For those trying to pathologize narcissism, Donald J. Trump is certainly the gift that keeps giving.
You know, part of the problem in dealing with narcissism is that it’s a Rorschach test. People understand human behavior through the lens of their own behavior. And so narcissism upends everything.
Reading through 2023's indictment, at some of the more shocking moments, most people are going to see a president, a capable man, intently going about the business of trying to overthrow our government, interrupt the peaceful transfer of power.
What is and has been clear is that he’s a drug addict, frantically and compulsively trying to protect his supply to the good dope.
Narcissistic supply functions like a drug to a narcissist.
Narcissists are codependent and they need supply. As with many narcissists, supply comes from other people.
The office of the presidency was the biggest narcissistic supply for him. So with Trump losing the presidency, triggered his abandonment trauma, which is the root of NPD, and it cut him off from the office of the presidency.
After all, the document case can be looked at as him trying to kind of keep tethered to the presidency. So essentially, what you have is somebody…
