To all but his most fervid fans, president Trump’s public behavior offers a common source of bafflement. How do you explain the compulsive self-aggrandizement, the hostile raging public outbursts, the refusal to acknowledge self evident truths and simple facts, the constant complaining about being under siege, witch-hunted, Unappreciated, unfairly attacked, and how others are mean to him; the incessant lying, the stark absence of humor, common decency, and empathy?
Many observers are compelled to define what they’re witnessing in terms of mental illness, but that view is problematic (diagnosis usually requires a clinical consult) and potentially unhelpful.
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