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Rhiannon12866

(247,918 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 01:40 AM Yesterday

'He feels like he's untouchable': Fmr. GOP Rep. reacts to Trump's ineptitude amid multiple scandals - The Weekend MS NOW



The incompetence of the Trump administration was made clear this week when Trump’s hand-picked Prosecutor bungled investigations into his rivals, and his FBI has now ordered investigations into the six Democrats who urged military personnel not to follow “illegal orders”. former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews and former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh joins The Weekend to discuss. - Aired on 11/30/2025.
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'He feels like he's untouchable': Fmr. GOP Rep. reacts to Trump's ineptitude amid multiple scandals - The Weekend MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Yesterday OP
That's just a symptom of his "power pschosis" mental illness William Seger Yesterday #1
He has no idea even what is going on in this country. Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #2
He's a psychopath. It's predictable behavior... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #3

William Seger

(12,098 posts)
1. That's just a symptom of his "power pschosis" mental illness
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:11 AM
Yesterday

Delusions of never being held accountable goes along with his delusions of grandeur, delusions of infallibility, and delusions of having unlimited power. Malignant narcissism is a personality disorder, even in such an extreme case, but power psychosis involves detachment from reality, and it is therefore a mental illness.

Rhiannon12866

(247,918 posts)
2. He has no idea even what is going on in this country.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:16 AM
Yesterday

When Schumer and Jeffries briefly met with him, he had no idea what they were talking about. And he certainly is delusional, what we regard as lying is the truth for him, prices are down and he has the power to close down Venezuela's airspace.

littlemissmartypants

(31,001 posts)
3. He's a psychopath. It's predictable behavior...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:19 AM
Yesterday
Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior
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