#megalomania

· 7mo ago

Replying to

Greg Dworkin quotes Acyn of MeidasTouch, who says, "Trump on Iran: We really had regime change. This is a change in the regime because the leaders are all different. I think we can say this is regime change." Dworkin responds: "A 6 year old could do deeper analysis." #Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #megalomania #narcissism #DunningKruger /4

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: ‘Dazzle them with bullshit’ won’t cut it anymore

dailykos.com

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: ‘Dazzle them with bullshit’ won’t cut it anymore

FOX: Democracy Docket: Yeah. Mar-a-Lago went blue. New York Times: A 6 year old could do deeper analysis: I’ll go with McChrystal, thanks. Roll Call: He was…

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social

· 7mo ago

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"Both Putin and Trump clearly acted out of a kind of megalomania. Their behaviour is evil and unlawful, but rational motives are not the decisive factors. Rather, Putin and Trump are primarily concerned with their own greatness. Or what they consider that to be." ~ Robert Habeck #Trump #Putin #Iran #war #stupidity #megalomania #narcissism #DunningKruger /5

Like Putin, Trump is a megalomaniac. In Europe, we can shield ourselves, not look for rational motives | Robert Habeck

theguardian.com

Like Putin, Trump is a megalomaniac. In Europe, we can shield ourselves, not look for rational motives | Robert Habeck

I had to deal with the energy shock in Germany after Putin invaded Ukraine. The solution now is the same: buy ourselves out of the fossil fuels trap, says Robert Habeck, former vice-Chancellor of Germany

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social

· 6mo ago

“Trump’s increasingly lunatic behavior has bankrupted the English language. Words fail. We stand agape, hoping that the latest report of Trump’s mind-bending antics is satire from The Borowitz Report or The Onion." ~ Robert B. Hubbell #Trump #MentalInstability #MentalHealth #megalomania #narcissism #Iran #PopeLeo #Orbán /1

Protecting ourselves from Trump’s descent into madness.

roberthubbell.substack.com

Protecting ourselves from Trump’s descent into madness.

April 14, 2026

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social

· 6mo ago

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"Trump’s feud with the Catholic Pope is insane. Catholics formed a significant portion of the coalition that reelected Trump in 2024. Insulting the leader of the Catholic Church will drive millions of Catholics to abandon Trump-supporting Republicans in the 2026 midterms." #Trump #MentalInstability #MentalHealth #megalomania #narcissism #Iran #PopeLeo #Orbán /2

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social

· 7mo ago

"We have ourselves a Dunning-Kruger president, one who is supremely confident in his abilities on a range of topics where he is completely ignorant. And now he has taken us into a Dunning-Kruger war, defined by that fatal combination of ignorance and confidence." ~ Paul Waldman #Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #megalomania #narcissism #DunningKruger /1

A Dunning-Kruger War, Courtesy of the Dunning-Kruger President

paulwaldman.substack.com

A Dunning-Kruger War, Courtesy of the Dunning-Kruger President

Ignorance plus overconfidence gets you the Iran War.

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social

· 7mo ago

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"Especially in an administration so driven by the whims of one man, that man’s ignorance and unearned confidence can have a profound, even catastrophic effect. In the Iran war, we can see Trump’s ignorance operating at multiple levels from the general to the specific, each of which has its own consequences." #Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #megalomania #narcissism #DunningKruger /2

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social

· 7mo ago

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"Or what they consider that to be. That is what makes them so unpredictable. Consequently, they couldn’t care less about international law. Second parallel: their megalomania has led to massive military miscalculation." #Trump #Putin #Iran #war #stupidity #megalomania #narcissism #DunningKruger /6

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social

· 7mo ago

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"This is the first war of my lifetime that lacks even a coherent phony justification. It's also the first war of my lifetime in which the president who launched it is simultaneously engaged in a desperate search for a trapdoor through which he can escape." ~ Charles Pierce #Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #megalomania #narcissism #DunningKruger /3

This Is the First War of My Lifetime That Lacks Even a Phony Justification

esquire.com

This Is the First War of My Lifetime That Lacks Even a Phony Justification

Trump is sending the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, but I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had been ordered to turn around and fly back when they were halfway there.

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br00t4c @br00t4c__dup_2470@mastodon.social

· 9mo ago

Boosted by @PhilipCJames@mas.to

Donald Trump, Poster Child for Megalomania #TooMuchNeverEnough #MaryTrumpBook #DifficultToTreat #ShameDependence #Megalomania

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Donald Trump, Poster Child for Megalomania

Trump’s narcissism has been on display for decades. It is a serious personality disorder that is difficult to treat. According to one prominent psychiatrist, Alexa Albert, narcissism is shaped by “early experiences of emotional neglect,” which were described in the book by Trump’s niece, Mary Trump (“Too Much—and Never Enough”) that was published six years ago. According to Albert, such a personal history can leave a person “deeply shamed and dependent on external affirmation, intoxicated by

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