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Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 06:17 AM Sep 2020

Psychopath-in-Chief "Trump reminds me of my dad, the serial killer", Kerri Rawson writes.



https://gregolear.substack.com/p/psychopath-in-chief


“I THINK I have the best temperament or certainly one of the best temperaments of anybody that’s ever run for the office of president. Ever. I’ve been nice, but after watching that performance last night, such lies, I don’t have to be so nice anymore. I’m taking the gloves off, right, yes? Just remember this, Trump is going to be no more Mr. Nice Guy.”

“Normally, I’m a pretty nice guy. I’m sorry, but I am. You know, I’ve raised kids, had a wife, you know, president of the Church, been in Scouts. It goes on and on. But, yeah, I have in mean streak in me, so. And it occasionally flares up, takes control.”

After nearly four years of living under the sniveling pandering of Donald John Trump, the former quote is easily recognizable. The latter? Belongs to my dad, Dennis Rader, whom I lived with for 26 years, carefully treading around his ever-changing tempers, moods, and whims, as if navigating littered broken eggshells. As he says in the quote, Dad is a father of two, was a husband for 34 years, a Scout leader and church president—and the BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) serial killer.

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Psychopath-in-Chief "Trump reminds me of my dad, the serial killer", Kerri Rawson writes. (Original Post) Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2020 OP
Now THAT'S spooky... nt mitch96 Sep 2020 #1
Read the essay matt819 Sep 2020 #2
Severe and malignant personality disorder ginnyinWI Sep 2020 #3
Psychopaths are very similar, beneath their specific ways of acting out. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2020 #4
Kick grantcart Sep 2020 #5
Trump is Different Roy Rolling Sep 2020 #6
KNR niyad Sep 2020 #7
Superb article Desert_Leslie Sep 2020 #8
I know somebody diagnosed with BPD but I think fits NPD better. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #10
I'm not surprised. Nitram Sep 2020 #9

Roy Rolling

(6,915 posts)
6. Trump is Different
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 09:05 AM
Sep 2020

He’s worse. The serial killer’s psychopathy was not affected by old age, brain-degenerative damage.

Trump is a psychopath on steroids, thus, 200,000 dead and not a bit of remorse. Just concern for how 200,000 affect his future job prospects.

Desert_Leslie

(131 posts)
8. Superb article
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 11:25 AM
Sep 2020

Superb article.

My step-sister has narcissistic personality disorder. My psychologist also felt she had borderline personality disorder.

So so many similarities between my step-sister and the Orange Stain. Living through these four years has been terrifying because I KNOW how far my sister would go if she had all the money and power of a president. People who "licked" her 24/7 were acceptable. People who did not were completely expendable ... and became "the enemy."

Sound familiar?

People who don't have experience of this find it all hard to believe/accept.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
10. I know somebody diagnosed with BPD but I think fits NPD better.
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 02:07 PM
Sep 2020

Trump's behaviors are very familiar to me, bizarre as they appear to the world at large. Yes, people actually can be that evil, and handing them power never goes well.

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