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In reply to the discussion: Trump is now posting PHOTOS of Judge Juan Merchan's daughter on Truth Social [View all]returnee
(968 posts)He has an obvious deeply entrenched life strategy of pushing to the limits of social norms and the law and beyond. He gets challenged and then either backs off and tries to normalize his statements or behavior and/or sues, and then drags things out in court, or settles.
Now he has criminal charges which can only be settled by trial. True to form, he delays. In his desperation he is now also over-stepping into potential new criminality with stochastic terrorism. Not only does this agitate and mobilize his base, which is as bloodthirsty as he is, but it presses the court to possibly overstep, thereby allowing for new delays via new motions, but also for grounds for appeal.
This is high level sociopathy, meeting most if not all criteria for all the cluster B personality disorders. This is illness that cannot, for the most part, be effectively treated psychiatrically, outside a forensic psychiatric institution.