Yale Professor Timothy Snyder's clinical opinion about Trump's mental illnesses is something everyone needs to watch:

[LetMyPeopleVote]

TFG is mentally ill

Link to tweet

[allegorical oracle]

1. So, TSF is a self-invented character in a story that he's concocted for himself -- like an

actor portraying a businessman or a POTUS in a film or on TV. So he's not lying -- his character is lying. He does nothing wrong because his character is always correct. Plus, everyone else is also lying. Very interesting.

[wnylib]

3. That pretty well sums it up.

It's like watching Don Quixote, but without the humor. Trump lives in a fantasy of his own creation and draws everyone else into it.

[bdamomma]

12. Well I hope

his sick show will be cancelled!!!!!

[yellow dahlia]

4. Well put

[allegorical oracle]

6. Thank you. Still scary as hell, right? nt

[yellow dahlia]

7. So scary!

Been feeling like I am going to jump out of my skin for weeks...

I keep hollering at the top of my lungs. Thankful for the place to give voice on DU.

[Abolishinist]

8. I had this same thought when he was in office the first time.

Not as profoundly so as the Professor, but I have questioned whether or not he is truly "lying", as I was never sure if he knew the difference between the truth and what he proclaimed.

I doubt that even if he had electrodes placed on certain parts of his body, should he give the wrong answer when questioned, that he would have the ability to discern the truth. And that is scary.

[Martin Eden]

9. Oligarchs realized that this fictional character could be utilized to increase their wealth and power

Without their support, a person who inhabits the bubble of a fictional world could not become president in the real world.

[malaise]

2. Agree

Rec

[yellow dahlia]

5. Amplify! Amplify! Amplify!

[Fla Dem]

10. The oligarchs know that and know they can influence Trump to do their bidding.

Especially Elon who all but lives with him. Just keep the $$$$ coming.

[markpkessinger]

11. While I agree with Dr. Snyder . . .

. . . we should be careful about calling this a "clinical opinion." Snyder is a historian -- B,A. in history and political science from Brown, Ph.D. in modern history from Oxford -- and as such his opinion is not in any way a "clinical" one, although it may indeed be accurate.

[bdamomma]

13. K&R

nt