The malevolent magnetic malignant narcissism of Trumpworld, By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Wikipedia used a painting of an innocent Narcissisus enraptured by his visage by Jan Cossiers to illustrate their entry for malignant narcissism. I modified it to show a more malignant version of him.

This is the second parapgraph in the Wikipedia entry for malignant narcissism:

“Malignant narcissists are grandiose and always ready to raise hostility levels, which undermines the families and organizations in which they are involved, and dehumanizes the people with whom they associate.”

(Above) You can read “Sharp elbows and raised voices: Inside Trump’s bumpy transition” if you have a subscription to The Washington Post, or read a summary in RawStory here.

Donald Trump has long been defined as a malignant narcissist by experts. In fact Dr. John D. Gartner, who became a long distant friend, wrote Donald Trump’s maligant narsissism is toxic in USA Today in May of 2017.

If you Google Trump malignant narcissist this is what comes up.

The first article there is More than 200 health professionals say Trump has ‘malignant narcissism’ in open letter from The Guardian. I am one of the people who signed this letter for all the good that publishing it on page three of The New York Times in white type on a black background did.

Far be it from me to coin a new psychiatric term, but it does appear that other malignant narcissists are drawn to Trump and he is drawn to them. This we could say that like attracts like. In the instance of malignant narcisism this is a kind of magnetism so we can call it magnetic maligant narcisism.

I do like alliterations so lets add a word. Malevolent magnetic malignant narcissism does have a ring to it and this is what it is.

Trump is like a physicist who has created a nuclear reactor by encircling himself with highly enriched radioactive material so when he hits the “on” switch it is full power and full speed ahead in fueling the destruction of democracy. If you missed this: