"It’s hardly the first time Trump has revealed his God complex. ...

But Trump’s malignant narcissism is now utterly out of control. Attacking the Pope. Posting pictures of himself as Jesus. Claiming he won the war in Iran. The man has become delusional, violent, and dangerous."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #MentalIllness #megalomania #narcissism #GodComplex #Iran #Orbán #PopeLeo
/17

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/king-trump-i-versus-pope-leo-xiv

Dan Froomkin notes that at long last, New York Timess is willing to publish an article noting that many people are questioning Trump's sanity. But what remains to be seen is whether NYT will continue this line of inquiry, or will make this a "one-and-done" story as it has with similar reports in the past.

#Trump #MadKing #MentalInstability #megalomania #narcissism #NewYorkTimes #media
/9

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/new-york-times-finally-reports-on

"Insulting the Pope — the head of a 1.4 billion-person church, the most morally authoritative American alive, the man who has spent months calling Trump’s war unjust — is not a distraction strategy. It is the next largest available dose. It is what compulsion looks like when the previous doses are wearing off."

#Trump #PopeLeo #MadKing #MentalInstability #megalomania #narcissism #NATO #StraitofHormuz
/7

"There is a man moving from one psychological state to the next, driven by the same neurological machinery as any other organism in the grip of a compulsive disorder — seeking the next hit, escalating when the last one wore off, displaying dominance when the hierarchy feels threatened.

That is all that is happening.

That is all that has ever been happening."

#Trump #PopeLeo #MadKing #MentalInstability #megalomania #narcissism #NATO #StraitofHormuz
/6

"As the philosopher Vlad Vexler has observed, Trump is floating through dispositional states inside very malignant pathologies. There is no strategy to decode. There is no chess game to map."

~ Mike Brock

#Trump #PopeLeo #MadKing #MentalInstability #megalomania #narcissism #NATO #StraitofHormuz
/5

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/he-has-never-been-playing-chess

"Trump still seems to believe that negotiations he has as president are basically the same as strong-arming a small business into giving him a better deal on some new curtains for one of his hotels. Preparation, understanding, and patience are for the weak; all he needs is to show is that he’s the dominant one, and his opponent will capitulate. Even when the strategy fails, he learns nothing."

~ Paul Waldman

#Trump #MadKing #megalomania #StraitofHormuz
/4

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-failed-iran-negotiations

"More recently, the White House was likely flabbergasted when its effort to strong-arm Pope Leo (!) triggered another Vatican tongue-lashing, which was leaked. Never in the post-World War II era have so many world leaders shown open contempt for a U.S. president."

#Trump #PopeLeo #MadKing #MentalInstability #megalomania #narcissism #NATO #StraitofHormuz
/3

"As a full-fledged narcissist, Trump expects complete subservience — no matter how badly he treats others. He, therefore, must have been shocked when NATO countries did not rush to aid his disastrous war of choice against Iran."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #PopeLeo #MadKing #MentalInstability #megalomania #narcissism #NATO #StraitofHormuz
/2

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/bullying-does-not-pay