Unfit and Unqualified to Hold Office

In less than a week Donald Trump has already been exhibiting the signs that he's mentally unstable and unfit to hold office and his decisions, because of his lack of knowledge, are resulting in dangerous and harmful results for both the United States and the world.

The critics of Donald Trump, that not only included the Democrats but also many of the top conservative editorial boards around the nation, realized very early that Donald Trump was exhibiting the classical symptoms of a sever narcissistic personality disorder. Donald Trump has consistently shown an inflated sense of his own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others while also showing that this was a fragile self-esteem where he's been vulnerable to the slightest criticism and he's reacted irrationally by lashing out on Twitter or in his comments by attacking anyone that expressed what he perceived as being critical of him. The narcissist lives in a delusional world of their own making where, for them, the truth must often be sacrificed because it doesn't support their delusional beliefs.

With in the first week in office even those that didn't want to believe that Donald Trump was living in this delusional world of the narcissist Donald Trump's actions are so strange that even the Republicans in Congress are beginning to question his sanity and his core supporters are having to fabricate excuses to explain his bazaar behavior. The evidence is right there in public view for everyone to see. .

On his first full day in office, last Saturday, Trump visited the CIA headquarters where he stood in from of a monument to fallen CIA agents. Standing in front of members of the CIA he first blatantly lies about his own actions where he'd been repeatedly condemning the CIA for months, condemning the entire US intelligence community for being untrustworthy and stating he wouldn't use them. Instead of acknowledging the truth Trump blamed everything on the media as if they made up all of the negative statements made by Trump in condemning the CIA and other US intelligence agencies. Donald Trump simply can't accept the fact that he does anything wrong and, in his delusional world, it's always "someone else" that's to blame. While still standing at the podium in front of the CIA Trump went on to blame the media for misrepresenting the fact that he had a relatively small turnout for his inauguration address.

Donald Trump's narcissistic exaggerated sense of self-importance simply won't allow him to recognize that he's the most unpopular president in modern time, that his election was really based upon opposition to Hillary Clinton, Russian involvement in the election, and the partisan report from FBI Director James Comey that intentionally withheld the fact that the problem at the State Department was systemic problem with it's security organization that failed to provide adequate procedures and processes for the handling of classified information that had plagued everyone at the State Department for well over a decade. He can't accept that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and claims that it was "illegal voting by non-citizens" that made the difference even though the study he cites for his believe established exactly the opposite.

Donald Trump is living in the delusional world of the narcissist and his actions going back for months reflect this. This is a problem that Republicans in Congress are just starting to realize as the delusional behavior is now being exhibited in his role as the President. Donald Trump is unfit to be the president because he's living in a delusional world.

The problems don't stop there. Donald Trump's actions, because he's so ill-informed on the issues, are negatively effecting the US and world affairs as well.

Donald Trump has issued a "gag order" to federal agencies banning them from releasing undisputed scientific evidence of man-made global warming. Once again this is reflective of his narcissistic personality disorder that's forced him to live in a world of fantasy and delusion where the truth and the facts take a backseat to what he chooses to believe. That makes him highly susceptible to conspiracy theories as evidenced by Trump becoming a leader in the "birther conspiracy" related to former President Obama. Trump, in ignoring the science of man-made climate change, has joined the conspiracy movement against AGW by claiming it's fake and even that it was a hoax created by the Chinese. Within days of taking office he's using his executive powers to bury the science in his attempt to change the world to fit his delusional fantasy land concept of the world.

Donald Trump issued an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) that, regardless of the specific merits of the treaty, was politically important for the United States in establishing a role of leadership in the region. A vacuum was instantly created and it appears that China is going to fill that void to the detriment of US foreign relations in the region. Trump's exaggerated sense of self-importance leads him to believe that he can negotiate better trade agreements bilaterally with the countries involved in the TPP but that's highly unlikely. The counties involved in the TPP had to compromise to reach that agreement but they don't have the same incentive to compromise in a bilateral agreement.

Donald Trump has issued an executive order instructing federal agencies to restrict compliance with the ACA (Obamacare) to the maximum extent lawfully possible. We don't know how far that will literally go but speculation indicates that it could cause the collapse of Obamacare as all of the insurance provides could walk away for 2018. Republicans in Congress are working hard to prevent this collapse as it would make their future unspecified "replacement proposal" virtually impossible to accomplish because that requires the trust of the insurance companies that would be lost.

