This week there's been an unsettling reality that's descended on the country like a cold, dense fog.
It's something that was blatantly clear to all of us here, but a lot of other people seemed to remain in denial about it for way too long.
The President of the United States is a madman, plain and simple. He's not right in the head.
And it's become brutally obvious over the past few days, with his reaction to Puerto Rico topping it all off.
He's a psychopath. No two ways to cut it.
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he probably won't let go. he will probably have to be dragged out of the WH.
there is no way to really break the manipulation that he employs. It's just his nature.
now there are people who are born psychopaths but are brought up in fucked up house holds that give them sociopath behavior on top of their lack of empathy. aka sadists.
given from the few things I've heard about tRumps upbringing, it appears as if his father and mother were both cold individuals.
that alone, if even he wasn't born a psychopath, would have been enough to skew his view on life, but given his equally cold out look and cut and dry manner when it comes to anything regarding empathy, he strikes me as being a psychopath.
there is so much more to it than this but this is the very very basics.
did I answer what you asked? 
well, that's a psychological field of a different nature.
that's dealing with group psychology/group think.
in my opinion from everything I have read on that subject, very generally speaking, it's takes speaking to individuals apart from the group dynamic.
think herd mentality. the herd defends the group. but if you are able to get one of them along, very generally speaking, and have an adult conversation with supporting arguments, most normal people will see both sides.
but as long as the group is criticized in general, the tighter the group will close ranks.
the best example from history is nazi germany. that's a classic example of group think.
remember this rule of thumb, it's never the majority that takes control, it's always the most vocal minority. everyone else follows out of fear.
that's why it's very important to stop that vocal minority in it's tracks at the beginning rather than letting it take control of the conversation.
Sadly, we are beyond that now. 
once it gets to that point, it gets harder and harder to separate out the individuals to convince them to do otherwise.
if you noticed after the first charlotteville demonstration by the alt-right, right after that, social media started identifying the people involved. many came forward and started back peddling and denouncing the alt right. The very people they were marching with.
as time passed that will get more difficult.
again, just my two cents from my armchair.
Thanks - best summary psychological profile of tRump and likely some of his family that I've seen.
Also, one can easily associate many of those traits with current and past Republicans in Congress, and past administrations.
Even Bush and Bush Sr would have visited the areas of California that are on fire by now. Trump isn't fit to lead his way out of a paper bag. 
Will they be "Fire Rag" brand fire rags? 
