Mayor Bloomberg said Clinton is the only “sane” candidate. Donald Trump proved him right immediately by saying he wanted to hit “the little guy” so hard it would make his head spin.
They can argue issues and even call each other liars, but one thing stands out. Is Donald Trump fully sane or becoming demented?
Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of “The Art of the Deal” “by” Donald Trump goes beyond the label “sane” . In an interview with Jane Mayer in an article “Donald Trump's ghost writer tells all” he puts a spotlight on some of Trump's real mental problems. He spent 18 months with Trump writing the book. He knows him.
Schwartz admits he is guilty of creating a false image of Trump. "I helped to paint Trump as a vastly more appealing human being than he actually is.” One of many false illusions of Donald Trump going around.
"One of the chief things I'm concerned about is the limits of his attention span, which are as severe as any person I think I've ever met," Schwartz said. “If he had to be briefed on a crisis in the Situation Room, it’s impossible to imagine him paying attention over a long period of time,” he said.
Trump's problems seem to go far beyond an attention disorder. He doesn't care much for facts or is weak on using them. What kind of person will apparently take flimsy evidence from a news source like the National Enquirer and conclude that Ted Cruz's father was in on the assassination of John F. Kennedy? He still stands by it.
Imagine a President Trump in a crisis with a major military power. What would his sources be for information? Something or somebody like the National Enquirer? How would he interpret the information? Like he did with Rafael Cruz?
What kind of mental state can a person be in who goes to California amidst near dried out reservoirs, huge forest fires in dried out forests and weather records showing record low rainfall for 5 years and say there is no drought?
“Lying is second nature to him,” Schwartz said. “More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true....He lied strategically. He had a complete lack of conscience about it.”
Politifact's file on Donald Trump backs Schwartz completely. As of this writing (July 29, 2016), they rated 206 statements by trump with the following results:
20 True or mostly true 15%
32 Half true 15%
144 Mostly false, false or “pants on fire” (worse than false) 70%
Is Donald Trump lying or does he have a problem with reality itself? What kind of person would fantasize that he saw thousands cheer when the World Trade center collapsed? Did he see this on TV from the Middle East and confuse it with reality here? Or is he only a liar?
Schwartz told Jane Mayer that he thought Trump's personality was pathologically impulsive and self-centered. His need for attention is “completely compulsive”.
These are exemplified by his childlike name calling (e.g. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, “Pocahontas”; Sen. John McCain, “a loser”) and vulgarity (Megan Kelly's menstrual cycle). Anything to get attention. Like a spoiled kid. Sadly, getting attention for no matter what is paying off.
Schwartz concluded, “I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”
Donald Trump is the greatest threat to America's future since the Cuban Missile crisis.
There is more on Trump’s mental state, hate, and incompetence on the growing web site spotlightontrump.com