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TL;DR — The sheer eccentricity of Trump and his actions does little to discourage the notion that there is something wrong with Trump.
Even as he settled into the Oval Office in 2017, there were rumblings that Trump was not mentally fit to be president. If these suggestions were coming from Democrats and Trump critics, they could easily be dismissed as attempts to deride and denigrate him. However, the [suggestion] (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/09/22/is-trump-mentally-ill-or-is-america-psychiatrists-weigh-in/) came from Bandy X Lee, a forensic psychiatrist and president of the World Mental Health Coalition. Lee published the The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, in which contributors examine Trump’s behaviour. What they concluded was that Trump’s behaviour was “consistent with symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder, sociopathy and other maladies.”
These views [resurfaced] (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-shared-psychosis-of-donald-trump-and-his-loyalists/) following the insurrection at the U.S Capitol on January 6 2021. The intervening 4 years did little to change the initial ‘diagnosis’ but rather served to reaffirm the psychiatrists’ conclusions. He demonstrated narcissistic, psychotic and destructive personality traits, all of which point to a mental illness.
All this said, without a psychiatrist having full access to Trump, a proper diagnosis is impossible. What can be said with greater confidence is that Trump’s behaviour is somewhat symptomatic of certain mental illnesses.
I have consciously not brought up Mary Trump’s book Too Much and Never Enough for the very reason that it is strongly coloured by the author’s relationship with Trump. This is not intended to knock Mary Trump’s abilities as a psychologist, but rather look to make a judgment on Trump’s mental health with the help of less partisan sources.
So many psychologists at the time of his inauguration came out to decry his mental state - narcissism, psychosis, etc... - but a) almost as many came out to caution against long-distance diagnosis, and b) good to remind ourselves that the vast majority of psychologists are liberal. Your similar point about Mary Trump's diagnosis is very well made (though her descriptions of the Trump family environment do feel usefully informative).
ike - come on people - this dude needs help! Why do you think he's no longer presiedant of the USA?
Dude - he was caught wachting a solar eclips! In a few years he'll be blind because of this. google it. The man's got ISSUES! Wonder if he's readnig this now....
You can dislike him and still think he is mentally there. Also having a combative personality doesn't mean you are mentally ill.
Aren't we all? Just because you're an egotistical, spoiled, bratty, entitled, prejudiced, unintelligent, rude person doesn't mean you're mentally ill.
I'm not interested in blaming his actions on something he can't control. Yes he can.
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