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I've come across an article on The Atlantic that analyses Trump's personality:
Many questions have arisen about Trump during this campaign season—about his platform, his knowledge of issues, his inflammatory language, his level of comfort with political violence. This article touches on some of that. But its central aim is to create a psychological portrait of the man. Who is he, really? How does his mind work? How might he go about making decisions in office, were he to become president? And what does all that suggest about the sort of president he'd be?
It's a long, but very interesting read.
Here's a list of sentences the article itself highlights:
Combined with a gift for humor, anger lies at the heart of Trump's charisma.
Trump appeals to an ancient fear of contagion, which analogizes out-groups to parasites and poisons.
Narcissism in presidents is a double-edged sword. It is associated with historians' ratings of "greatness"—but also with impeachment resolutions.
Andrew Jackson displayed many of the same psychological qualities that we see in Trump.
Trump has never forgotten the lesson from his father: The world is a dangerous place. You have to be ready to fight.
And the final paragraph summarizes:
Who, really, is Donald Trump? What's behind the actor's mask? I can discern little more than narcissistic motivations and a complementary personal narrative about winning at any cost. It is as if Trump has invested so much of himself in developing and refining his socially dominant role that he has nothing left over to create a meaningful story for his life, or for the nation. It is always Donald Trump playing Donald Trump, fighting to win, but never knowing why.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @02:39AM
> OH! I got it!!! He's the US version Kim Jong!!! Has someone already made that comparison? Cause it fits so well!
Kim Jong-Un?
You think he's a puppet of some cabal in North Korea?
That's a new one for me.
Hhhm, google suggests that might actually be the case, a tool of the elite families that had been subservient to his father. They may have made him their mouthpiece. That might bode well for N Korea. They may have motivation to open up the country for their own benefit and he can be the fall guy. Or not.
You may have made the most interesting post on this thread.
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:00AM
It was a good attempt at trolling, but my point still stands regardless of whether you try and play it off or not. All the Trump supporters on here are so angry that a psychologist is pointing out the most obvious truth, I think you may all share similar traits of narcissism and denial.
~Tilting at windmills~