News Flash: Psychiatrict Diagnoses Trump as a "Charismatic Psychopath"

[Rev. Rye]

I was commenting on Hillary's 'psych profile' during the lead up to the election as to how I saw her through my "12 Steppers" glasses. Hadn't considered the ramifications of that in regards to the concerns noted in this thread above, but I will stand by my comments.

She was repeatedly showing red flags as to the degree she viewed being president as a desirable outcome to the election, and her unwillingness to accommodate even minor changes to how she does things was very concerning, again, as seen thru my 12 Stepper glasses.

Events subsequent to the election haven't changed my view as Hillary certainly hasn't changed either despite what should have been a huge 'reset' event. Something that has changed is how I view Obama and particularly as to how I perceive his view of being president. And that was as unexpected as it was negative. I know what he sees his accomplishment as, and it's surprisingly focused, amazingly focused. I also note he's more than content with it, and I'm coming around (disappointedly though) to his take on it.

Yeah, the more I look at politics, it's become obvious that in order to actually do well in politics, especially in America, one has to be, if not completely, at least potentially sociopathic. In politics, you have to be willing to screw over people for some perceived greater good (whether or not it actually is better is irrelevant; the important thing is it seems good enough to carry out, whether it means Neville Chamberlain screwing over the Czechs so the British Armed Forces can buy some time to rearm for a proper war against Hitler or if it's just Trump trying to make a border wall that would displace people, cost more than any building project in American history, take money from the economy, and actually not keep Mexican criminals from going into America) and sociopaths are certainly good at that.

That said, we do have to be wary about diagnosing people we don't personally know with mental disorders, although even my professors seemed to be willing to do so on occasion.