2026-10-25 12:26 UTC
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@residentoflaniakea@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-10-25 16:35
I’d like to gently push back on some of that. Most of his abhorrent behaviour can be explained by narcissism and the fact that he’s 80 years old. You wouldn’t expect someone that old with poor sleeping schedule while eating exclusively fast food to be cognitively sharp. Also on the label malignant: this has a specific meaning as a qualifier for narcissistic personality disorder. In short: narcissism: clearly met. Being admired for his imagined business acumen is his highest goal. anti-social: met but can be explained in function of narcissism itself. paranoia: I’m not seeing it. sadism: I see suffering in the wake of his destructive path but it seems more a consequence than a goal per se. There are some commentors who claim that his lack of inhibition and poor impulse-control and capriciousness and short attention span is better explained by ADHD. Things are what they are, that he is a malignant political force and basically a stinking sack of shit is clear but it is not useful to attribute additional labels to him that can be explained with what we know already as it would muddy the waters and give your statement less weight.
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@Malica@lemmy.zip 2026-10-25 19:15
They’re complicit with him and they put all their eggs in his basket, they have to keep trying to spin this.
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@sexhaver87@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-25 13:18
Oh, but they never will, the news media hasn’t stopped talking about Trump since before 2016. It’s been a decade of Trump. Stay prepared for more. They won’t stop now, not while he’s still got a pulse.