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Elizabeth Mika
@yourauntemma
"Is he a sociopathic liar? Delusional? Both?" Both and then some. This isn't an either/or choice. This is where listening to mental health professionals would actually be helpful, if one wanted to understand.
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Intelligencer
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According to a new report, President Trump has at times told some of his advisers that he will refuse to leave the White House on January 20 nym.ag/37oQnER
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Elizabeth Mika
@yourauntemma
Trump is a malignant narcissist, not a sociopath. There's a big difference. Malignant narcissism is comprised of *psychopathy,* manipulativeness, sadism, and paranoia, in addition to narcissism. MNs live in a reality of their own making, and their words reflect that.
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Elizabeth Mika
@yourauntemma
Malignant narcissism is also not NPD and / or ASPD. It's more florid (paranoia) and more deadly, because it runs on unquenchable vindictiveness and rage.
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Elizabeth Mika
@yourauntemma
Its core feature is psychopathy -- an absence of conscience (empathy, guilt, shame, and understanding of higher values). MN is a person w/o conscience, driven by an insatiable need for power, adulation, and revenge, augmented by aggrieved entitlement, and seasoned by paranoia.
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