Reason#9: Personality

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 Reason #9: Personality

Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House?

When we meet someone for the first time, we observe their behavior to try to read them. We take a glimpse at their personality; those observable traits that may reflect their inner character, before we engage them socially, enter into a relationship or do business with them. A brief video clip from NBC, filmed at newly opened Mara Lago in 1992, offers such an opportunity to try to assess the personality of Donald Trump.

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What can we determine? Clearly this man is arrogant. Although he is forty-six years old, a divorcee with three children, his demeanor is that of a spoiled brat, fraternity boy.

Entitlement radiates, as from a searchlight. We don’t have a nobility or hereditary aristocracy in the U.S., but if we did, this is what it would look like. Hedonism is obvious as he cavorts with party guests, lecherously assessing the gaggle of very young cheerleaders he has assembled to chant his name; “Donald, Donald.” Has he been caught in an unguarded moment? No, he points to the cameraman. He is ostentatious, a peacock, deliberately displaying his garish plumage in his opulent mansion. Is he a kind person? His sneer suggests otherwise. Is there a trace of gravitas or dignity? None. The descriptive terms smug, snide, dismissive surface It has been said that a man’s character is shown by the friends he chooses. In this clip, the friend has invited to his home is Jeffery Epstein, who died in prison after conviction for sex-trafficking of underage girls. Did Trump know of Epstein’s proclivities: In a later interview he mentions that Epstein “liked them a little young”.

When we list what we have observed thus far, a clear pattern emerges. We appear to be looking at what psychiatrists have diagnosed as a “narcissistic personality disorder” (NPD). There are nine distinguishing diagnostic points, encapsulated in the acronym “SPECIAL ME”.

1. Sense of self-importance.

2. Preoccupation with power, beauty, success.

3. Entitled.

4. Can only be around people who are important or special.

5. Interpersonally exploitative for their own gain.

6. Arrogant.

7. Lack empathy.

8. Must be admired.

9. Envious of others or believe that others are envious of them.

An individual displaying five or more of these traits meets diagnostic criteria for this condition. Is Donald Trump a narcissist? You be the diagnostician.

For more information on narcissistic personality disorder visit Duke University’s Duke Health web site, where clinical psychologist M. Zachary Rosenthal, explains the condition in greater detail.

Prognosis? Rosenthal explains that while there is no proven treatment, there is hope for recovery, but persons with the disorder “do not generally seek help on their own.”

The 6th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) are authoritative sources on NPD.

Have a heart; use your mind, ask your conscience and vote for Democratic candidates – across the ballot – in November.

Please share this message with your friends and please, add your thoughts, to expand upon what are here only brief sketches.

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