Mental Health Professionals Sound The Alarm About Trump

In the above video, Dr. John Gartner stated; “If we could construct a psychiatric Frankenstein monster, we could not create a leader more dangerously mentally ill than Donald Trump,” Gartner began. “He is a paranoid, psychopathic, narcissist who is divorced from reality and lashes out impulsively at his imagined enemies. And this is someone who is handling the nuclear codes.

Former Professor at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Lance Dodes suggested; “He lies in the way anybody who scams people does. He’s tried to sell an idea or a product by telling you something that is untrue. There is also the kind of lie he has that in a way is more serious — that he has a loose grip on reality. We can say that because he lies about things that aren’t that important. I think what that indicates is that he can’t stand an aspect of reality that he doesn’t want, so he rejects it,” Dodes continued. “His grasp of reality, his attention to reality is loose. This is an extremely dangerous trait in a president. It actually makes him unqualified.”

Ted Cruz calls Trump a “Pathological Liar who doesn’t know the difference between truth and lies” and claims Trump “is a narcissist at a level this country’s never seen”.

Even ex-Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan referred to Trump as an ‘Authoritarian Narcissist’. No normal person would lie with impunity like Trump has (over 30,000 times while President), refuse to admit he lost the election, claim he won after he lost, then instigate a coup and insurrection to overturn the election after he lost.

 

Trump’s Mental Problems Are WAY More Dangerous Than Biden’s

 

 

According to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) have at least five of the symptoms listed below;

  • Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment by others
  • Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
  • Self-perception of being unique, superior, and associated with high-status people and institutions
  • Needing constant admiration from others
  • Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
  • Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
  • Unwilling to empathize with others’ feelings, wishes, or needs
  • Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them
  • Pompous and arrogant demeanor.

 

Psychiatrist Warns Trump Has Become More ‘Psychotic’ As Trials Get Closer

Per the article referenced in the above video at; salon.com/2024/02/02/either-malpractice-or-criminal-dr-justin-frank-on-power-and

Donald Trump has repeatedly shown that he is a lawless person — but his malign influence extends far beyond himself.

We are a society more divided than united. Many of us are anti-intellectual and don’t want to think. That makes such people attracted to strongmen and bullies like Trump. Trump has made his followers reject the truth for alternate facts – and that makes most of us insecure and uncertain about what to believe.

Trump’s “dangerous charisma” attracts already corrupt and ethically compromised people into his orbit. He also exerts a malignant perfidious influence over people who are vulnerable to such energy and temptations, but for whatever reason have not yet fully surrendered to them. This is a defining feature of dangerous leaders.

Dr. Frank continues to warn about Trump’s extremely dangerous mind and overall pattern of behavior and why as seen with the second E. Jean Carroll court case for defamation, and escalating threats of violence and retribution against his “enemies”, that the corrupt ex-president will not be stopped by “the walls closing in.” Instead, Dr. Frank predicts that Trump is a malignant narcissist who will go down in a blaze of glory before he ever surrenders or is otherwise made to yield in his assaults on society, human decency, and the rule of law.

From the time Trump was five years old, he hated rules and couldn’t control himself. If Trump didn’t like something, he would convert feelings into immediate action. He threw rocks at a toddler who lived next door when he was five. He punched out his second-grade teacher because he got mad at him. As a father, Trump knocked out his son, Don Jr., when he was in high school because he wasn’t dressed appropriately. Trump has always been like this. As people age, they generally do not change; they instead become more of their true selves. His capacity for self-restraint is becoming a thinner veneer over fundamental destructiveness. He is increasingly no longer able to fake it. This is why Trump is in court acting out, mumbling, being angry and disruptive.

In my opinion, Donald Trump is a “segmental thinker”. He lives in the moment and is attracted by a shiny object and forgets everything else.

The main thing that I am worried about is the complacency of the public and specifically the country’s leaders and law enforcement and other people in positions of authority and power who are still letting Trump run wild. Trump is extremely dangerous. Trump does not believe in laws and rules. He wants to be a lawless dictator. This is why I continue to share my conclusion, based on the evidence, that Donald Trump appears to be psychotic. He is a person who is detached from reality. Even with the trials and other pressures, Trump is not capable of breaking down, of being cowed and/or broken. If anything, Trump will go down in flames if he goes down at all. Trump is an extreme narcissist who will destroy anyone who has ever done anything to hurt him, to oppose him, or defy him.

