Is Sociopath lumped in there? It might have said, my impression is that Nascicist includes high degrees of insecurity. He loves to whine about his mistreatment. Ever heard him whine?
One important point here, there should be no way on this green Earth, that this person should have ever been considered for President. And I assign blame to people, the base, the STUPID, and the self serving, almost every negative characteristic of people is what got him elected.
- Ignorance/uninformed: I like what he says but pay no attention to this man’s documented history. It’s all a lie.
- Blinded by selfishness, he’s bad, but I might end up better off.
- Racism, bigotry, xenophobia, white privilege: He’s for us!
- Profit motive: He’s great for the stock market, he’ll cut my taxes.
- Religion: This man is The Devil, whose on our side! He’ll protect my religious freedom to shove my beliefs down your throats!
- Sheep: Our political leadership, all the corrupt, anti-democratic Congressmen we elected told us he was our salvation!
- Anti-Democratic: Democracy, when I can’t get my way, maybe I’ll do better under Fascism?
This Man is so horrendous, corrosively Pied Pipperish, who adores “stong men”, (the man he aspires to be, but can’t), appeals to the weak minded in that there are some citizens/politicians in Faux News Land who are actually choosing Vlad over our country/NATO’s interests, all because of Donny’s infatuation and desire to be the incompetent emperor.
Sociopathy is now called Antisocial Personality Disorder. It’s very common for a person with one personality to posses facets of other personality disorders. This is often referred to Axis II Cluster B traits, which refers to the group of diagnoses that include ASPD, NPD, Borderline PD, and Histrionic PD.
A way to differentiate ASPD and NPD is that those with ASPD do not require admiration. ASPD is usually more associated with violence, impulsiveness, uncontrolled anger, criminality, etc- though it can manifest in less overt forms. There is often a lot overlap between these two diagnoses that some think they should be combined into a spectrum disorder.
i find his socially unacceptable behavior more motivated by a need for admiration, positive image, to always be right, appear smart, etc than a complete and total lack of empathy. The effect however is similar when you put yourself above everyone else.
The question is his motivation to improve his image or because he’s more deserving, or because he just doesn’t care. Does he blame everyone else for his problems because he cannot understand how his actions affect others, or because he cannot admit he was wrong?
So I’d stick with NPD as the primary diagnosis. Anti-social traits maybe. Without knowing how he actually processes thoughts it’s impossible to say.
Quite honestly there are a lot of powerful narcissists in the world, some of whom probably have NPD. If their energy is directed appropriately they can be very successful. It’s that ambition that drives them to the top. To be clear there is a difference between someone with narcissistic traits and NPD. Frankly, I’m not sure you can run for President without some degree of narcissism.
I think it’s highly debatable if someone with NPD or extreme narcissistic traits can be President. Certainly Trumps loss and subsequent crisis resulting in events like 1/6 highlight the danger. If Trump ran as democrat views I’m not convinced democrats would be as critical. But this is a fairly common psych ethics question.
Hillary Clinton is at the least highly narcissistic. She could not accept her loss in 2016- no she did not try to start a coup, but she blamed everyone and everything but herself, claimed the Russians meddled in the election to a degree to flip the outcome, etc. She didn’t even have a concession speech planned and apparently wasn’t even able to present herself in public the night of her loss. And this attitude continues to this day. Would you say she shouldn’t run for office because of this?
I don’t know the right answer. And you never really know how someone will act until they’re put in a certain situation.
One thing I’m confident in is Biden should have never run for office. It is abundantly clear he has is suffering dementia. Anyone who claims otherwise is lying to themselves or has never actually interacted with someone with this condition. That’s not to say he doesn’t have moments of clarity, but that’s how dementia works. And sadly it gets progressively worse. I don’t say this to slight him, he seems like a very kind and compassionate man, and I wouldn’t wish this disease on anyone. I say this out of concern for him and the country. It was clear from the primaries things were not right and have only become more apparent. I would say the same about any politician regardless of their politics. If this was my father I would be tremendously concerned.
I’m old enough to remember when people demanded Trump take the MCA-10 (cognitive exam) because of concerns of dementia. I never saw any clear signs, but whatever, better to know I suppose. Concerns over NPD, totally justifiable but very hard to address. Where are these people now? What about the amount of attention and speculation these people gave to Trump shuffling down a ramp? Biden falls down stairs multiple times in a row- multiple times, falls of a bike, and gets lost every practically every time he tries to exit a stage. Where are the same concerned people? It’s completely evident Biden’s administration minimizes two way conversations with journalists. Why is that? Trump certainly has his own likely mental issues but ignoring all the signs of Biden displays troubles me deeply. This is not how our politics should work.
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