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Trump has officially entered the psychotic emperor phase (Original Post) orangecrush Jul 23 OP
Narcissistic sociopath surfered Jul 23 #1
Respectfully disagree orangecrush Jul 23 #10
Mental illness and dementia Jilly_in_VA Jul 23 #27
It's called dementia-related psychosis. Dr. T Jul 23 #42
Yep. And he has the entire U.S. government at his beck and call to help commit and cover up his crimes dalton99a Jul 23 #2
Orange Caligula will eventually FAFO gohuskies Jul 23 #3
He proves each and every day he's demented Grim Chieftain Jul 23 #4
he may be less in charge of anything than he wants us to think rampartd Jul 23 #16
That may be what we're seeing right now orangecrush Jul 23 #33
He has been demented all his life, from his history. The fact that he is a rapist and pedophile is proof he is not Bev54 Jul 23 #48
This is the spiral that leads to mass suicide a la Jim Jones, David Koresh, Marshall Applewhite of Heaven's Gate. Gaugamela Jul 23 #5
But Herr Drumpfenfuror..... MarcoZandrini Jul 23 #47
Very true. Gaugamela Jul 23 #55
Three elderly psychopaths popsdenver Jul 23 #60
But has he made Melania a Senator (that would be close enough to a consul, I suppose) yet? n/t xocetaceans Jul 23 #6
Whatever can he just drop dead already Fullduplexxx Jul 23 #7
Post removed Post removed Jul 23 #28
A spoiled rotten little rich kid Mr. Evil Jul 23 #8
12? Please. Jilly_in_VA Jul 23 #29
I actually agree with you but, Mr. Evil Jul 23 #31
Help me out with the source on this please. I clicked the link to the image, and got the image... Hekate Jul 23 #9
That's probably intentional orangecrush Jul 23 #12
"mario" is a content creator on X with lots of time on his hands apparently WarGamer Jul 23 #15
Well, hurray for mario. I'm moving on from this diagnosis. Hekate Jul 23 #17
Seems like an accurate one orangecrush Jul 23 #36
Meaning? orangecrush Jul 23 #21
I'm just as worried about the cult members as the leader. progressoid Jul 23 #11
That's probably why he didn't go to prison orangecrush Jul 23 #14
The Lunatics... ZDU Jul 23 #13
Well said, and so true. ananda Jul 23 #18
Maybe this is what it was like during the Tang Dynasty in China, when so many Mike 03 Jul 23 #19
Great example orangecrush Jul 23 #22
Trump's followers lildDemz Jul 23 #56
Interesting psychological study on djt's voter fan base allegorical oracle Jul 23 #20
Not surprised orangecrush Jul 23 #23
making it in one's self interest to avoid these people DBoon Jul 23 #37
"He's trying to feel worship". That is the most perfect description I've seen. chowder66 Jul 23 #24
Totally psycho move orangecrush Jul 23 #34
Problem djt has is that he believes his own BS. Actually believes that he's a saintly allegorical oracle Jul 23 #51
One of the most accurate explanations of our current state of affairs Blue Owl Jul 23 #25
Can we skip forward to the Kool-Aid party? C_U_L8R Jul 23 #26
100% right wing religious extremism Nigrum Cattus Jul 23 #30
Death of a Salesman meets the Madness of King George... Wounded Bear Jul 23 #32
Perfect analogy orangecrush Jul 23 #35
...and we're living through it...wish we could just get up and leave, but I know I can't...nt Wounded Bear Jul 23 #38
Stuck here too. orangecrush Jul 23 #40
Why doesn't he just fucking die already? Orrex Jul 23 #39
Politics has become entertainment pbmus Jul 23 #41
Wow! Mystery To Me Jul 23 #43
From post #20 - a new study 3catwoman3 Jul 23 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author orangecrush Jul 23 #45
It is professional confirmation orangecrush Jul 23 #46
Works for me. calimary Jul 23 #49
I hear you but ... Jkanad Jul 23 #50
A sane criminal would just grab as much money as possible orangecrush Jul 23 #52
Nails it. republianmushroom Jul 23 #53
Yep, emperor bone-spur has no clothes and a rotten brain. Dave Bowman Jul 23 #54
no whim left behind. pansypoo53219 Jul 23 #57
... orangecrush Jul 23 #58
"Trump markodochartaigh Jul 23 #59
Next: Trump tries to keep the tide out. Aussie105 Jul 23 #61
The entire cult is not "with him" anymore--- Jack Valentino Jul 24 #62
He is severely personality disordered. returnee Jul 24 #63
Thanks for the post orangecrush Jul 24 #64
He is all dark corners. n/t returnee Jul 24 #65

Jilly_in_VA

(12,547 posts)
27. Mental illness and dementia
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:06 PM
Jul 23

are NOT mutually exclusive. I've seen it before, many times. Just not in a seat of power. He needs to be 25th Amendmented NOW.

