TSF's disorders should be front page news and the topic of MSM discussions every day. Literally: [View all]
a superpower is not only merely out of control, but out of control because of a few sociopaths whose inner thoughts and capabilities are limited, dark, needy, and dangerous. Extreme world-shaping power is not in the hands of a competent, compassionate group of people. This seems important.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/opinion/trump-presidential-power-addiction.html
It is possible to become addicted to power particularly for certain character structures. Individuals with pronounced narcissistic, paranoid or psychopathic tendencies are especially vulnerable. For them, power does not merely enable action; it regulates inner states that would otherwise feel unmanageable.
Donald Trump is an extreme illustration of this dynamic. From a psychoanalytic perspective, his narcissism is malignant in the sense that it is organized around a profound inner emptiness.
Malignant narcissism is a combination of narcissism and psychopathology. Because there is little internal capacity for self-soothing or self-valuation, he requires continuous external affirmation to feel real and intact. Power supplies that affirmation. Visibility, dominance and constant stimulation temporarily fill the void.
Addiction to power explains almost all of TSF's life so far. Cheating, lying, grifting, abusing, assaulting, accumulating, hurting others, etc.. More needs to be openly discussed about TSF's motivations and history. He has hurt millions, yet I see few MSM outlets try to analyze why. They try to find logical policy reasons why...but hardly ever do they discuss the underlying but obvious psychological reasons.
More at link. And, as always NYT reader comments are exceptional.