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wiggs

(8,692 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:28 PM 12 hrs ago

TSF's disorders should be front page news and the topic of MSM discussions every day. Literally:

a superpower is not only merely out of control, but out of control because of a few sociopaths whose inner thoughts and capabilities are limited, dark, needy, and dangerous. Extreme world-shaping power is not in the hands of a competent, compassionate group of people. This seems important.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/opinion/trump-presidential-power-addiction.html

It is possible to become addicted to power — particularly for certain character structures. Individuals with pronounced narcissistic, paranoid or psychopathic tendencies are especially vulnerable. For them, power does not merely enable action; it regulates inner states that would otherwise feel unmanageable.

Donald Trump is an extreme illustration of this dynamic. From a psychoanalytic perspective, his narcissism is malignant in the sense that it is organized around a profound inner emptiness.

Malignant narcissism is a combination of narcissism and psychopathology. Because there is little internal capacity for self-soothing or self-valuation, he requires continuous external affirmation to feel real and intact. Power supplies that affirmation. Visibility, dominance and constant stimulation temporarily fill the void.


Addiction to power explains almost all of TSF's life so far. Cheating, lying, grifting, abusing, assaulting, accumulating, hurting others, etc.. More needs to be openly discussed about TSF's motivations and history. He has hurt millions, yet I see few MSM outlets try to analyze why. They try to find logical policy reasons why...but hardly ever do they discuss the underlying but obvious psychological reasons.

More at link. And, as always NYT reader comments are exceptional.


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TSF's disorders should be front page news and the topic of MSM discussions every day. Literally: (Original Post) wiggs 12 hrs ago OP
K & R for visibility malaise 12 hrs ago #1
the man is sick, literally...but MSM discussion will just be about style or a mistake. Or not discussed at all. nt wiggs 11 hrs ago #2
Sick is kind malaise 11 hrs ago #3
By No Means is This "New" News, But the Wealthy-Managed MSM Rarely Allow Actual Journalism The Roux Comes First 11 hrs ago #4
the certifiable potus should be in jail. Might get mental health help there. nt wiggs 6 hrs ago #5
they sure went above and beyond over Biden, didn't they? Skittles 6 hrs ago #6

wiggs

(8,692 posts)
2. the man is sick, literally...but MSM discussion will just be about style or a mistake. Or not discussed at all. nt
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:46 PM
11 hrs ago

malaise

(293,033 posts)
3. Sick is kind
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:59 PM
11 hrs ago

Depraved, vulgar, devoid of decency , and is a convicted criminal.
He is also stark raving mad. Who let this happen.
I’m just warming up. I have never seen anything like this in my entire life.

The Roux Comes First

(2,165 posts)
4. By No Means is This "New" News, But the Wealthy-Managed MSM Rarely Allow Actual Journalism
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:08 PM
11 hrs ago

To leak out, so it is well worth repeating over and over, in hopes it can escape and inform the ignorant. We are being dominated by a person who is plainly certifiable and would be receiving lots of clinical help in any country with a functioning mental health care system.

Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat.

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