"Trump's fantasy of infallibility" has been destroyed: "Narcissistic injury" made him more dangerous

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"Trump's fantasy of infallibility" has been destroyed: "Narcissistic injury" made him more dangerous
Dr. Justin Frank: "Trump does believe that God is on his side and that he is the Chosen One or some such figure"

By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 8, 2023 5:45AM (EST)


(Salon) Donald Trump has finally stated the obvious. In a Tuesday “townhall” hosted by Fox News personality Sean Hannity, Trump declared that he will be a dictator on day one of his “presidency” – but then will stop.

Of course, Trump, the master propagandist and fascist, mixed truth with lies. In reality, Trump is going to be America’s first dictator and ruler for life. By definition, Trump will not surrender such power once he invokes it. A permanent “state of emergency” is a textbook way that dictators and totalitarians get and keep power as they end democracy. The most notable example being Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler.

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In an attempt to make sense of Trump’s megalomania and God complex and what it further reveals about his mind, behavior and overall dangerousness, and what may come next in America’s democracy crisis, I asked a range of experts for their thoughts and suggestions.

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Dr. Lance Dodes is a former clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a training and supervising analyst emeritus at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute:

Recently some media outlets have finally begun to be concerned that Donald Trump is planning to become a dictator and end democracy in America. It’s good that the media are finally recognizing this, but they are very, very late. An enormous number of observers, including tens of thousands of mental health experts, have been warning about this since 2016. Mr. Trump is an obvious and severe sociopath, an antisocial person lacking the capacity for honesty, empathy or respect for the rule of law. His endless self-centered drive for power at any cost makes him an extreme risk of discarding democracy in favor of his personal rule. His recent comments about attacking judges, pardoning the traitorous attackers from January 6, and eliminating his “enemies” are not new ideas, but rather a sign that his façade of decency and normality is falling away under the stress of having to be accountable for his actions, for the first time in his life. ..............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/12/08/trumps-fantasy-of-infallibility-has-been-destroyed-narcissistic-injury-made-him-more/

[Blue Owl]

1. Looking forward to the final death blow

[sop]

2. Psychoanalyzing pure evil can be tricky.

[JoseBalow]

4. It's not really necessary to understand evil

just to recognize it

[Hekate]

3. KnR