Trump's worsening mental condition, rallies temporarily ease "an insatiable emotional need"

[Demovictory9]

Trump’s tweets are some of the best, unfiltered information on his mental state. They are reactions to real-life situations in real time, over an extended span of time. Their growing frequency is an alarming sign, with an astonishing 52 tweets over 34 hours recently. Their content has also become more vitriolic.

Trump’s rallies are also very revealing. They are events he insists on doing, often against advice, and the adulation of crowds seems to ease, at least temporarily, an insatiable emotional need. These, too, have been increasingly more vicious in attacks against Hillary Clinton or John McCain, indicating that neither defeat nor death can satisfy the envy for what he may believe he could never have.

Trump’s rhetoric has been growing more violent. Attacking others seems to be a chief mode of coping for him; his accusation of “Democrats” behind Robert Mueller’s team as being "all killers” and his calling on “the police,” “the military,” and “the Bikers for Trump” to get tougher, appear to indicate that the stress of the presidency is getting to him.

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trumps-mental-condition-is-getting-worse-20190405-xzpzzhwbrncfdbbkq3i7d3xdgq-story.html

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Trump suffers from ATTENTION DEFICIT syndrome....

When he is not the center of attention, he goes apeshit crazy.

He is addicted to attention.

[forgotmylogin]

9. I agree he has the attention span of a gnat.

And may indeed have functional ADD especially regarding reading, but I think that is more a symptom of his classical narcissism and potential mental decline due to age - dementia or Alzheimers.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. It does make one wonder

I do wonder if he has ADD and was never diagnosed be cause of his age. I was just diagnosed at age 62. When I was a kid in the 60s, it really wasn't diagnosed, especially in females. But it would explain a lot really. Of course, he has the narcissism too.

[Texin]

33. His own parents sent him away to military school in his adolescence because he was "incorrigiable"

He is indisputably riddled with mental and emotional deficiencies. His "38 doors" in a "big beautiful wall", where there "actually not any doors" or there are "between 36 and 38 doors" in the "beautiful wall" tirade or blathering meltdown in an interview just this weekend should prove to anyone with the sense god gave a goat that he's full-on whacko.

[TexasBushwhacker]

40. Yeah, I thought about the "incorrigible" youth too

Now they would call it hyperactive and put him on Adderall. Of course, one of his "Apprentice" producers claimed he snorts it.

[John Fante]

48. For those of you who (like me) refuse to listen to Trump

under any circumstance and haven't read the "36 door" rant, here it is. 63 million Americans actually voted for this sack of shit:

And it’s a wall — not a good-looking wall. It’s a wall. It’s got 36 doors in it. Big doors. Very big doors. And they never put the doors on. So it’s 38 miles with 36 doors that you can drive a truck through. There’s only one problem: They never put the doors on it. So we’re putting the doors on it. Or, even better, maybe not putting any doors. I said, ‘Maybe you do it without the doors.’ Because putting the doors on cost most than the property is worth. I’d rather give the money for the property and just say, “Bye-bye,” or sell it to somebody on the other side.”

[gordianot]

36. His personality disorder is a better explanation for his selective attention symptoms.

Being a Malignant Paranoid Narcissist greatly impacts his selective self attention and generally rules out an attention deficit.

[bdamomma]

28. He is a full blown

paranoid narcissist and one sick ass.

[duforsure]

2. Its like we have ...

...Charlie Manson in the White House.

[dalton99a]

5. It really is.

[jaysunb]

7. +1 n/t

[bdamomma]

29. well Manson

had his cult followers and so does this sick ass whatever he is.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. His Mental state has

shifted to the dangerous Personality State since last October. Notice his paranoia and fear of someone taking him out. And he only goes to secure places that can be controlled.

One can tell who is giving him texts to copy and the texts that he throws out. Sure looks like Steve Miller is his text mentor.

Watching the death threat to the Congress Lady form the Twin Cities and how the Legal and Rethugs handle this case. My guess is,Trump will go all in Stupid and the Rethugs sit on their hands. Is this the Straw?

[barbtries]

19. scary thing about stephen miller

i think he's probably pretty close to as sick as trump. but he has a way with words and a functioning brain. very dangerous. kinda like McConnell who in my opinion is evil.

[Wellstone ruled]

41. Sure has that going on to many of us.

Sure is telling by just his speech pattern and use of phrases. He is on troubled person. Again much like his boss.

Trump has called his fringee people to arms as of yesterday's spieling here in Vegas. The local Sinclair Stations pumped this garbage on their news so called programs.

[Mc Mike]

4. The only part of the job he loves. Publicly attacking all the people he hates,

and having a group of his braindead zealots shower him with adulation.

[forgotmylogin]

10. Once a reality show personality, always a reality show personality.

[Mc Mike]

54. He's a big pro-wrestling fan, too.

[oasis]

6. Trump is a mega-demagogue on steroids.

[struggle4progress]

8. It's time to send him back home to New York, so he can live out his remaining years

surrounded by people who love him

[Scarsdale]

12. Behind BARS, where he rightfully belongs.

After the damage he and his helpers have done to the office of the presidency, he does not deserve to just go away. He has to PAY for the damage. The presidency is a difficult job for the most intelligent people (democratic presidents all of those) For a glorified tough guy like tRump, it is an impossible job. If he were even HALF as smart and successful as he proclaims to be, the job would be tolerable. I would venture to say he is the most hated person on the planet, so he is the "best" at one thing. Fat boy needs to lay off the fast food, quit tweeting and get REAL. At his age, I doubt any changes are possible. He is too far gone.

[vlyons]

14. +1000

Not only does he have to be punished for his crimes, but more importantly he must be an object lesson to other politicians about corruption in (and out) of office.

[bdamomma]

30. send him back to his golden tower

people in NY hate him.

[Lock individual1 up]

42. I'm starting to think he's "faking" early-stages' dementia?

Like he must already know New York State's will shower him dozens of indictments the day after he'll resign (instead of getting impeached) the Nixon way (and get a preemptive pardon from Pence) the Ford way, so he's already "faking" early-stage dementia his lawyers will invoke in a bid for keeping him out of State jail for life.

[JAD]

11. Trump needs rallies

Trump needs rallies like toddlers need their parents to clap for them after they use the toilet.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Trump's booster shot

[Silver Gaia]

16. That's horrifying.

[BlueIdaho]

17. Yikes!

He’s the size of a beached whale. Careful lady, he’s gonna eat that kid!

[Silver Gaia]

27. The baby looks terrified.

[BlueIdaho]

52. With good reason!

That kid’s gonna need therapy...

[Silver Gaia]

53. Yes, true!

[Initech]

20. I think that's considered a form of child abuse in some countries!

[paleotn]

25. Reminds me of this...

Mom is no better than a Nazis stooge. The child should be taken into protective custody as racist and ignorant is no way to grow up.

[C Moon]

39. I wonder if those two boys were forced to give their lives for that bastard.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

38. The child looks frightened

"Why is my mom handing me to this creep?"

[barbtries]

18. no kidding.

i've been saying this for years. his rallies are like air for him. he needs them.

[thegoose]

21. Stupid and insane

Bad combination.

[RobinA]

47. Nah!

Imagine if he were smart and insane. That's a very bad combination.

[paleotn]

22. F him

sideways! I could care less what his emotional needs are. I'd get drunk as a skunk and dance a jig if the ignorant bastard just keeled over. I wish he would go dies somewhere, the fucking ass, and I hope the same on every single, solitary one of his followers. I'm well beyond empathy for any of them. Fuck them all.

[oldsoftie]

44. Oh, the conspiracy theories we'd hear.

VP Pence wouldnt have a day in office without screams from the right for every Dems head

[allgood33]

23. We should send him on as many rallies as he can take. Let exhaustion overtake his body. It has

already overtaken his mind.

[bdamomma]

31. Just wear out

his physical shell over the limit, we all know he has horrible eating and sleeping habits a clear disaster in plain view. I just hate the jerk, but I remain hopeful his reign of terror will end. Isn't that what history has shown us???

[gratuitous]

24. Hence his nickname

Needy Amin.

[Kurt V.]

32. +1

[unblock]

26. the "stresses of the presidency" in this case are virtually all of his own making.

most presidents feel the weight of the entire nation, if not the entire world on their shoulders. it's a tough burden to bear.

but donald fraud has been fortunate to be president at a time where there really haven't been major external challenges.

sure, a president with more foresight would attack tough problems like healthcare, the distribution of wealth, climate change, etc., but these haven't really been seen as the kind of immediate crises that people think of when they think of the "stresses of the presidency".


really, the only major challenge has been how to handle his own scandal generation machine. sex scandals, money scandals, spy scandals, hacking scandals, obstruction scandals, tax scandals, business scandals, etc., he's got it all and it's all due to his own incompetence and criminality.

[erronis]

34. All good points. A real president in these times could have worked wonders, except for

the repuglicons who don't want any solutions.

They thrive in the rot.

[Kurt V.]

35. trump doesn't have a mental disorder. he has a behavior disorder in which he gets positive

Reinforcers from the rallies

[Texin]

37. I believe he'll drive all of us insane before his insanity overtakes him.

I pray over and over, every day that someone or a cabal of folks comes up with a plan to take care of the problem.

[lambchopp59]

43. OH but what pretzels Fox Noise pundits must be bending themselves into

To keep legitimizing their idiotic hero.

[Cha]

45. trump is a fucking moronic

maniac Unfit for anything.

[ck4829]

50. True

[RobinA]

46. Narcissistic Supply nt

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[ck4829]

49. K&R

[gldstwmn]

51. I do think the whole George Conway Twitter thing

could be setting up a possible exit for Trump if the Mueller Report and now the issue of the tax returns doesn't go favorably for Trump.