I woke up and my mind was racing about this latest Tweet and what it means. I knew I wouldn’t fall asleep unless I got up and wrote something. I was trying to think what I personally could do as far as writing to get the word out as to what this means. How can a mere retired social worker in Oregon alert the electoral college, or Pence, or the APA, to take action .
The first indication that Trump had a delusional paranoid aspect to his personality came when he believed that thousands of Muslims cheer the fall of the Twin Towers from across the river in New Jersey. Trump discussed this on the Alex Jones radio show. Jones believes that the 9-11 attack was an “inside job.”
——————below from Business Insider--------- In his very first question to Trump, Jones asked about the attacks.
Jones declared that Trump has been repeatedly "vindicated" in his widely disputed claim that thousands Muslims in New Jersey celebrated as the World Trade Center buildings fell.
"I knew it happened and I held my line. People wanted me to apologize, and we can't do that. People like you and me can't do that so easily," Trump told Jones from his Trump Tower office in New York.
This defied all logic because if such an unlikely event occurred the local press would have reported it. Rational people know there aren’t thousands of radical America hating Muslims in New Jersey, and probably not even in the entire United States.
But Trump got away with this indication of pathological and delusional thinking because, well, he had already become The Donald and people expected outrageous untruths and exaggerations from him.
He’s gotten away with not believing in climate change, and cited the unscientific reason in his recent New York Times sit-down: “You know the hottest day ever was in 1890-something, 98. You know, you can make lots of cases for different views. I have a totally open mind… it’s a very complex subject. I’m not sure anybody is ever going to really know.”
Now we have a another indication that he is unable to engage in critical thinking, and far worse (if that’s possible) that he has a serious delusional part of his psyche. To wit, he believes manifestly impossible statements coming from the prime purveyor of conspiracy theories in the United States, Alex Jones.
We are appalled at his selection of Steve Bannon, whose stock in trade is publishing hateful articles with less than a grain truth in them. However, as much as we don’t want to, we can excuse Bannon for doing this out of bigotry and greed. At least he isn’t dealing in conspiracy theories that appeal to those who are mentally ill because they support their delusions.
But Bannon isn’t a conspiracy believer, Jones is. And now we have further proof that the president elect is as well.
It is impossible that there could have been a vast conspiracy to get millions of illegal immigrants to vote for Hillary. It defies all logic. However, it fits into Trump’s need to protect his ego, to be a winner not matter if he must bend and distort the facts rather than to admit to himself he lost, in the case the popular vote.
It matters little whether we come up with a psychiatric diagnosis for Trump. What matters is that the one person we count on to have the intellect and rationality to make difficult decisions, sometimes on short notice, believes what he needs to believe in order to bolster his ego.
The safety of the country and the world now hangs in the balance. When the international community puts two and two together after this Tweet they will be even more wary of Trump than they are now.
This is beyond appalling. We must do what we can rally those who have more credibility than we do to take this seriously.
The American Psychiatric Association must break their silence, perhaps take out a full page ad in the New York Times, and explain why this easily influenced conspiracy believing man must not be president.
Mike Pence should step down and explain that in good conscience he cannot serve with such a man.
Trump’s own children should pressure him to resign once he’s sworn in.
Finally, the Electoral College meets on December 19th. There’s still time for them to come to their senses and keep this manifestly impulsive delusional conspiracy believer from being president.
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Monday, Nov 28, 2016 · 3:51:23 PM +00:00 · HalBrown
Tony Schwartz, not even a psychologist, has had more contact with Trump during unguarded moments, and has some of the most relevant observations about his mental condition:
Tony Schwartz, Trump’s ghostwriter for his Art of the Deal best-seller that was the basis for his reality TV show “The Apprentice,” answered Trump’s Sunday tweets with: “Trump loses it whenever he feels vulnerable, which is often. Must recognize reality: We have a president-elect who is mentally unbalanced.” www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2016 · 3:54:52 AM +00:00 · HalBrown
Unbelievable.. yet the Tweets posted here by amyo28 : www.dailykos.com/… lend credence to the premises in my story. If anyone had any doubt about my conclusion that Trump is showing signs of a serious delusional disorder, reading this flurry of Tweets may dispel them.
At the absolute least we can say Trump is both unstable and lacks critical thinking. We can also say he will never say he’s wrong. We can psychoanalyze all we want about how narcissists have fragile egos, but that hardly matters. What matters is that the side we see of Trump now makes him unfit to be president.