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John Gartner PH.D writes a BOOK about the SCAM MAN: says he suffers from MALIGNANT NARCISSISM

posted 5 years ago by joi2049 (5488)
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/5-types-people-who-can-ruin-your-life/201903/malignant-narcissism-does-the-president-really

QUOTE: John Gartner, Ph.D., is a psychologist who taught at Johns Hopkins University Medical School for 28 years. He says yes, the president has malignant narcissism, as follows in his chapter in the book Rocket Man: Nuclear Madness and the Mind of Donald Trump (2018):

“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,’ according to Fromm, the closest thing psychiatry has to describing a true human monster.”

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.” END QUOTE

The article also describes other LEADERS who have had the same condition:

QUOTE: “The Egyptian Pharaohs, the Roman Caesars, the Borgias, Hitler, Stalin, Trujillo—they all show certain similar features. They have attained absolute power; their word is the ultimate judgment of everything, including life and death; there seems to be no limit to their capacity to do what they want. . . . They try to pretend that there is no limit to their lust and to their power, so they sleep with countless women … build castles everywhere ...

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In the case of the SCAM MAN instead of building CASTLES everywhere, it would be his attempt to BUILD TOWERS EVERYWHERE with his FAKE NAME on them.

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

I remember reading once that sadistic bullies are really very insecure people and take out their insecurity with hostile aggression. Sounds like Dumpy to me.

[–] Cuthbert (732) 5 years ago

Yes, bullies are all cowards and babies. They’re compensating and they are miserable. They feel powerless because they don’t feel love like a normal person so they try to bring down the happiest, nicest people around.

[–] FishGottoSwim (473) 5 years ago

I've always found it odd that a guy who has failed so much at his own business isn't the least bit HUMBLED by his losses!

Worse, that such a guy would make such a big deal of calling other people "Losers!" in public.

He's not saying this to his closest cronies, under his breath - no! He's tweeting it out to the WORLD.

Are we to overlook his own failures? HE does. He never admits failing. He blames, instead.

Also. What person, what human HAS NOT FAILED? Any scientist or athlete will tell you that their losses TAUGHT them something.

But Donald denies his failures & losses. He learns NOTHING. (Sgt Shultz accent there)

Now he holds the most important job in the world . . . and THAT hasn't humbled him. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

There is no GRAVITAS with Donald. There is no HUMANITY. He wants other people to feel sorry for HIM while he shows ZERO empathy for other people suffering.

Poor Donald. Poor, poor Donald.

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

The reason he calls OTHER people LOSERS is because he's PROJECTING what he feels INSIDE OUTWARDS onto others the same way as a MOVIE PROJECTOR PROJECTS the image inside of it onto the BLANK SCREEN.

PROJECTION is also one of the MANY EGO DEFENSE MECHANISIMS that one uses as a way to try to protect one's EGO whenever it feels threatened in some way.

In other words, each time he CALLS someone something, or accuses them of doing something wrong

(like his saying HILLARY is COOKED),

chances are also PRETTY GOOD that he's PROJECTING onto her how CROOKED he is himself …

which is also PROVEN by the way he ran the FAKE UNIVERSITY and the FAKE CHARITY.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

He's not saying this to his closest cronies, under his breath - no! He's tweeting it out to the WORLD.

And these tweets will be archived forever in History. What a total jackass he is.

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

Perhaps those TWEETS can also be used against him as the PROOF someone will need to enact the 25TH AMENDMENT???

Here's what else the article says about how MALIGNANT NARCISSISM will progress and get worse like a CANCER does:

Malignant Narcissism Grows

The essence – and biggest danger – of malignant narcissism is that it keeps growing, like malignant cancer. Fromm wrote:

“It is a madness that tends to grow in the lifetime of the afflicted person. The more he tries to be a god, the more he isolates himself from the human race; this isolation makes him more frightened, everybody becomes his enemy, and in order to stand the resulting fright he has to increase his power, his ruthlessness, and his narcissism

If the president has malignant narcissism, then we can expect that he will become more and more isolated, his behavior will become more and more paranoid, and therefore more and more dangerous.

