Great article. I agree with every one of your points. One thing to add is that Mary Trump, the "president"'s niece and a clinical psychologist agrees with you that Trump meets every criteria for narcissistic personality disorder. She also adds that he meets the criteria for antisocial personality disorder which is most commonly found in the criminally minded. When someone is referred to as "criminally insane", they most often have antisocial personality disorder. Here are the symptoms of that disorder, all behaviors that Trump exhibits regularly:
- Disregard for right and wrong
- Persistent lying or deceit to exploit others
- Being callous, cynical and disrespectful of others
- Using charm or wit to manipulate others for personal gain or personal pleasure
- Arrogance, a sense of superiority and being extremely opinionated
- Recurring problems with the law, including criminal behavior
- Repeatedly violating the rights of others through intimidation and dishonesty
- Impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead
- Hostility, significant irritability, agitation, aggression or violence
- Lack of empathy for others and lack of remorse about harming others
- Unnecessary risk-taking or dangerous behavior with no regard for the safety of self or others
- Poor or abusive relationships
- Failure to consider the negative consequences of behavior or learn from them
- Being consistently irresponsible and repeatedly failing to fulfill work or financial obligations