Donald Trump's ignorance of the history behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that boils over into the conflict between Israel and the Arab/Muslim nations, has resulted in a significant increase in Israel's ethnic purging of the Palestinians from E Jerusalem. Israel, after a phone conversation between President Trump and PM Netanyahu, has resulted in Israel issuing over 500 Israeli building permits in E Jerusalem and over 2,000 in the West Bank. Israeli settlements in E Jerusalem and the West Bank, under international law, are a Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes. His ignorance is going to be responsible for a never ending war and acts of terrorism against Israel because it will effectively prevent any peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Those of us that had hope that a peaceful resolution to a conflict in the Middle East that has existed for the last 69 years where the Right to Live in Peace for Israel could be established based upon a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians are justifiably dismayed. Trump's ignorance, that's empowered the Israelis, literally prevents the two-state solution and the resolution of the issue of Jerusalem from happening short of one measure that could be taken in the future. The only possible exception that could force a peace agreement would be a US lead military coalition authorized by a United Nations Security Council Resolution, similar to the Resolution 678 that ultimately authorized military force to evict Iraq from Kuwait, to forcefully remove Israel from the Palestinian territory and Jerusalem. If that doesn't happen then the conflict with Israel by the Arab/Muslim nations and the Palestinian people is going to result in countless deaths on both sides basically forever into the future.

Donald Trump is threatening to withdraw the United States from NATO. Yes, the United States funds a disproportionate share of the NATO expenses but in return we're also the most powerful and influential NATO member. Similar to the problem that Trump's created by withdrawing from the Trans Pacific Partnership if the United States gives up it's role as the leader of NATO it will create a vacuum that will be filled reducing the influence of the United States in the region.

Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the United States from the UN Security Council's agreement with Iran on it's nuclear energy program. Not only would this result in tens of billions of dollars of income for private companies like Boeing, resulting in the loss of valuable manufacturing jobs, it would also reduce the leadership role of the United States as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and leader of the United Nations.

Perhaps not as evident to Republicans, that in some cases exhibit the same ignorance and delusional beliefs as Donald Trump, these actions are highly detrimental to the United States and to other nations and people around the world. The reason is very evident, pointed out in the past by Trump's critics, because it's Trump's lack of knowledge of our government, of the history of foreign affairs, and the negative consequences of many executive actions, have always indicated that Donald Trump is unqualified to be the president.

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Just seven days into the Trump presidency and he's already moved the United States and the world into a crisis.

His ignorance on the Israeli-Palestinian and Muslim world situation, reversing the common bipartisan US foreign policy since 1949 of denying legitimacy to Israel's annexation of W Jerusalem, opposition to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem because they violate the Geneva Conventions and constitute "War Crimes" and "Crimes Against Humanity", and the requirement for a two-state solution will leave the next US president with few options except to invoke Article 70-85 of the UN Charter with a Security Council Resolution to remove Israel by force if necessary from the Palestinian territory and East Jerusalem just like the UN removed Iraq from Kuwait. He's created the situation of a possible US- Israeli war to undo his ignorance and incompetence related to Israel.

His withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership has stripped the United States of economic leadership in SE Asia that is expected to be filled by China. His belief that he can secure better bilateral trade agreements "Because he's Donald Trump", an inherent delusional belief because of his narcissistic personality disorder, cannot be achieved because none of these nations will compromise in a bilateral agreement more than they compromised for an broader trade agreement between many nations.

His censorship of federal agencies with a ban on public comments plunges the confidence of the American people in future actions by these agencies.

He's initiating a trade war with Mexico, one of the United States vital trade partners and also the nation on our southern border that we rely on in assisting us in our defense against foreign terrorists. Trump's irrational antagonism of Mexico has damages consequences far beyond just the trade war over tariffs that he's proposing to "pay for the wall of stupidity" on our border with Mexico.

His "immigration" executive order removes the previous priorities of the Obama administration to focus on arresting, detaining, and deporting those that represent true harm to America though their criminal activities. Instead of a priority to locate and deport "criminal" aliens the Donald Trump executive order is addressing quantity and not criminality as the criteria for deportation. Trump will waste precious financial resources on "deporting granny" while allowing the "murderers" to remain in the United States.

Trump has driven the State Department into crisis that will adversely affect the safety and services provided to Americans abroad and our relationships with foreign governments as he's forced out senior career diplomats that have served both Democratic and Republican administrations going back to the Clinton years. Instead of people that know what they're doing we now have President Trump that doesn't know what he's doing in charge. Donald Trump's nomination of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State when Tillerson has no diplomatic experience does not offer much hope for the future.

Donald Trump's open support for the use of torture this week, when he doesn't even know the definition of torture, based upon "someone said it works" because he believes the US should regress back into the dark ages just because he believes that ISIS is living in the dark ages completely removes any possibility of the United States being viewed favorably as an "advanced nation with high moral standards" around the world. President Obama ranked No 1 in world favorability ratings and it's obvious that Trump wants to be the American President with the lowest World Approval Ratings just like he has the lowest approval rating of any president in post election polls.

This has been the most disastrous first week of any presidency in my lifetime. It's hard to imagine how many "wrong things" a president can possibly do in just seven days but it's hard to imagine more and I've not even listed them all. Trump's executive order on Obamacare that might completely overturn private insurance support for any GOP proposal. His conspiracy theories and delusional rantings against the media for reporting the facts. Even Republicans in Congress are condemning him for being delusional in making absurd allegations of voting by non-citizens that no study supports and that the states, responsible for the integrity of the vote, flatly state didn't happened that feeds the propaganda machines of our enemies.