 

Dozens Of Mental Health Professionals Sign Letter Declaring Trump Has Dementia

As Trump’s mental decline becomes even more pronounced, a petition has begun circulating online asking mental health professionals to sign on and declare that Trump does, in fact, seem to be suffering from dementia. Dozens of professionals in the mental health field have already signed onto the petition, but they are technically not able to give a real diagnosis without examining him in person.

 

Title from YouTube: “Can Trump’s Narcissistic Collapse Start Civil War Featuring Dr. Bandy Lee”

Description from YouTube: “Narcissistic Collapse happens when every lie a clinical narcissist told to build themselves up, is exposed. Now that Donald Trump is being exposed as a fraud, traitor and con to even his most loyal fans, will Trump and his followers experience Narcissistic Collapse? But Trump throwing a temper tantrtum isn’t even the worst of it, a a break down by the former President could send his blood thirsty followers into a rage that leads to a civil war? Thom speaks to Dr. Bandy Lee on Narcissistic collapse and what could happen when Narcissists fall from their illusions”.

 

The Psychology of Donald Trump

Acording to Mary Trump’s book, Donald Trump grew up in a household that undermined empathy, kindness, and virtue, and encouraged viciousness in the boys.

Per the above article: “In 2017, a group of mental health professionals gathered at a “duty to warn” conference and then published their informed opinions in the book, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, contending that he was unfit to be president (Lee, 2017). In the book, they illustrated their professional perceptions of Donald Trump (DT) with his statements and actions known to that point. (See also the 2020 film, Unfit, for more discussions of the psychology of DT by clinicians.)

Many of the mental health professionals drew a connection between DT’s behavior and extreme or pathological narcissism (narcissistic personality disorder) which entails entitlement, exploitation, and empathy impairment, along with the typical characteristics of narcissism:

Believing you are superior to others
Fantasizing about success
Exaggerating talents and achievements
Expecting constant admiration and praise
Believing you are special and acting that way
Failing to recognize others’ feelings
Expecting others to do what you want
Taking advantage of others
Expressing disdain for the “inferior”
Jealousy of others
Easily hurt and rejected
Having a fragile self-esteem
Appearing tough and unemotional
Setting unrealistic goals
Unable to keep healthy relationships

Craig Malkin, Ph.D., pointed out that pathological narcissism can spiral into a psychotic spiral of paranoia, impaired and volatile decision making, and gaslighting.

Lance Dodes, M.D., reminded readers of the characteristics of antisocial personality disorder:

Failure to conform to laws and social norms
Deceitfulness
Impulsivity
Irritability and aggressiveness
Reckless disregard for safety of others and of self
Pattern of irresponsibility
Lack of remorse
Conduct disorder (impulsivity, aggressiveness, callousness, and deceitfulness starting before age 15)

Dodes discussed sociopathy and its various descriptions, which all include cruel, callous, bullying, dehumanizing, sadistic, unempathic, predatory, devaluing and immoral behavior. Sociopaths project their feelings onto others, who are seen as aggressive and dangerous. Sociopaths exhibit a loss of reality, attack others with raging outbursts. People are categorized in the moment as good or evil, with loyalty critical for landing in the “good” category. He described DT’s behavior as fitting into these categories.

John D. Gartner, Ph.D., adopts Erich Fromm’s (1964) term malignant narcissism to describe DT’s behavior. Fromm said malignant narcissism represented the severest of pathologies, the cause of the most vicious destructiveness and inhumanity. Malignant narcissism includes narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial behavior, paranoid traits and sadism. Gartner argued that DT’s behavior demonstrates not only the badness of malignant narcissism but madness—a hypomanic temperament needing constant stimulation”.

 

Trump Has Same Personality as Hitler, Mussolini

Historian and Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses how Trump has the same personality as dictators throughout history and talks about his hateful and racist ideology.

 

Renowned Psychologist : Like Hitler, Trump suffers from Sadism, Malignant Narcissism & Paranoia

Per the above article: “Renowned Psychologist Dr. John Gartner, who specializes in borderline personality disorder, biopolar disorder, and depression stated; Trump has the most dangerous form of mental illness that you can find in a leader… Malignant Narcissism”.

“Gartner stated that Malignant narcissism is a combination of 4 traits, which includes narcissism, paranoia, antisocial personality disorder (the psychology of a criminal and someone who routinely lies) and sadism”.

“The sadist aspects of Trump’s apparent mental illness, according is Gartner, means that “he is driven and gets intense pleasure from harming, humiliating, and degrading other people.”

“He has actually gotten intense pleasure from [other people’s] pain. He is reveling in the chaos and the destruction he is causing,” Gartner explained. “The more he feels threatened by the Mueller investigation, the more he needs to experience the exaltation of feeling drunk with power, through his ability to harm and humiliate and degrade other people.”