So as he becomes more frightened, and isolated, and paranoid ... to the point where he's DANGEROUS ... those TWEETS will probably also be a REFLECTION of that ... and enable PROFESSIONALS to issue an ORDER to FORCE HIM to have a PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION done (even if it's against his will)???

Like the case is with the SCAM MAN, Howard Hughes also didn't LIKE GERMS, and got to the point where he also ISOLATED himself inside of a HOTEL ROOM where he also lost his mind.

And one could also easily see how the SCAM MAN could become like HUGHeS, especially if PUTIN or the NORTH KOREAN say something to make him feel threatened.

Back when he ran for office ROSS PEROT also started saying some WEIRD STUFF and was DANCING on STAGE to the SONG with lyrics about being CRAZY.

So perhaps the SCAM MAN will also finally become as loony tunes as HUGHES and PEROT previously were???

http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/psychiatric-disorders-of-the-rich-and-famous-1-howard-hughes/

Psychiatric disorders of the rich and famous #1 Howard Hughes

When Howard Hughes died on April 5 1976, the state of his body compelled the FBI to resort to fingerprints for identification. Severely malnourished, he weighted 40kg and his hair, beard, fingernails and toenails had grown grossly long. X-rays revealed broken-off hypodermic needles still embedded in his arms.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Oh, they will be used some day. I wouldn't be surprised if Pence uses them against T-rump at some point.

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

In what way would Pence do that???

What did you have in mind???

When they IMPEACH the SCAM MAN they should also REMOVE that BROWN NOSER as well, because he was also running the CROOKED CAMPAIGN as well, and there's also NO WAY he wouldn't NOT KNOW about what was going on ... including how they changed the GOP PLATFORM so that it was doing a favor for RUSSIA in regards to the UKRAINE.

And when the RUSSIANS helped to put the SCAM MAN in office they also placed PENCE there too, which means PENCE should also get BOOTED OUT of office when the SCAM MAN goes.

[–] Wuchak (8149) 5 years ago

Meanwhile John Gartner clearly suffers from an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. It's amusing really and typical of Libs/Dems and RINOs.

[–] Cuthbert (732) 5 years ago

Hey thrillhouse, how’s the manifesto coming along?

[–] Frogarama (12942) 5 years ago

You clearly need a professional diagnosis as well.

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

Talk about DERANGEMENT …

THE SCAM MAN has also CONVINCED HIMSELF that the CROWDS of those who were PROTESTING him in LONDON don't EXIST and thinks the STREETS were filled with people who SUPPORT HIM.

And that also takes one back to the TIME when he also FALSELY CLAIMED that he had LARGER CROWDS at his INAUGURATION than OBAMA or anyone else ever had, which was also NOT the CASE either.

Which PROVES how THE SCAM MAN is so DELUSIONAL that he LIVES in a MAKE BELIEVE WORLD where he believes things take place that DO NOT TAKE PLACE.

[–] Cuthbert (732) 5 years ago

I knew a guy a lot like Trump who had this credo he recited every time he was suspected of lying: “I don't lie.”

He lied all the time about everything but he always said that his thing was honesty. He actually believed it even as he told more lies.

Any time someone questioned him about his lies he would freak out and lash out like a nut job.

He’s a crooked con man scam man too from Brooklyn.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

It's amusing really and typical of Libs/Dems and RINOs.

So the majority of Americans (and obviously Europeans, as proven this week) have TDS?

I'm glad I'm with them because it means we're on the right side of history.

[–] FishGottoSwim (473) 5 years ago

Guys! Guys! Guys!

These guys? The ones attacking me & Doggie & Joi & Cuthbert & Frog & others for daring to criticize T-rump - even though we state our reasons?

