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pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
Wed May 15, 2019, 04:31 PM May 2019

Former Bush economic policy adviser to GOP: I enlisted 2 psychiatrists to evaluate Trump and he's a

Former Bush economic policy adviser to GOP: I enlisted 2 psychiatrists to evaluate Trump and he’s a ‘10-out-of-10 narcissist’ with the decision-making ability of an ‘empty chair’

On Tuesday, May 14, veteran economist Larry B. Lindsey, who served as economic policy adviser under President George W. Bush, discussed China and trade policy when he spoke to Republicans in the House of Representatives and Senate. And the veteran Republican, according to Politico, had some unflattering things to say about President Donald Trump.

The 64-year-old Lindsey, who was a guest of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, said he enlisted two psychiatrists to evaluate Trump from far away — and Lindsey, Politico reports, told Congress members that in China, Trump is viewed as a “total narcissist” and a “10-out-of-10 narcissist.” Lindsey attributed Trump’s narcissism to not receiving enough attention from his mother during childhood.

Lindsey also told fellow Republicans that Trump is seriously limited when it comes to his ability to make long-term decisions — an ability he equated with that of an “empty chair.”

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https://www.alternet.org/2019/05/former-bush-economic-policy-adviser-to-gop-i-enlisted-two-psychiatrists-to-evaluate-trump-and-hes-a-10-out-of-10-narcissist-with-the-decision-making-ability-of-an/

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Former Bush economic policy adviser to GOP: I enlisted 2 psychiatrists to evaluate Trump and he's a (Original Post) pdsimdars May 2019 OP
Great new nickname for the evil POS; 'Empty Chair'. sinkingfeeling May 2019 #1
Kind of ironic, no? LisaM May 2019 #2
I'd take BSP over malignant narcissm kurtcagle May 2019 #5
AH, that's who Clint Eastwood was talking to at the RNC convention MagickMuffin May 2019 #3
I respectfully disagree about the mother's attention thing ProudLib72 May 2019 #4
Good lawd shanti May 2019 #6
A psychiatrist fom the " blame the mother" school of psychiatry. marybourg May 2019 #7
Someone put it very well, in layman's terms... dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #8
... and he's a ... lpbk2713 May 2019 #9
I've always said he had mommy issues malaise May 2019 #10

kurtcagle

(1,604 posts)
5. I'd take BSP over malignant narcissm
Wed May 15, 2019, 05:15 PM
May 2019

Bush was mostly incompetent and a dry drunk. Once Cheney and Rumsfeld were out of the picture, he basically governed as a moderate, just a bit right of Bill Clinton. Trump is a late-stage, malignant narcissist, with signs both of past drug-abuse coming home to roost and paranoid dementia.

MagickMuffin

(15,952 posts)
3. AH, that's who Clint Eastwood was talking to at the RNC convention
Wed May 15, 2019, 04:46 PM
May 2019

We all just thought he was talking to Obama. Now we know the truth!


ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
4. I respectfully disagree about the mother's attention thing
Wed May 15, 2019, 04:51 PM
May 2019

Her giving him more attention would have put him completely over the edge. Now he's only 75% psychotic.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
10. I've always said he had mommy issues
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:08 PM
May 2019

Mommy packed him up and sent him off to a military school - she knew he was a monster

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