Does Trump Have Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
According to DSM-5, individuals with NPD have most (at least five) or all of the symptoms listed below (generally without commensurate qualities or accomplishments).
1 Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment by others. 2 Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc. 3 Self-perception of being unique, superior, and associated with high-status people and institutions. 4 Needing constant admiration from others. 5 Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others. 6 Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain. 7 Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs. 8 Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them. 9 Pompous and arrogant demeanor.
By any reasonable standard, Trump's behavior is a near perfect fit to the profile of narcissistic personality disorder as characterized by the explicit criteria in DSM-5.
"Briefly, if one cannot have love, one resorts to respect. And when respect is unavailable, one resorts to fear. Trump is now living through an intolerable loss of respect: rejection by a nation in his election defeat. Violence helps compensate for feelings of powerlessness, inadequacy and lack of real productivity."
