Chauncey Vega at Salon.com interviewed several psychoanalysts about the Malignant Loser's state of mind as his serial criminal behavior leads to indictments, while at the same time running for President to avoid prison. One of the interviewees is Dr. Justin Frank is a former clinical professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center and the author of "Trump on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President":
"In chapter seven of my book "Trump on the Couch", I wrote that Trump has had a profound internal conflict between building and destroying since childhood. As his power grew, the destroyer instinct has overwhelmed any constructive instincts he had. Even his single-minded drive for self-preservation is met with an inner drive for self-destruction, as we've all seen in his damning confessional rants.
Trump's violent directives excite the fantasies of his mindless supporters, converting his words into weapons designed to destroy anyone he hates. Ninety years ago, the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich wrote about mass psychology and the origins of fascism. He described Hitler's ability to stir up deep feelings of hatred. Trump is not (yet) Hitler, but he knows how to provoke those same feelings in others.
As the possibility of Trump trials approaches, his mental state of fear-driven outrage will intensify – as will his accusations of victimhood and betrayal. His followers are well-trained to respond, having already been deeply touched by years of relentless rants. He activates long-buried resentment and frustration in his supporters, deeply connecting them only to him and to one another, at the same time severing their ties with family, community, and reality itself.
The danger to the rest of us will only increase, as words become literal 'sticks and stones.' Trump's words kill, when he uses them to incite vulnerable people to act on his craven directives – and it seems there are many millions of them ready and willing to do so." (our emphasis)
The Malignant Loser has reached a point in his mental decline that the world around him is merely there to play with, especially his cult followers. As the reality of indictment, trial and conviction surrounds him, he lashes out in a rage of narcissistic hurt and vengeance, wanting to take others down with him, both his cultists and his "enemies."
Vega's full article is well worth the read to get professional mental health experts' insights into this deeply disturbed man who leads a rotted out party and increasingly violent cult.
