fueled and driven by the factors that the article brings to light. My opinion is that impulse is his remedy or catharsis for the deeper crises that afflicts him. You could call it the outcome or impending result by way of extrapolation.

Since he appears unable to reflect on his own persona in a way that might be revelatory or even cathartic and seeing how he has a strong tendency to refuse counsel in most cases, then regardless of his deteriorating state, we can assume that, if he continues to hold a position of power he will exercise it with a prime motivation to relieve his fears and insecurities by taking and holding more power in anyway possible. That includes increasing projection of divisive tactics to fracture this country and its people, as well as continued salvos fired at our government and political system in order to weaken its checks and balances and disrupt its continuity.

That, is what I would call his Trumpet of Desperation. It's getting louder. While a person with such deeply troubling personal issues is bad enough, we can assume that not only will he not recover in office, but that the imminent threat of his desire to take full control of the country will continue and become more exaggerated. It is also safe to say, all things considered, that another term in office could be catastrophic for the United States of America and the rest of the World.

Part of the problem is that this is playing out in the field of partisan politics and so, any reasonable and astute assessments can be framed as biased political attacks, which they are not. This is uncharted territory and it is a fact that the Emperor is naked in that respect. It is imperative that we respond vigorously and vociferously in order to point that out in light of the denial and self-serving partisanship of the GOP and their agenda to preserve their party rather than serve the imperatives of our nation right now.

[mopinko]

3. this guy right here-

Dr. Steven Buser, former U.S. Air Force psychiatrist who was tasked with conducting fitness for duty evaluations for airmen, especially those responsible for nuclear weapons.

just like dr ronnie feelgood.
we really need an article that he is unfit, and that he corrupted a navy admiral to cover it up.