Well, a more accurate diagnosis is probably Narcissistic Personality Disorder:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissis ... y_disorder
- Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g. exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements).
- Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
- Believes that they are "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions).
- Requires excessive admiration.
- Has a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with their expectations).
- Is interpersonally exploitative (i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve their own ends).
- Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.
- Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of them.
- Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.
Yeah, read that Wikipedia article and tell me that it's not perfectly describing Donald J. Trump to a tee.
In some people, pathological narcissism may develop from an impaired emotional attachment to the primary caregivers, usually the parents. That lack of psychological and emotional attachment to a parental figure can result in the child's perception of themselves as unimportant and unconnected to other people, usually family, community, and society. Typically, the child comes to believe that they have a personality defect that makes them an unvalued and unwanted person; in that vein, either overindulgent and permissive parenting or insensitive and over-controlling parenting are contributing factors towards the development of NPD in a child.
And, yeah, by all reports, there's Trump's father for you as well.
Managing to be both "insensitive" - reports are that he was a bit of an uncaring manipulative arsehole in the main - an "overindulgent" too because, you know, here's a small loan of a million dollars, Donald. Here, have a billion, you worthless shit, and fuck off away from me, as I can't be bothered with you - and if I find you haven't made a success of yourself, Donald, I'll be eternally disappointed.
Little Donald just wanted his daddy to love him, basically.
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