Profile of a psychopath...which ones fit Trump?

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

This list is from “The Mask of Sanity” by Hervey Cleckley which was referenced by The Roux Comes First in a recent post here. I was curious so looked up some info on it.

Many of these fit Trump to a tee… What actions does Trump exhibit that fit a behavior?

Profile
Cleckley then summarizes the material and provides a 'clinical profile', describing 16 behavioral characteristics of a psychopath:

1. Superficial charm and good intelligence
2. Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking
3. Absence of nervousness or psychoneurotic manifestations
4. Unreliability
5. Untruthfulness and insincerity
6. Lack of remorse and shame
7. Inadequately motivated antisocial behavior
8. Poor judgment and failure to learn by experience
9. Pathologic egocentricity and incapacity for love
10. General poverty in major affective reactions
11. Specific loss of insight
12. Unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations
13. Fantastic and uninviting behavior with drink and sometimes without
14. Suicide threats rarely carried out
15. Sex life impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated
16. Failure to follow any life plan.

[cyclonefence]

1. I don't know that Trump has ever threatened to commit suicide ...

[ecstatic]

2. I found a pretty good guide a year or so ago. He's a sociopath

Sociopaths are almost the same as psychopaths - the main difference is that sociopaths are very consumed with what others think of them. That trait allows them to blend in better or to "act normal," to a certain extent.



https://www.jeunesepayne.com/post/spot-the-difference-psychopath-or-sociopath-the-donald-trump-example