Johns Hopkins psychologist says Trump is addicted to scaring people & starting wars and "he gets off on it"

[Miles Archer]

Dr. John Gartner, a former professor at Johns Hopkins University, discussed Trump's "rapidly declining" mental state on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" with host Joanna Coles. He argued that Trump's sense of grandiosity is becoming more "inflamed," which has led the president to develop a new addiction to scaring people and starting wars.

"I'm worried that he's going to become addicted or he is becoming addicted to war because he gets off on it," Gartner said. "Remember when he put out that social media thing where they were splicing actual images of the missiles blowing stuff up with video games? They were glorifying it, kind of trivializing it, and having fun with it. They're still showing him videos of blowing stuff up every morning."

Gartner said Trump's addiction to war could stem from his malignant narcissism.

"The thing that people need to understand about malignant narcissists is that they get more pleasure from this, which is the sadism from feeling powerful by harming and destroying and degrading other people and institutions, and in this case, countries," Gartner said. "So my fear is that Donald Trump is getting off on this. He is getting sadistic pleasure from scaring the world and blowing things up."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2676671807/

[LisaL]

1. My theory is he knows he is going to die, and wants to take everybody with him.

NT

[Miles Archer]

3. Yeah, I do think he'd get off on triggering Nuclear WWIII.

Every day, it's "WHERE THE HELL IS CONGRESS," and the answer is simple. They're cowering in the shadows, hoping that if they believe they are invisible with enough conviction, they will, in fact, become invisible. They'll still have healthcare and their salaries and their perks, they just won't have to do anything to earn them.

[Seinan Sensei]

15. He "wants to take everyone with him"

Totally agree

Add to that —> he wants to block release of the Epstein files so he does not go to jail.

These two elements explain 90% of his motivation and behavior.

[dalton99a]

2. POS is an evil sadist.

[Figarosmom]

4. I've always believed that

I think he jerks off when he's on the phone threatening leaders of other countries too.

[Skittles]

5. "wargasm"

saw that in another thread

[flashman13]

6. YES He is addicted to war porn.

[FakeNoose]

7. He thinks he's the star of a reality-TV show

No, really ... he thinks it's all happening on TV ... because he can no longer differentiate real life life from TV.

[BigmanPigman]

8. He has been a proud bully since he was in diapers

A rich, stupid, crass, white trash bully and the real elites in NYC knew this for over 40 years and that's what really pisses him off...he knows they are right and nothing will change.

[Seinan Sensei]

14. And now, here he is. Back in diapers again.

[GoCubsGo]

9. Yeah, some of us have been saying that all along.

All you have to do is listen to any of his rally speeches, where he talks about crime and violence. He takes delight in spouting all of the gory details. It's fucking gross. He's a goddamn sadist.

[AverageOldGuy]

10. What makes a man like Trump?

Wyatt Earp: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?

Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.

Wyatt Earp: What does he need?

Doc Holliday: Revenge.

Wyatt Earp: For what?

Doc Holliday: Bein' born.

Crank up the volume.

[Cha]

11. No Shite! And How many Idiots Voted for

that War Mongering Criminal because he "said" he wouldn't start any wars?

[Intractable]

12. As a psycho, he doesn't feel emotions like normal people. Basically, he doesn't feel.

So he has to do sadistic things that ruin the lives of others to feel something.

Unfortunately, killing 150 schoolchildren by dropping a bomb on the school didn't do enough for him.

[radical noodle]

13. He's a bully

It's always been obvious. He's a tiny little manbaby trying to prove he's tough.

[JMCKUSICK]

16. Of course, he gets to play God,