Article - Too Sick To Lead: The Lethal Personality Disorder Of Donald Trump

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28. Fair point, but really, you don't have to be a shrink to see Trump's behavior patterns.

They are so obvious - look in the DSM and start checking off boxes:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1519417-overview

In the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5),[1] NPD is defined as comprising a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), a constant need for admiration, and a lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by the presence of at least 5 of the following 9 criteria:

A grandiose sense of self-importance

A preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love

A belief that he or she is special and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people or institutions

A need for excessive admiration

A sense of entitlement

Interpersonally exploitive behavior

A lack of empathy

Envy of others or a belief that others are envious of him or her

A demonstration of arrogant and haughty behaviors or attitudes

Sound familiar? Trump demonstrates these traits to such an extreme it's impossible not to notice.