Symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder (Sociopath)

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11. People have a hard time with the point we are making.

I will preface my comments with my bona fides.

I have earned four degrees, two in political science, two in the mental health field.
PhD from a large well known public research university.
Specialty area: the intellectual and personality assessment of adults and children.
Dissertation in that area as well.

Forensic experience early in my career, interviewing and evaluating various jailed
and probation offenders. Many years conducting evaluations for courts, employers, schools, etc.

In addition to my political science degrees, I have been a political junkie since JFK ran against Nixon, so have a strong baseline on political behavior.

To the point you are making, yes. There is a strong prohibition about armchair psychology and diagnosis. For a good reason in many cases.

That said the clinical interview is just an artificial shortcut. And not a satisfactory one in the case of the personally disorders who may not make an honest presentation. We have some very sound subjective tests but those cannot always be give us the information we need to make a good dx.

What would be best is to follow a patient around and see how they interact with their environment, their family, friends, employers, etc. And to get extensive reports from those people.

Luckily with Trump we have years of valid historical reports from childhood. His disturbance in the areas of relationships, his criminal behavior etc. We have seen some of it with our own eyes.
Videos of stolen classified documents, his part in the treasonous insurrection, his court trials with witness testimony. We also have many many first hand reports of his behavior while in the White House the first time by his aides, staff, etc.

Yes diagnosing Trump is not rocket science. That is why I am simply posting the diagnostic criteria and people can come to their own conclusions.