Daily news coverage involving President Donald Trump demonstrates the precise constellation of symptoms named megalomania.
These symptoms, quoted from a clinical web site on mental disorders, are:
- Revaluation by the patient of the importance, physical, and mental abilities;
- Narcissism
- Hyperactivity, garrulity
- Concentration on own thoughts
- Frequent changes in mood
- Lack of interest to the opinion of people around
- Aggression in relation to people around
- Sleeplessness
It appears from current biographical literature that
this pattern of dysfunction began first manifested early in
Trump's childhood and has been present throughout his later life.
This
writer, the author of sierrafoot.org, suggests that a consequence of
the totality of these symptoms is behaving as a bully. This is
evident at all scales, from White House news to international news.
Maximum consequent highest immediate risk in autumn, 2017 probably
are for...
- Nuclear war with North Korea
- Massive failure to supply highly needed emergency relief to Puerto Rico
Additional long term consequences are likely to include these:
- Large increases in federal budget deficits
- Degradation of civil rights for women, minorities, and immigrants
- Reduction in public access to health care
- Increased costs for health care
- Environmental degradation
- General dysfunction in federal government
- Global isolation and failures in international relations
We
need to recognize that Donald Trump's level of dysfunction makes him
unable to fulfill the duties of the Presidency with necessary
competence.
