@residentoflaniakea@discuss.tchncs.de
2026-10-25 16:35 UTC
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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@Buffalox@lemmy.world 2026-10-25 18:49
paranoia: I’m not seeing it. Really? Trump is super paranoid, he literally believes when he claims there’s witch hunt against him. Also your list is not the most important things, the malignant narcissist is an extreme psychopath and 100% Trump has zero empathy. better explained by ADHD I disagree, what looks like ADHD is his narcissism combined with stupidity. Trump is a very stupid guy, there was even a teacher that claimed he was the stupidest pupil he ever had. Maybe he has ADHD, but that’s trivial and irrelevant compared to the rest.