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Rhiannon12866

(233,969 posts)
Tue May 13, 2025, 07:05 PM Tuesday

Trump's BROMANCE With Killer MBS - The Bulwark



Trump lavishes praise on authoritarian leaders like MBS while they court him with private jets, business deals, and even fast food. The conversation exposes how Trump’s foreign policy is driven by personal gain and flattery, not strategy—turning diplomacy into a transactional spectacle, which used to not be allowed, but is it now? - 05/13/2025.
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Narcissistic Delusions MagaSmash Tuesday #1
Thanks so much for the explanation from DSM-5, scary stuff added to his list of criminal convictions Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #2
I cannot believe our country Mtnmama Tuesday #3
Every single time I seriously think about it, I get shocked (and depressed) all over again Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #4

MagaSmash

(9,506 posts)
1. Narcissistic Delusions
Tue May 13, 2025, 07:24 PM
Tuesday

The psychiatric condition where someone has an intense delusion that they are a king — or deserve to be one — is typically a type of delusional disorder, more specifically:

Grandiose Delusional Disorder (or Grandiose Type Delusional Disorder)

In this condition, the person has an unshakable belief in their own greatness, power, or importance, often believing they are a famous person, deity, or royalty — like a king. It’s part of the spectrum of psychotic disorders, and is categorized under Delusional Disorder, Grandiose Type in the DSM-5.

If this belief occurs in the context of mania (such as in Bipolar I Disorder) or schizophrenia, it can also be a grandiose delusion within those broader conditions.

So:
• Delusional Disorder, Grandiose Type – if it’s relatively isolated
• Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder – if it’s part of a larger psychotic or mood episode

Rhiannon12866

(233,969 posts)
2. Thanks so much for the explanation from DSM-5, scary stuff added to his list of criminal convictions
Tue May 13, 2025, 07:27 PM
Tuesday

Mtnmama

(26 posts)
3. I cannot believe our country
Tue May 13, 2025, 10:06 PM
Tuesday

is this far gone. I blame, more than the people who voted for trump, although they are of course guilty, all the republican members of congress who let this traitor ruin our democracy!

Rhiannon12866

(233,969 posts)
4. Every single time I seriously think about it, I get shocked (and depressed) all over again
Tue May 13, 2025, 10:09 PM
Tuesday

It happened so fast! And who in their right mind could possibly be okay with this?!

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