Dr. T

(330 posts)
42. It's called dementia-related psychosis.
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:48 PM
Jul 23

Sadly, I know this term from watching too much television. It's listed as a side effect on one of the insufferable drug commercials.

dalton99a

(89,628 posts)
2. Yep. And he has the entire U.S. government at his beck and call to help commit and cover up his crimes
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 12:53 PM
Jul 23

gohuskies

(1,204 posts)
3. Orange Caligula will eventually FAFO
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 12:54 PM
Jul 23

Unfortunately that monster is willing and able with support of his sociopathic sycophants to burn the country to the ground. Hoping his steady diet of Mickey D's will take him out soon.

Grim Chieftain

(441 posts)
4. He proves each and every day he's demented
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:00 PM
Jul 23

and yet no one does anything about it. He's there, in the seat of power, making "decisions", implementing policies, suing people who dare to offend his fragile ego, and no one does a damn thing about it.

rampartd

(2,247 posts)
16. he may be less in charge of anything than he wants us to think
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:19 PM
Jul 23

the game plan must be to make him responsible for destroying everything and then dump him.

Bev54

(12,691 posts)
48. He has been demented all his life, from his history. The fact that he is a rapist and pedophile is proof he is not
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 03:04 PM
Jul 23

right in the head.

Gaugamela

(2,915 posts)
5. This is the spiral that leads to mass suicide a la Jim Jones, David Koresh, Marshall Applewhite of Heaven's Gate.
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:05 PM
Jul 23

But this delusional sewer clown has the nuclear codes at his disposal.

popsdenver

(91 posts)
60. Three elderly psychopaths
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 10:13 PM
Jul 23

are in control of an un-fathomable nuclear arsenal.......Trump, Putin, Netanyahu..............

AND, if ever confronted with losing control, each of them are independently of the mindset of...... "I'll Show All Of You Assholes"...........the far right religious, and evangelicals will get their life's dream.......the "Apocalypse"

Response to Fullduplexxx (Reply #7)

Mr. Evil

(3,367 posts)
8. A spoiled rotten little rich kid
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:10 PM
Jul 23

that never matured beyond the age of 12. Raised by an avowed racist slumlord. He literally believes he's the smartest person on the planet when in reality it's the exact opposite. And, the ultra morons (MAGA doofus idiots) that voted for and still worship him are living, breathing, talking examples of the Dunning Kruger effect in real time.

Jilly_in_VA

(12,547 posts)
29. 12? Please.
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:10 PM
Jul 23

Every single one of my grandkids, even the most disadvantaged one, was more mature at 12 than he is. I'd peg him at about age 4. IF that!

Mr. Evil

(3,367 posts)
31. I actually agree with you but,
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:32 PM
Jul 23

it's the schoolyard bully, name-calling rhetoric he uses that reminds me of 6th grade level bullies.

Hekate

(98,696 posts)
9. Help me out with the source on this please. I clicked the link to the image, and got the image...
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:11 PM
Jul 23

Everything seems to lead to an image, not an article or anything with an author and some kind of journalistic source. In gray print on black background the name Pawlowski Mario appears, and that’s it.

orangecrush

(25,891 posts)
12. That's probably intentional
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:16 PM
Jul 23

Wish I knew more.

I saw the meme on Bluesky but the link wouldn't work.

ananda

(32,663 posts)
18. Well said, and so true.
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:24 PM
Jul 23

Now compound it with late stage dementia
and it gets so insane nobody can really
make policy with it.. just destruction that
gets worse and worse.

