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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe guy is not functioning with a full deck.
My bet, as it has been for months, is that he has early Alzheimer's. He simply must be impeached or forced to resign. At least Pence is cognitively all there.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Orrex
(63,220 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)SO STOP SAYING THAT!
madokie
(51,076 posts)Were it not
cilla4progress
(24,760 posts)GOP President and Putin patsy.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)severe narcissism. Rarely seen as full blown as his, so most people do not recognize it as a clinical thing.
but several psychiatrists are pointing it out
and most clinicians in the mental health field see it, even us retired ones.
did I mention it is untreatable?
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Yes, it obviously is a problem for him and everybody around him, but he is NOT insane. I do believe he has early stage Alzheimers though. That's a whole other matter than the personality disorder(s) he has probably had his entire adult life.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)or at least were, in the DSM before I retired in 202...
Axis II Personality disorders were considered Mental Illness if they were in the DSM and resulted in treatment needs ( usually because the police thought so), Borderline PO is a case in point.)
Mostly Axis one Major Depressive D/O, would work for the record.
Cases like Trump's are rare, for their severity.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)This isn't anything new.
Narcissistic personality disorder.