Author Stephen King on Trump's mental state

[DesertRat]

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Trump's tweets display hysteria, aggression, paranoia, insecurity. Politics aside, his mental state bears close watching.

https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/804704827372695554

[lindysalsagal]

1. Ayupp.

The whole world is afraid of this fool.

[pbmus]

2. And the entire world will hate him very soon..

[saltpoint]

3. And this from a guy who knows from

all those things, which he taps for his writing.

Stephen King is one smart cookie.

[madokie]

4. in 68 years

40 plus of them paying attention. I've not seen anything like tRump anywhere anytime. HE is in a class all by himself. A real certified NUT


ETA: I'm not worried, rather I'm scared shitless

The America we've known for several decades will not be recognizable in 4 years. I'd bet on that and I'm not a betting man.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Tend to agree.

This is brand new uncharted territory for our Nation.

[madokie]

6. tRump is a brand new breed of Stupid

The world will be much worse for his winning this office. If indeed he won. I'm not so sure he did as it stands today.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Something smells to high hell about

this Coup. Just some of the commentary coming from the MSM scares the shit out of me. The Fix was in from the get go two years ago. Zucker was the only one to say something and that was just piece of garbage from some PR type. Interesting Election in Austria,Media Types hyped the loser big time and the Voters went the other way. Did someone wake up?

[JonLP24]

7. I ccouldn't believe the campaign

Ordering supporters to "take him out"

I agree 100% on uncharted territory.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Tomorrow will be very interesting

as the markets open. We are some three hours till trading in Japan and Australia,that should be a clue. Watching for what happens in Hong Kong which is four hours out. Remember,Japan is the USA's single largest holder of Debt. And Markets do not like questionable Politics.

[VOX]

20. Same at 67. Never seen anything so off the charts.

We're actually now in a universe where measurable realities are rejected as personal interpretations. Like the 2.5 million more popular votes that went for Hillary...in Trumpland, those were cast by "illegals." And all Trump surrogates back that insanity by saying stuff like Pence did: "I don’t know that that is a false statement, and neither do you."

Crap like this just kills any debate or conversation. If facts (what actually occurs in the general-agreement real world) don't matter at all, there's no footing for so much as a discussion.

Then there are all the hostile behaviors caught on video of Trump voters bullying cashiers and baristas, fellow airline passengers, etc. with their zealotry. Expect more of these -- and worse-- to come.

We are in new and ugly territory. Nothing good will come of this...nothing. And the potential for damage is staggering. This is a hell of a test for our democracy.

[LuckyLib]

31. So true: "measurable realities are rejected as personal interpretations."

And the media, which should be calling out each and every instance of such interpretations, and which should be all over this blatant BS, is part of the show. It is terrifying. Those of us "at an age" have seen political stuff in our years, but nothing like this. Nothing.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

10. K&R nt

[Skittles]

11. Trump is scarier than Mr. Kings's books

yes indeed

[backscatter712]

12. The Dead Zone is now going to be shelved in the documentary section... n/t

[raccoon]

15. That book has been on my mind a lot lately too. nt

[hatrack]

21. President-Elect Greg Stillson

.

[Dave Starsky]

25. Even Greg Stillson pretended to be normal.

Trump doesn't care if the world sees that he's batshit crazy, and his followers love him for that.

I've tried to come up with an example of dystopian literature or film from the past that best predicted the situation we're in now. The closest I've come up with is the "Biff Tannen Presidency" from Back to the Future 2, a movie which also predicted the Cubs winning the World Series. Other than that, not even Orwell or Philip K. Dick came close to describing what we're facing. Our situation is literally worse than anyone ever imagined.

[suffragette]

35. Black Mirror's "The Waldo Moment" comes close.

[Dave Starsky]

36. I would trust a comical bear with my fate over Trump.

At least I could assume that the comical bear had thinking and feeling people operating him.

But that is a good example.

[suffragette]

38. Have you seen it yet? The bear starts out comical, but that changes.

[red dog 1]

13. K&R

[Chemisse]

14. We know he has several personality disorders.

I wonder if someone like him could 'go over the edge' when under a lot of pressure.

Unfortunately we may find out.

[Act_of_Reparation]

29. We do?

Please elaborate.

[Chemisse]

30. I'm not going to bother, quite frankly.

There have been many threads about this topic. My post was for people who already recognize that Trump has mental health problems.

[Act_of_Reparation]

32. Of course you're not.

It sure is heartening to see all these mental health experts out in force. And here I thought we had a shortage in this country. Happy day.

[UTUSN]

16. & Stephen KING knows "SCARY" when he writes it. n/t

[benld74]

17. Sounds like another King novel coming

[kebob]

18. Greg Stillson

In reality, Trump doesn't even need another person!

[JudyM]

19. Oh we know... & manipulative foreign leaders are already drooling in anticipation of triggering

him to take advantage.

[Mc Mike]

22. Textbook dictator characteristics being displayed by dRumpfenfuhrer. rec, thanks, nt.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. New movie in pre-production: "The Madness of King Donald". . . .nt

[Vinca]

24. A person might write a horror story about it.

[Demsrule86]

26. Indeed...

He needs to be watched as he leaves office and soon.

[enid602]

27. Institutionalize him!

Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . . Institutionalize him! . . .

[truebluegreen]

28. Reminds me of my father,

after the onset but before diagnosis of Alzheimer's. His deeply-buried fears came out, along with a lot of paranoia and aggression--no filters.

Of course, we already know the Republicans are fine with having an Alzheimer's-addled president, so they will just let it go...as long as it gets them what they want.

[Mountain Mule]

33. King is all too right

Trump is a pathological Narcissist and very probably a sociopath, as well. I have studied these subjects at length due to the fact that I was forced to deal with a family member who suffered from these personality disorders. A Narcissist never gets better - they only grow worse as they age. The passing of each year will leave Trump an order of magnitude worse than what he is now. Trump will inflict irreputable harm on millions. God help our country and god help the planet.

[panader0]

34. Welcome to DU!

I live pretty close to the Mule Mountains. (Southern Az)

[Mountain Mule]

39. Didn't see your reply till now

Thank you! We are indeed neighbors. I'm only 20 miles from the Arizona line!

[blueseas]

37. Hello and Welcome!

Yes, the subject does get worse as time goes on.

[DesertRat]

40. Your post is spot on

Welcome to DU!