“While Gartner stopped short of saying that Trump is the next incarnation of Hitler, he did emphasize the importance of looking back at history as a means to try and prevent the catastrophes of the past from happening yet again”.

In speaking of Trump, Gartner did not imply that Trump would follow in the path of Hitler, but he did underscore his belief that “these are the kind of people who really can commit genocide,” when comparing the two men.

“I’m not saying he’s Hitler. I’m saying he has the same psychology. He’s of the same type, cut from the same cloth…. He is someone, who if given the chance, would enact that same kind of destructive agenda.”

Gartner accentuated his observations that Trump is demonizing immigrants similarly to how Hitler demonized the Jews”.

 

 

‘He was a sociopath’: Mary Trump reveals family psychological history in new memoir

Mary Trump, author of “Who Could Ever Love You?” a memoir of the Trump family, joins to discuss Donald Trump’s upbringing, and his inability to cope with losing to Kamala Harris following their first debate.

 

Mental Health Professional Says Trump’s Recent Speeches Could Be Signs Of Brain Damage

Dr. John Gartner, a licensed psychologist and former professor at Johns Hopkins, told Salon.com’s Chauncey DeVega that there are likely significant cognitive impairments with Donald Trump, and the evidence could be as clear as just his last few public appearances. Another mental health professional also said that there could be evidence of actual “brain damage” with Trump. While both Trump and President Biden are prone to gaffes these days, there aren’t swarms of mental health professionals sounding the alarms about Biden, and that really tells us something.

 

Trump suffers cognitive breakdown live on stage

 

 

Trump can barely speak, quickly ends event & leaves stage

 

Psychoanalyst: Trump Is a “Delusional Psychopath” Who Needs To Be Removed Immediately

Dr. Lance Dodes joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Trump’s mental state as he’s banned from Twitter and why he will get worse once he leaves office and faces legal jeopardy: “The more desperate he becomes, the more delusional he is, the more he needs to prove to himself ultimately that he is still a god, so the less power he has, the more stress he’s under, the more dangerous he is.” Aired on 1/9/2021.

 

 

Psychiatrist: Donald Trump Is Delusional Even Out Of Office

Dr. Lance Dodes, retired Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Donald Trump reportedly making false claims that he will be “reinstated” as president by August and why “lack of power is the thing Trump can’t stand and doesn’t acknowledge.”

 

Woodward: The Existence Of Trump In The Presidency Was A National Security Crisis

Co-authors of the new book “Peril” Bob Woodward and Robert Costa discuss the documents, memos, and private conversation behind what amounts to a coup plot by the former president and the measures military leaders took to protect the country from him

 

27 Psychiatrists Assess The Dangerous Case Of Donald Trump

In a new book, 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts asses President Donald Trump’s behavior. Do his impulses explain his decisions? The book’s editor Dr. Brandy Lee and Tony Schwartz, co-author of Trump’s “The Art of the Deal

 

Psychiatrist: Trump Needs Urgent MRI, Obvious Dementia Symptoms

 

FULL INTERVIEW: Mary Trump speaks exclusively to ABC News about President Trump for the first time since the publication of her explosive new book.

New book by Trump’s niece paints scathing picture

Mary Trump says problems trace back to Trump’s father, who she calls a high functioning sociopath responsible for short circuiting the president’s perception of the world.

Per an article at; theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/07/donald-trump-abuse-father-niece-mary-book;

“Donald Trump’s niece writes her study of his character from the perspective of a trained clinical psychologist. His “outrageous behaviour “threaten the world’s health, economic security and social fabric” and were shaped by his “high-functioning sociopath” father during childhood, according to a bombshell book written by the president’s niece”.

“Child abuse is, in some sense, the expectation of ‘too much’ or ‘not enough’,” she writes. “Donald directly experienced the ‘not enough’ in the loss of connection to his mother at a crucial development stage.

“Having been abandoned by his mother for at least a year, and having his father fail not only to meet his needs but to make him feel safe or loved, valued or mirrored, Donald suffered deprivations that would scar him for life.

“The personality traits that resulted – displays of narcissism, bullying, grandiosity – finally made my grandfather take notice but not in a way that ameliorated any of the horror that had come before.”

 

Trump Lies With Ease: Recurring Theme In Niece’s New Book

Rachel Maddow notes that throughout Mary Trump’s new book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” anecdotes about Donald Trump invariably include the depiction of the ease with which Donald Trump lies.

