80 percent chance that Trump will push the nuclear button.

[Cattledog]

Donald Trump's presidency is dangerous and destructive. Because he is an autocrat and petit-fascist, he has repeatedly demonstrated contempt for American democracy. His personal and political behavior has diminished America on the world stage. He has torn apart basic assumptions about political normality in an effort to expand his power. His speech and actions, first as a candidate and now as president, have either expressly or tacitly and encouraged political violence against nonwhites, Muslims and any other group the American far right views as its enemies.

There is considerable evidence to suggest that Trump is personally corrupt and is using the presidency to enrich himself, his family and other members of his cabal at the literal expense of the American people. His behavior also indicates that he is likely beholden to Russian President Vladimir Putin instead of the people and interests of the United States.

These matters are made worse by Donald Trump's clear and obvious mental health challenges, which include malignant narcissism, chronic if not pathological lying and sociopathy.

What can be done about this national and global emergency? Why do Trump's voters and other supporters contain to back him with what seems like blind loyalty? Has chaos and malignant reality that Trump has forced upon the American people negatively impacting our mental health and well-being? If Donald Trump is in fact a malignant narcissist, what sort of threat does he pose to world peace?
In an effort to answer these questions I recently spoke with Dr. John Gartner, a psychologist at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School and founder of the Duty to Warn advocacy group, an organization which is supported by thousands of mental health professionals and others in the United States and abroad who are dedicated to sounding the alarm about Donald Trump. Gartner is also a contributing writer for the new book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President."

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/17/trumps-presidency-may-present-the-greatest-psychiatric-disaster-in-history/

[PJMcK]

1. From the end of the article

This is the last question and answer in the Salon interview:

Do you think that Donald Trump is happy right now? An unhappy leader is a very dangerous leader.

I think Donald Trump is in a state of constant rage and agitation. We are hearing from sources inside the White House that he has dark moods, is yelling at people, screaming at CNN at 3 in the morning. This is terrifying, because you are right: Someone who’s in a state of agitation and anger is more likely to act out in a destructive and impulsive way. We have all the warning signs that this guy is ready to blow.

That's an interesting question: Is Trump happy? I believe that Trump has never been "happy" in the normal sense of the word. His whole life has been filled with lies and swindles. He says awful things about other people that often are projections of his own inadequacies. While he may enjoy his "wins," they are always at the expense of others. How is that joyous?

There have been countless times that Trump's inner issues have manifest themselves through his words and actions. He is an angry, resentful man in a position that has no checks or balances. I fear he is very close to a position analogous to Caligula's in that no one can tell him, "No." I'm not a mental health professional but I don't need to be one to see this man's gross anti-social behavior.

Trump is an idiot but his mental health problems are a danger to the world.