During his first term Trump was no less a despicable person desirous of destroying his enemies. He not only had people around him thwarting his sadistic ideas but he knew he had to get elected again. Now, he not only has been re-elected, but he thinks it’s possible he’ll be able to remain as a president who soon to cement his dictatorial power for as long as he wants to.
He rants and rave and this is called by critics unhinged behavior. This is generally just reported on without a diagnostic assessment. This is the psychological equivalent of someone throwing up blood. If a politician did this in public the media would go crazy speculating on what dread disease they had.
Above is a Trump Truth Social Post from yesterday. Most people just shrug off such exercises in verbal explosive diarrhea coming from Trump. They are actually clincial manifestations of multiple psychiatric disorders. That, however, is not where I am going with today’s Substack. I’ve been there and done that since 2017, and I will no doubt do it again. If you are interested my psychological analysis click: 1
It occurred to me that these Truth Social rants have become incredibly boring in addition to being diagnostic.
Why do they even end up like this one. It was covered in articles like this:
At least if he posted “IT WILL NOT BE SUSTAINABLE, AND YOU WILL HRĒOWIAN THE DAY THAT YOU VOTED TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE! FAILING TO VOTE TOMORROW IS THE SAME AS VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT,” people might look the word up and discover that it is an Old English and Germanic word from which the modern word “rue” was derived.
Then someone could have speculated that Trump had taken up reading Old English literature from the 12th Century, perhaps Historia Regum Britanniae.
This would throw Trump’s critics for a loop. If Trump was really as smart and crafty as he wants people to think he is he’d do things like this.
But no, he has a feral go for the jugular intelligence. His insult are one step more sophisticated than “your mother wears combat boots.” (This, by the way, originated in the late 1940s as a mild insult, possibly alluding to poverty or unfashionable choices. It became popular among teenagers and has evolved into a common form of “yo mama” joke. (AI search)
What passes for expressing wit and in his mangled mess of a mind is using the phrase “rue the day” as if he invented it himself. He wants people to marvel at him like he’s an Oscar Wilde level wordsmith and not merely threatening people with schoolyard taunts. It’s doubtful, though, that Trump even knows who Oscar Wilde was and what one of his most famous stories is, although if he did I bet he’d wish he had a portrait of himself in his attic where his image aged and got ugly, while he stayed young.
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Below are today’s Portland articles about issues related to ICE and similar stories.
The primary story yesterday was about the federal judge halting National Guard deployment until Nov. 7th. For other stories look at the end of yesterday’s Substack.
Portland media:
Don’t forget, if you missed a recent Substack they are here.
AI Overview of my psychological analysis of Donald Trump from Google.
The phrase “Trump mentally ill psychopathic malignant narcissist Hal Brown MSW” refers to the opinions and analysis of
Hal Brown, an MSW (Master of Social Work) and retired psychotherapist, who has written extensively on the subject of Donald Trump’s mental state.
Hal Brown, along with other mental health professionals, has publicly expressed the view that Donald Trump exhibits signs of serious mental health issues, specifically characterizing him as a “psychopathic sadistic malignant narcissist” who is “dangerously mentally ill” and “unfit for office”. His views are often shared in blog posts on platforms like Daily Kos and Substack.
Key points regarding these claims:
Professional Opinion: Brown is a mental health professional (retired) who writes from his perspective as a clinician.
Public Stance: He is associated with the “Duty to Warn” movement, a group of mental health professionals who have argued that mental health experts have a professional and ethical responsibility to alert the public to the dangers they perceive in Trump’s behavior.
Ethical Considerations: Mainstream psychiatric and psychological associations generally adhere to the Goldwater Rule, an ethical guideline stating that it is irresponsible for mental health professionals to give a professional opinion about public figures they have not personally examined and for whom they have not obtained consent to discuss their mental health. Brown and others in the “Duty to Warn” group argue that this rule should not prevent professionals from speaking out when they perceive a danger to the public.
Formal Diagnosis: As Brown has not personally examined Donald Trump, his assessments are not formal clinical diagnoses in a medical sense but rather professional opinions based on Trump’s public behavior and statements.
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Hal Brown, MSW (Master of Social Work), a retired psychotherapist, who has written numerous online articles and blog posts arguing that Donald Trump is a “mentally ill, psychopathic, sadistic, malignant narcissist”.
Hal Brown is known for his contributions to the discussion regarding Donald Trump’s mental health, particularly within the context of the “Duty to Warn” movement. This movement involved mental health professionals who believed they had an ethical obligation to inform the public about what they perceived as Donald Trump’s psychological instability and potential danger, despite the traditional “Goldwater Rule” (which advises against diagnosing public figures without a personal examination and consent).
Brown’s arguments are presented in his writings on platforms like Substack and Medium, where he analyzes Trump’s behavior and statements through the lens of mental health concepts, such as malignant narcissism and psychopathy. His assessment is an individual professional opinion and part of a broader, ongoing public debate among mental health professionals about the ethics and validity of diagnosing a public figure from afar.
I’m not a medical or psychiatric professional. I simply lived 18 years under the same roof and at the mercy of two parents who showed me what sociopaths and malignant narcissists look like when they’re just being themselves, with no one watching who might be important enough or professionally trained enough in the field of behavioral disorders to actually apply those diagnoses with some authority.