 

Trump’s own family call him a cheating, traumatized “clown”

Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, is releasing a book criticizing her uncle, his upbringing, family divisions and offering new allegations, such as the claim Trump cheated on his SATs, which the White House denied in an official response.

 

He’s A Psychopath’: Trump Insider Says Military Will Have to Haul Trump Out Of The White House

Trump’s “Art of the Deal” co-author Tony Schwartz argues “anything goes” for “psychopath” President Trump, and believes Trump will not leave the White House if he loses the election because giving up is “unthinkable” for him. This comes as Joe Biden says his “greatest concern” is that Trump would look to “steal” the 2020 election, and is “absolutely convinced” the military “will escort” Trump “from The White House with great dispatch.” Schwartz argues he has “no doubt that Trump will do everything he possibly can,” to “try to steal this election.

 

Senators caught on hot mic: Trump is ‘crazy’

Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Jack Reed were recorded discussing President Donald Trump’s lack of familiarity with the details of governing. The conversation was picked up by a hot mic.

 

‘Lying, Cheating Failure’: New Book By Trump’s Niece Casts Trump As Traumatized Narcissist

The new book by Trump’s niece Mary Trump paints the president as an emotionally damaged narcissist who’s cheated to get ahead, while being unable to “experience the entire spectrum of human emotion.” The president’s family sued to stop the book, titled ‘Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man’.

 

Trump Niece Explains How RNC Is Designed To Mask Donald Trump’s Character Flaws

Mary Trump, niece of Donald Trump, discusses the shortcomings in Donald Trump’s character, like a lack of empathy for other humans, that the speeches at the Republican National Convention are designed to disguise. Aired on 08/27/2020.

 

Mary Trump UNLOADS On Uncle Donald In Devastating New Book

Many members of the press were sent their copies of Mary Trump’s new book this week, and the revelations that Mary makes about her Uncle Donald are startling, to say the least. Among the claims that Mary makes are that her uncle, the President, could actually have an undiagnosed learning disability and that he had another man take his SATs for him to get into college.

 

Dr. Bandy Lee talks about Trump’s Mental Health

 

EXAMPLES OF HOW TRUMP’S BEHAVIOR IS NOT NORMAL

Normal people don’t brag about “being a very smart person”

 

Mashup of Trump talking about his ‘very, very, very large … brain’

 

Video shows Trump bragging on how he’s the best at everything. Normal people don’t behave like this.

 

 

TRUMP TWO MINUTE ATTENTION SPAN

The Washington Post citing inside sources say Trump has the short attention span of a child of 2 to 4 minutes

 

Video Title: Donald Trump’s daily ‘propaganda document’

Not only does Trump have a limited attention span of about 2 minutes, it’s reported that he requires a folder of positive news about himself twice a day.

 

Title from YouTube: Trump Gets Folder Full of Positive News About Himself Twice a Day

Description from YouTube; Three current and former White House officials tell Vice News that Donald Trump receives a 20 to 25-page packet of positive news coverage and flattering tweets about him twice a day. Imagine if this was Obama how Republicans would react?

 

Title from YouTube: “White House Aides Admit They Treat Trump Like A Child To Protect Him”

Description from YouTube: “According to a report, aides to Donald Trump admit that they have to treat Donald Trump like a child in order to placate him. For example, they’ve admitted to using distraction techniques to appease him when they have no intention of actually doing what the man says. These are the kinds of reports that should spark some sort of action from leaders in Washington to remove Trump from office”

 

Title from YouTube: Psychologist Reminds Us We’re Ignoring Trump’s Glaring Mental Disorders

Description from YouTube; Renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert called out not just Donald Trump but the entire country for ignoring Trump’s very obvious mental decline on Twitter early this week, after Trump claimed that he had “great and unmatched wisdom.” The President’s brain is coming apart at the seams, and something must be done about this.

 

Trump Regularly ‘Can’t Remember What He’s Said,’ White House Insider Says

“Behind closed doors his own top officials deride him as an ‘idiot’ and a ‘moron,'” an anonymous senior Trump official says in a new book.

The above article claims “White House Insider Says Trump Regularly ‘Can’t Remember What He’s Said or Been Told”

 

 

350 health professionals sign letter to Congress claiming Trump’s mental health is deteriorating dangerously amid impeachment proceedings

Trump is doubling down on conspiracy theories and falsehoods as he faces impeachment, a sign psychiatrists say means he could be delusional.

 

The psychiatrist who briefed Congress on Trump’s mental state: this is “an emergency”

The case for evaluating the president’s mental capacity – by force if necessary.