Trump has a Mental Condition
and is Not Fit to Hold Office

From Mayo Clinic’s ‘Diseases and Conditions,’ defining Narcissistic Personality Disorder: a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others. Behind this mask of extreme confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism. People with narcissistic personality disorder may be generally unhappy and disappointed when they're not given the special favors or admiration they believe they deserve.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is written so clearly and so simply that the diagnosis is transparent. Here are the signs and symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder:

• Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance. ☑︎ Trump
• Have a sense of entitlement and require constant, excessive admiration. ☑︎ Trump
• Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it. ☑︎ Trump
• Exaggerate achievements and talents. ☑︎ Trump
• Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate. ☑︎ Trump
• Believe they are superior and can only associate with equally special people. ☑︎ Trump
• Monopolize conversations and belittle or look down on people they perceive as inferior. ☑︎ Trump
• Expect special favors and unquestioning compliance with their expectations. ☑︎ Trump
• Take advantage of others to get what they want. ☑︎ Trump
• Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others. ☑︎ Trump
• Be envious of others and believe others envy them. ☑︎ Trump
• Behave in an arrogant or haughty manner, coming across as conceited, boastful and pretentious. ☑︎ Trump
• Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office. ☑︎ Trump

• “Trump suffers from malignant narcissism, a diagnosis [that is] far more toxic and dangerous than mere narcissistic personality disorder because it combines narcissism with three other severely pathological components: paranoia, sociopathy, and sadism. When combined, this perfect storm of psychopathology defines the ‘quintessence of evil, the closest thing psychiatry has to describing a true human monster.” (John Gartner, Ph.D., psychologist who taught at Johns Hopkins University Medical School for 28 years.). Gartner goes on to describe Trump’s narcissism (he knows “more about everything than anyone” and “has empathy for no one but himself”); paranoia (“his demonization of the press, minorities, immigrants, and anyone who disagrees with him, are all signs of paranoia”); sociopathy (“a diagnosis that describes people who constantly lie, violate norms and laws, exploits other people, and show no remorse”); and sadism (“He takes gleeful pleasure in harming and humiliating other people. He is undoubtedly the most prolific cyberbully in history.”).
• “Remarkably narcissistic.” (Developmental psychologist Howard Gardner, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education)
• “Textbook narcissistic personality disorder.” (Clinical psychologist Ben Michaelis)
• “He’s so classic that I’m archiving video clips of him to use in workshops because there’s no better example of his characteristics. Otherwise, I would have had to hire actors and write vignettes. He’s like a dream come true.” (Clinical psychologist George Simon, who conducts lectures and seminars on manipulative behavior)
• Trump tells two kinds of lies: the ones he tells others to scam them, and those he tells himself. “He lies because of his sociopathic tendencies. There's also the kind of lying he has that is in a way more serious, that he has a loose grip on reality." (Harvard psychoanalyst Lance Dodes)
• The change.org petition “Mental Health Professionals Declare Trump is Mentally Ill And Must Be Removed” topped out at 70,760 signatures before it closed, with many more shrinks having gone on the record with their diagnoses. The attendees of an April, 2017 Yale ethics conference, hosted by Bandy Lee, assistant clinical professor at Yale School of Medicine who specializes in the psychology of violence and was the editor of the New York Times bestseller The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President, overwhelmingly concluded that concerning Trump, their psychiatric “duty to warn” in cases of danger to public health and safety far outweighed any other professional obligations. In office, Trump’s dangerousness is so profound that Bandy believes he meets the criteria for immediate intervention. “He, through his own words, has expressed an attraction to nuclear weapons, a preoccupation with nuclear weapons, and has even asked why we have them if we won’t use them,” she says. “When someone is dangerous, that is considered an emergency, so you try to get the person’s consent, but if they don’t offer it then you have no choice but to treat. And that’s an obligation; that’s not a choice on the part of the physician. There ought to be a political equivalent.”
• “President Trump’s grandiosity and paranoid retaliatory behaviors are so far beyond those shown by what in contrast could be called ‘ordinary narcissists’ that he requires a category beyond narcissism. The proper category would be ‘destructive dictator,’ because Mr. Trump, like Hitler and Stalin, has the personality of a grandiose-paranoid dictator who would destroy all he saw as his enemies while endangering the nation that he supposedly was advancing through his leadership. That puts him far beyond the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder into a much more dangerous zone for our nation.” (Henry J. Friedman, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School)

1. Excessive self-importance.
2. Preoccupied with fantasies of power, success, beauty, intelligence, love.
3. Focus on self, with little empathy for others.
4. Behaving in an arrogant and entitled manner.
5. Manipulating others to achieve own ends.
6. Seeking constant admiration, praise and approval.
7. Envious of others and thinks others are envious.
8. One-sided relationships (it’s all about them and their needs).
9. Harsh punishment of those who criticize or do not help.
10. Exaggeration of achievements and abilities.