THEY are on the side of Donald. J. T-rump.

And they hate US for our freedoms.

We're free to breathe easy because Donald represents THEM.

I can't tell you what peace this brings to my soul.

Rest easy, mates.

Donald & his Crime Family could be going to jail.

Breathe in pink, exhale blue.

Donald doesn't know where London is on the map.

In & out. Breathe. Relax.

Donald *WILL* at some point during the 2020 campaign, call someone the N word, call his wife "Ivanka," split his pants onstage, SHIT his pants onstage and/or release his hairpiece to the wind.

Free free! Set it free!

[–] Cuthbert (732) 5 years ago

👏🏽👏🏻👏🏼👏🏾👏🏿😝

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Excellent !!

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

These guys? The ones attacking me & Doggie & Joi & Cuthbert & Frog & others for daring to criticize T-rump - even though we state our reasons?

THEY are on the side of Donald. J. T-rump.

Yes according to the LIES the SCAM MAN keeps telling it's ALWAYS EVERYONE else who either has or else is the PROBLEM, but the problem is NEVER HIM or HIS FAULT.

That's also the reason why he's filed over 4,000 LAW SUITS and filed BANKRUPCY 6 TIMES.

And that also includes the LAW SUIT where the JUDGE ORDERED him to PAY BACK the VICTIMS he SCAMMED in the FAKE UNIVERSITY CON that he pulled on them.

And it's also the reason why the FAKE CHARITY he ran has been SHUT DOWN.

Remember how he also used THOUSANDS of DOLLARS other people had DONATED to it to BUY that HUGE PORTRAIT of himself???

The GUY is NOTHING but A CROOK who keeps accusing others of being CROOKS, and PROJECTING onto them the way that he is himself.

And other SUCKERS and IDIOTS also still keep choosing to PRETEND as if he's some kind of a SAINT instead of his being a SCAM MAN who will RIP YOU OFF in a HEARTBEAT if you give him half a chance.

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

Another article:

https://dailybaj.com/2016/10/10/trump-is-a-malignant-narcissist/

Malignant narcissism is a disorder thought to combine extreme narcissism, antisocial personality disorder, aggression and sadism. Those who exhibit the traits of a malignant narcissist are typically grandiose, quick to anger and dehumanize the people with whom they associate.

Herbert Rosenfeld described the disorder as:

“a disturbing form of narcissistic personality where grandiosity is built around aggression and the destructive aspects of the self-become idealized” “The malignant narcissist is presented as pathologically grandiose, lacking in conscience and behavioral regulation with characteristic demonstrations of joyful cruelty and sadism”

A major aspect of malignant narcissism is projection, a defense mechanism. It displaces unwanted feelings onto another person, where they then appear as a threat from the external world. A common form of projection occurs when an individual, threatened by his own angry feelings, accuses another of harboring hostile thoughts.

Donald Trump is a malignant narcissist. But he’s also a chauvinist.

Together, his boorishness and psychopathy present a particularly disgusting combination:

a well-documented pattern of projecting his own physical and emotional victimization of women, on to the very women who have accused him of the abuse. Trump projects questions of his behavior outside of himself and onto those whom he has humiliated and violated with his own conduct. To his disordered mind, the problem could not possibly reside within himself.

Here are just a handful of examples:

Reporter: what did you mean when said “can you image that, the face of our next president?!” when referring to Carly Fiorina?
Trump’s projection: I was referring to Fiorina’s “persona rather than appearance”

“…Trump’s expression had soured into schoolboy disgust as the camera bores in on Fiorina. “Look at that face!” he cries. “Would anyone vote

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

Article continues:

Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!” The laughter grows halting and faint behind him. “I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not s’posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?”

Reporter: Was Megyn Kelly fair to ask you if had ever make offensive statements about women?

Trump’s projection: Megyn Kelly was menstruating.