Not one "positive" action has come out of the Trump's first seven days in office. Instead he's plunging the United States into crisis on all fronts.

 

What is equally disturbing is that he also displays all of the classic traits of a sociopath. See below:
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How anyone could be blind to this is beyond me.

 

He is President either way. Others just have to be able to direct his dysfunction.

 

Check back with us in about two years I'm guessing everything's going to be better and Trump is going to fund tampons for women who can't afford them

I can't stop looking at my 401K I'm having so much fun!

 

And I hope they can.

 

That's some wishful thinking there.
Crazy people don't take direction.

 

Total Lefty propaganda....what a joke! Trump has already done more than loser Obama did in 8 hideous years! Every day the Left complains, we know Trump is doing the right thing...

 

Stop trying to scare people. We all know he's a narcissist, so why bore your reader with an untrained psychoanalysis? Just say what he did and what you didn't like and why. There's no need to dramatize by asserting he's clinically insane and should be institutionalized, and that we're headed for global destruction via nuclear war or environmental catastrophe.

You're right. He's a narcissist. Yes, that can be dangerous. However...sometimes narcissists make tremendous leaders. That's inarguable. We can argue the possible consequences of specific policies. I would not simply accept the premise that a narcissist cannot be fit to be president, therefore rejecting every single Trump initiative. I would rather reject or accept each initiative on its merit.

I feel your pain. I watched as virtually everything politically and economically and socially I ever believed in was vaporized by a cult of personality president. But our system is intentionally and deliberately constructed to be slow to change, and to prevent lunatic fringe ideals and lunatic elected officials from wielding too much power. Donald Trump still is one of three branches of government. Look at how fast Obama was stopped in his tracks. He had his way for a short period of time, blew all his political capital, and his party was "shellacked" until they were virtually powerless in the federal government and in state houses around the country. See, there's hope for you.

 

but they can be manipulated

 

Sorry but this isn't "Total Lefty propaganda" and I'm not a lefty-Democrat.

I'm an American Independent with direct family lineage to the American Revolution and the issues I've presented are important to everyone that's an American first and only supportive of partisan agendas when the agenda supports America's best interests.

No examples of anything positive being done by Trump or negative being done by Obama are provided so based upon the harmful examples provided so the actual claim being made is "Trump has already done more (HARM) than loser Obama did in 8 hideous years!" I can agree with that 100%.

Only those that benefit from the destruction of America and/or the abandonment of our ideology can claim that "Trump is doing the right thing... "

Once again I'm going to repeat something I've said earlier. It's not Donald Trump's fault. The problems he's causing are due to his mental illness where his narcissism controls him. In his delusional world he really does believe he's superior and his actions are above reproach. As he once mentioned (paraphrased) "he doesn't need facts because he's always right without them." Unfortunately that is never the case but his narcissism doesn't allow him to recognized when his actions are disastrous.

 

Trump won.
He won because the DNC anointed HRC as its candidate.
Still upset with the fact Trump won? Blame them.
Aside form that, your opinion regarding his fitness for office is meaningless.

 

As reported by CNN, he's actually dared to immediately start keeping campaign promises! They are saying it "Verges on obsession" with him. That's a total break with American political tradition, and no doubt scares hell out of a lot of people! My god, what will he do next? Fire people that are loafing? Require members of congress to honor their oath of office? Disrupt the economy by outlawing the influence-peddling market in DC? Dangerous man, all right.

 

Yes the establisments left and Right hate Trump he blew up their game. We get it. All Obama ever talked about was I. that is classic Narcissism. All trump talks about is we. The charges of Narcissism by the establishment are largely projection.

 

And fear.
Fear that Trump will actually do what he promised, and marginalize said establishment.

 

coming from the party that says Obama is doing to much..... lol

 

Not only is he doing what he promised but he's ignoring them like they were his first or second wives. McConnell, Ryan they're all dead to him. They hated him when it counted and hoped he'd go away.

 

Hate to say this Shiva, there is no such thing as a Progressive Libertarian.

Progressives are intolerant of thoughts they don't agree and level vicious attacks against those who dare to utter even a hint of banned thoughts. They are infidels to Progressive Nazis.

Libertarians are live and let live people. Libertarians and Progressives are on opposite sides of the spectrum.

In terms of narcissism, how would your scholarly works classify a President who said, "This was the day the rise in the oceans slowed and the earth began to heal."?

Me, I'm enjoying the ride. Trump is so naive that he is writing executive orders to undermine the stalling --- questioning of nominees --- by Democrats who are sworn to obstruct making America Great Again. By the time the enemies of the state can ask a question on any subject, Trump has made it moot.

Welcome, by the way. Before long you will know how to spot the thought police, aka, Progressives, from a mile away.

 

That is right. Dems wont be satisfied until we all speak Spanish

 

Trump exhibits most (if not all) the traits and signs of narcissism.

 

Obamas gone no need to keep harping on this

 

You better hope he doesn't grab hair pie again. His little hands like to wander.

 

You claim he is a liar but you believe this just because he says so

 

All politicians do.