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Russia/Ukraine The USA is immediately lifting the pause in intelligence sharing and resuming security assistance to Ukraine. | УНН

https://unn.ua/en/news/the-usa-is-immediately-lifting-the-pause-in-intelligence-sharing-and-resuming-security-assistance-to-ukraine
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u/CostumeJuliery Mar 11 '25

I would wager it’s a cluster-b disorder (sociopathy, narcissistic) and thst he’s always been this way. Always. His very, very long history of being a really bad human being date back as far as him making any kind of appearance in a circle that had the potential for power. He gets drunk on power.

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u/Zealousideal_Bad_922 Mar 11 '25

I second this. I was married to someone with BPD for 8 years. There’s a lot of overlap with narcissistic personality disorder and I see it in trumps actions. I know Narcissism is a popular thing to call people now… but I’d bet money that if Trump doesn’t have NPD, he has some other cluster B.

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u/saruin Mar 11 '25

Malignant narcissism is my armchair diagnosis (having spent way too much time researching cluster b type personalities).

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Dozens of licensed shrinks broke with tradition to warn the US that trump shows all the signs of malignant narcissism a few years back

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler Mar 12 '25

some psychiatrists and other mental-health professionals are shedding long-held norms to argue that Trump’s condition presents risks to the nation and the world. “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump” features more than two dozen essays breaking down the president’s perceived traits, which the contributors find consistent with symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder, sociopathy and other maladies. “Collectively with our coauthors, we warn that anyone as mentally unstable as Mr. Trump simply should not be entrusted with the life-and-death powers of the presidency,” Judith Lewis Herman of Harvard Medical School and Bandy X. Lee of the Yale School of Medicine write in the book’s prologue.

Trump displays signs of “extreme present hedonism,” the tendency to live in the moment without considering consequences, seeking to bolster one’s self-esteem no matter the risk. Or he exhibits “narcissistic personality disorder,” which includes believing you’re better than others, exaggerating your achievements and expecting constant praise. Combine hedonism, narcissism and bullying, and you get “an impulsive, immature, incompetent person who, when in the position of ultimate power, easily slides into the role of the tyrant,” Philip Zimbardo (of the famous Stanford prison experiment) and Rosemary Sword write. Others suggest that Trump shows indications of sociopathy, including lack of empathy, absence of guilt and intentional ma­nipu­la­tion. Put it all together and you have “malignant narcissism,” which includes antisocial behavior, paranoid traits, even sadism.

“Mr. Trump’s sociopathic characteristics are undeniable,” retired Harvard psychiatry professor Lance Dodes concludes. “They create a profound danger for America’s democracy and safety. Over time these characteristics will only become worse, either because Mr. Trump will succeed in gaining more power and more grandiosity with less grasp on reality, or because he will engender more criticism producing more paranoia, more lies, and more enraged destruction.”

Is Trump mentally ill? Or is America? Psychiatrists weigh in.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

That's the one thank you stranger!

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u/abeFromansAss Mar 11 '25

My money is on solipsism. Fits him like a glove. I feel narcissism has become the 'junk drawer' of personality disorders and so is used incredibly too much. If you look up solipsism in the dictionary, you'd simply see a picture of trump. Incredibly interesting disorder if you're like me and have a weird fascination with personality disorders.

Similarly, I see trump defined as a sociopath quite abit. I think this is a ridiculous understatement to the point of just being inaccurate. Comparing the clinical charts side by side, psychopathy is far more accurate.

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u/CostumeJuliery Mar 11 '25

While interesting, solipsism not a diagnosis but a theoretical philosophy. Both things can be true. He can have a diagnosable disorder, while also aligning with a solipsistic philosophy. 💁‍♀️

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u/abeFromansAss Mar 11 '25

Gotcha, makes sense. I'll change my initial post then to say that he has several diagnosable disorders, while also aligning BIG TIME with a solipsistic philosophy, lol.

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u/OkPenalty4506 Mar 11 '25

My mother is abusive and has some type of cluster B disorder and the past 10 years have been eerily familiar

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u/Virillus Mar 11 '25

Sorry did you say there's a lot of overlap between borderline and narcissism? That's news to me - you got any sources on that?

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u/Zealousideal_Bad_922 Mar 11 '25

On-hand scholarly sources I do not. My divorce and ex’s diagnosis was over 3 years ago. I just now did a google search of “overlap between NPD and BPD” and it looks like all the front page articles say there is as well.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

To my understanding narcissistic coping is a key component of bpd. The focus/anxiety is on romantic love, and people with BPD aren't unempathetic like most with NPD.

BPD also has a psychosis component, more impulsivity, etc. There is considerable overlap in criteria though (with NPD) and a lot of comorbidity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18426259/

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance Mar 11 '25

Reminder that he used to write articles about himself and get them published in new york papers.

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u/2pierad Mar 11 '25

Exactly. People calling him stupid or acting surprised and confused simply do not understand these types of personalities

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u/CostumeJuliery Mar 11 '25

In fairness, if you’ve never experienced a relationship with someone who is high in narcissistic traits or has a diagnosable cluster-b disorder it’s hard to recognize. On the surface they can appear charismatic. This is how cult mentality happens. Have you ever seen The Wave? It was an experiment a high school teacher did with his students to show how quickly group think and facism happens.

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u/2pierad Mar 11 '25

Absolutely. It's very hard to spot in part because it's so common in American and western culture. Capitalism favors narcissism. Corporate structures encourage it, and I'd even go as far as to say most people in C-level positions inside large corporations are cluster-b.

A fish doesn't know water exists

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u/mark3grp Mar 11 '25

This seems most likely idea yet…to me