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B.See

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Sat May 16, 2026, 01:57 AM Saturday

Trump isn't mentally ill -- it's far worse [View all]

Trump isn't mentally ill — it's far worse | Opinion by Thomas Meisenhelder - Alternet via MSN

...calling Trump crazy is harmful to people who have a mental health condition or who have loved ones with a mental illness; second, it is inaccurate and leads to a serious misunderstanding of the man, his behavior, and it’s origins and consequences.

The majority of those with a mental illness are simply ordinary folks. In any given year 20% or more of the population has a mental health diagnosis. Therefore, at any given time, there are millions of people with a mental health condition making positive contributions to their communities.

Repeating time and time again that Donald Trump is crazy not only negatively affects the mentally ill but also seriously misunderstands the man and his policies.

Donald Trump is not crazy, he is evil. The America Heritage Dictionary definition of evil has three components. The first one is that evil means morally bad or wrong. The list of the immoral acts of (donOLD Trump) is too long to be included listed completely here, but consider just a sampling: participating in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuses, illegally detaining and deporting veterans, children, and others; using charitable donations for personal desires; separating innocent children from their families; fomenting racism and racial hatred; ridiculing the disabled; daily misogyny; supporting white supremacy; inciting violence; lying for personal gain; harming the lives of LGBTQ+ people; taking food and medical care from children and their families; and the list goes on and on.
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The asshole needs an exorcist, not a psychiatrist. dalton99a Saturday #1
Exactly! He is pure evil. Grim Chieftain Saturday #3
It drives me crazy FHRRK1 Saturday #2
Precisely. B.See Saturday #8
Morally evil and mentally ill are not mutually excludve. wnylib Saturday #27
THIS malaise Saturday #30
I was going to posit the same thing - he is both. yellow dahlia Saturday #34
I'd agree they aren't mutually exclusive. He's B.See Saturday #43
And he's not dumb. He's a diabolical genius. nt pnwmom Saturday #4
BULLSHIT. He is profoundly stupid. Even Rex Tillerson recognized that in his first term. AZ8theist Saturday #6
Yes, he is mentally dull NJCher Saturday #7
What that means is that his genius, i.e., his superpower, is in being evil. nt pnwmom Saturday #15
He is completely immoral Cosmocat Saturday #31
Violence Whip-poor-will Saturday #16
He may be somewhat stupid; but even more so Profoundly Ignorant and doesn't care... electric_blue68 Monday #45
Or maybe he's gotten a free pass for evil, underhanded s---- that would've gotten anyone else LOCKED UP, long ago. B.See Saturday #9
NOPE Skittles Saturday #12
an evil genius wd intelligently pick his targets. mopinko Saturday #22
It's just an issue of word choice NJCher Saturday #28
Why. Can't. He. Just. Die? Grim Chieftain Saturday #5
Trump is sly...he knows how to manipulate racists BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #10
doesn't take "sly" to do that NJCher Saturday #24
He won't die and go to hell, Satan doesn't even BigmanPigman Saturday #11
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 ..... ♾️ live love laugh Saturday #13
Paint "Old Smokey" gold. BidenRocks Saturday #14
I AGREE. THANK YOU, B.SEE. Cha Saturday #17
Thank you, Cha. B.See Saturday #44
Trump has The Dark Triad Personality no_hypocrisy Saturday #18
Thank you for your summary and your willingness to share your story. yellow dahlia Saturday #35
Woah especially about that last (then) possibility. electric_blue68 Monday #46
I think a person can be both evil and mentally ill. The notion calling Trump mentally ill is somehow harmful to those Vinca Saturday #19
a psychiatrist once told me NJCher Saturday #25
He's at the center of a Venn diagram of evil, stupid, and crazy. Ocelot II Saturday #20
What his best friend said about him... Kid Berwyn Saturday #21
Malignant narcissism is a mental pathology Martin Eden Saturday #23
I've only been saying this forever. BlueTsunami2018 Saturday #26
I will not grant trump the sympathetic response that "mentally ill" deserves. Totally Tunsie Saturday #29
Yes yes yes TommieMommy Saturday #32
Evil schmevil. gulliver Saturday #33
Technically incorrect. returnee Saturday #36
Histrionic Personality Disorder, less recognized in men. Obvious in this one Maru Kitteh Saturday #41
we tend to think of monsters as fictional beasts agingdem Saturday #37
Regarding Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Martin Eden Saturday #39
Correct mvd Saturday #38
Evil is a religious construct and not very useful. He certainly IS mentally ill. Maru Kitteh Saturday #40
Frontal lobe dementia plus sadism: loves to hurt people, deliberately. lindysalsagal Saturday #42
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