Mike 03

(18,644 posts)
19. Maybe this is what it was like during the Tang Dynasty in China, when so many
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:25 PM
Jul 23

Taoist emperors went mad from drinking lead-, arsenic- and mercury-infused elixirs that they thought would allow them to live forever.

allegorical oracle

(5,443 posts)
20. Interesting psychological study on djt's voter fan base
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:38 PM
Jul 23

A new psychological study has found that people who report favorable views of Donald Trump also tend to score higher on measures of callousness, manipulation, and other malevolent traits—and lower on empathy and compassion. The findings, based on two large surveys of U.S. adults, shed light on how personality traits relate to political beliefs, including support for Trump and conservative ideology. The research was recently published in the Journal of Research in Personality.

snip

The researchers conducted the study to better understand the psychological traits that underlie political ideology, particularly support for Donald Trump and conservative beliefs. Prior work had already linked conservative ideology with right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance, but the researchers hypothesized that malevolent personality traits might also play a role—especially given Trump’s rhetoric and behavior, which often display dominance, callousness, and disregard for social norms.

snip

“This paper was several years in the making, starting as a result of the 2016 election, and was designed to address why some people might view favorably a political figure with a history of business failures, bankruptcies, misogynistic statements caught on video, use of charity money for a self-portrait, etc,” explained study author Craig Neumann, a Regents Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-supporters-report-higher-levels-of-psychopathy-manipulativeness-callousness-and-narcissism/ar-AA1J8jKa

orangecrush

(25,891 posts)
23. Not surprised
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:44 PM
Jul 23

The consequences of a deteriorating underfunded public education system along with family supporting jobs outsourced by the millions with entire towns ripe for the nationalism of facism.

chowder66

(11,020 posts)
24. "He's trying to feel worship". That is the most perfect description I've seen.
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:51 PM
Jul 23

It is exactly what was on full display with the World Cup fiasco.

allegorical oracle

(5,443 posts)
51. Problem djt has is that he believes his own BS. Actually believes that he's a saintly
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 03:32 PM
Jul 23

figure -- divinely chosen to lead. (Messiah complex.) Especially after surviving the Pa. shooting.

Wounded Bear

(62,599 posts)
38. ...and we're living through it...wish we could just get up and leave, but I know I can't...nt
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:44 PM
Jul 23

3catwoman3

(27,262 posts)
44. From post #20 - a new study
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:57 PM
Jul 23

"...people who report favorable views of Donald Trump also tend to score higher on measures of callousness, manipulation, and other malevolent traits—and lower on empathy and compassion."

The phrase, "No shit, Sherlock," comes to mind. I don't think one needs a doctoral degree in psychology, or the results of a years' long study to come to this conclusion.

Response to 3catwoman3 (Reply #44)

Jkanad

(29 posts)
50. I hear you but ...
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 03:09 PM
Jul 23

I truly don’t understand why so many think he’s nuts. I think he’s just a mean and evil cult leader with lots of followers willing to do his bidding.

orangecrush

(25,891 posts)
52. A sane criminal would just grab as much money as possible
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 03:37 PM
Jul 23

This guy and his tech bro backers are completely delusional and believe they can enslave the American people.

"A psychotic loop, in the context of mental health, refers to a cycle of worsening psychotic symptoms, often driven by a feedback loop involving brain activity and symptom severity. It's not a formal diagnostic term but rather a concept describing how psychotic experiences can intensify and perpetuate themselves. "

Google AI

markodochartaigh

(3,464 posts)
59. "Trump
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 09:58 PM
Jul 23

has officially entered the psychotic emperor phase."


In his mind he has been there all along.

Jack Valentino

(2,890 posts)
62. The entire cult is not "with him" anymore---
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 12:20 AM
Jul 24

when they see him refusing to release the 'Epstein files',
and those who understand that their Medicaid and Snap
will be cut off in 2027.....


I don't expect most of those people to "vote Democrat",
but a few of them will....

I expect MORE of them to fail to vote at all,
since Trump won't be on the ballot anymore,
and he isn't giving them any good reason to show up to vote
for Republican candidates......

(and plenty of reasons for Democrats and independents to show up
to vote AGAINST Republican candidates---

The lack of partisan 'backlash' in 2022,
won't be repeated in 2026 on behalf of Republicans!


returnee

(606 posts)
63. He is severely personality disordered.
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 07:46 AM
Jul 24

He is what I have colorfully described as a “cluster B train wreck” (See DSM-5). In simple terms this means always needing to be the top dog, the center of attention, exclusively concerned about what benefits him without concern for the rights of or harm to others, and chronically stormy interpersonal relationships and identity fluctuation. He has all these qualities to the nth degree, and much can be explained from that perspective. Add to that that he is now caught in a trap of his own making, i.e., chickens coming home to roost. He is not mentally or psychologically well AND he is continuing on tried and true strategies which got him where he is today. They may seem like madness, and may actually be madness, but it is consistent with prior patterns of behavior.

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