I’ve just finished a fascinating recent book by Dr. Joseph Burgo dealing with extreme narcissists. Guess what? Donald Trump is given as one example of an extreme narcissist in the book. Basically, narcissism is recognized in psychologists/psychiatrists circles as a mental illness, often referred to as “narcissistic personality disorder”. People with narcissistic personality disorder are characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance. They have a sense of entitlement and demonstrate grandiosity in their beliefs and behaviour. They also have a strong need for admiration, are manipulative, but lack feelings of empathy. If challenged, they often will bully and disparage those who would dare criticize them. Sound familiar?
What’s interesting is that Sarah Palin, who once ran as a Vice-Presidential candidate in the U.S., was also described by Dr. Burgo as an extreme narcissist in his book. So here we have one extreme narcissist publicly endorsing another extreme narcissist, Donald Trump, for the Republican Presidential candidate. Like two peas in a pod, both Palin and Trump have histories of making outlandish and irresponsible statements about American values, politics and policies.
Unfortunately, Trump is the most dangerous of narcissists in that he can attract a fairly large following by being outrageous and expressing the evident anger of some Americans against the so-called political establishment. He is very effective in using his celebrity and money to convince average Americans that he has simple solutions to all their problems. Stop illegal immigrants by building a wall and have the Mexican government pay for it. Prevent terrorists from entering the country by banning Moslems from entry. Resolve foreign policy conflicts by bombing the hell out of everyone. All with the ultimate goal to make America great again! As Hillary Clinton has said: “Since when has America not being great.”
I can only hope that Americans, particularly Republicans, will more thoroughly research Trump’s history, both business and political, to really see his portrait for what it is: that of an extreme narcissist.
FROLITICKS 
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