“Mr. Trump, one of the things people love about you is you speak your mind and you don’t use a politician’s filter. However, that is not without its downsides, in particular, when it comes to women. You’ve called women you don’t like ‘fat pigs,’ ‘dogs,’ ‘slobs’ and ‘disgusting animals.’ …

Your Twitter account has several disparaging comments about women’s looks. You once told a contestant on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees.

Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president, and how will you answer the charge from Hillary Clinton, who was likely to be the Democratic nominee, that you are part of the war on women?”

Trump later said:”She gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions,” Trump said in a CNN interview. “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. In my opinion, she was off base.”

Reporter: did you call Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe, “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping” after she gained weight after the competition?

Trump’s projection: I “saved her job” because she was fat.

END QUOTE

NOTE the way she was NEVER OVERWEIGHT or as FAT as the SCAM MAN is himself who also looks like he's 9 MONTHS PREGNANT in the WHITE VEST of the TUX he wore at the FORMAL DINNER that the QUEEN had for him. Thus the reason why calling Alicia FAT was a case of PROJECTION due to the way he's the one who is FAT himself.

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

Article continues again:

Reporter: what do you have to say about this tape of you bragging about sexually assaulting women?

Trump’s projection: Bill Clinton rapes people.

Trump’s projections also target Muslims, the disabled, and Hispanics.

Reporter: were there actually thousands of Muslims parading and cheering after 9/11?

Trump’s projection: mocking a disabled New York Times reporter for his handicap. The reporter, Serge Kovaleski, has arthogryposis.

Mr. Trump described Mr. Kovaleski as trying to back away from a story he wrote in September 2001 while he was working for The Washington Post. The candidate used the article to try to justify his widely debunked claims that there “thousands and thousands” of people “cheering the fall of the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Reporter: do the plaintiffs in the case against Trump University have a good case of fraud against your “school”?

Trump’s projection: the judge is Hispanic, making him to conflicted to hear the case fairly.

Judge Curiel is a “hater” who was being unfair to him because the judge is “Hispanic,” Judge Curiel is of Mexican heritage and a member of the Latino lawyer’s association. “I’m building a wall. It’s an inherent conflict of interest.

Erich Fromm was the social psychologist who first coined the term “malignant narcissism.” He described it as a “severe mental sickness” that represents “the quintessence of evil.” He characterized the condition as “the most severe pathology and the root of the most vicious destructiveness and inhumanity.”

I couldn’t think of a better description of Donald Trump and all that he represents.

[–] joi2049 (5488) 5 years ago

Another article:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/04/trump-malignant-narcissistic-disorder-psychiatry-column/101243584/

If you take President Trump’s words literally, you have no choice but to conclude that he is psychotic. A delusion is “a fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact.” Despite all evidence to the contrary, Trump asserts that his New York office was bugged by President Obama, and that his inauguration had the biggest crowd size in history... Right Wing Watch published a list of 58 conspiracies proclaimed by Trump.

Is it all for effect, to rile up his base, deflect blame and distract from his shortcomings, or does Trump really believe the insane things he says?

as Harvard psychoanalyst Lance Dodes put it, 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," Dodes said. "There's also the kind of lying he has that is in a way more serious, that he has a loose grip on reality."

malignant narcissism is like a malignant tumor: toxic.

he knows "more about ISIS than the generals” and believes that among all human beings on the planet, “I alone can fix it.” His "repeated lying," “disregard for and violation of the rights of others” (Trump University fraud and multiple sexual assault allegations) and “lack of remorse” meet the clinical criteria for anti-social personality. His bizarre conspiracy theories, false sense of victimization, and demonization of the press, minorities and anyone who opposes him are textbook paranoia. Like most sadists, Trump has been a bully since childhood

psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton warned against creeping “malignant normality.” Under a malignantly narcissistic leader, alternate facts, conspiracy theories, racism, science denial and delegitimization of the press become not only acceptable but also the new normal... confront this evil, or it will consume us.