Psychiatrist: ‘Donald Trump Is Delusional’ Even Out Of Office

DR. DODES, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT. IT WAS THE TALK OF BEING REINSTATED THAT MADE ME WANT TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN TONIGHT. THIS IS DONALD TRUMP THINKING, PERHAPS, THAT IN AUGUST HE WILL BE PRESIDENT AGAIN. WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSIONAL REACTION TO THAT? >> WELL, DONALD TRUMP IS DELUSIONAL. THIS IS NOT NEWS. WE’VE KNOWN THIS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AT LEAST. HE KEEPS INSISTING ON THINGS AS TRUE WHICH ARE DEMONSTRABLY FALSE. THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF DELUSION. I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A CONTINUATION OF HIS GRANDIOSE DELUSION THAT HE IS BETTER THAN EVERYONE, MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVERYONE, AND CONSEQUENTLY NO ONE ELSE MATTERS. HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT ANYONE ELSE. IT IS ALL ABOUT HIS OWN POWER. PART OF THE HELL YOU SPEAK OF IS I THINK HE IS ENRAGED WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR HIM. I DON’T THINK HE IS CAPABLE OF BEING SORROWFUL AT HIS LOSS THOUGH BECAUSE HE DOESN’T KNOW THAT HE’S LOST. HE IS DELUDED ABOUT IT. SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THE INCREASINGLY DESPERATE ATTEMPTS TO HOLD ON TO THIS POWER WHICH WILL CONTINUE. WE’VE SAID THIS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THE MORE PRESSURE HE IS UNDER THE MORE HE WILL BE OUTRAGEOUS IN HIS DEMANDS, THE MORE THE LIES WILL INCREASE, THE BIG LIE TECHNIQUE WILL GET BIGGER AND BIGGER. >> YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY SAID IN EFFECT IT WILL GET WORSE. DONALD TRUMP’S CONDITION WILL GET WORSE. AND IT WILL GET WORSE BECAUSE THE PRESSURE INCREASES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS. CERTAINLY A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION IN MANHATTAN IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PRESSURE ALONG WITH THE OTHER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION HAPPENING IN GEORGIA OVER HIS ELECTION INTERFERENCE. THOSE ARE NEW KINDS OF PRESSURES FOR HIM BECAUSE HE IS NO LONGER PRESIDENT. THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO TO INTERFERE WITH THOSE. >> RIGHT. AND LACK OF POWER IS THE THING THAT HE CAN’T STAND AND DOESN’T ACKNOWLEDGE. SINCE IT CAN’T BE TRUE IN HIS WORLD IN HIS DELUSIONAL WORLD HE HAS TO DO -- HE HAS TO CHANGE REALITY TO MAKE IT SO. SO HE CREATES, YOU KNOW, THE ILLUSION THAT HE HAS SOME INFORMATION AND THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. HE PROMISES HE’LL BE BACK IN OFFICE AND WHAT NOT. IT IS MORE OF THE SAME AND I THINK IF NONE OF THESE THINGS PAN OUT FOR HIM I THINK WHAT WE’LL SEE IS HE WILL BECOME EVEN MORE OVERTLY DILUTED AND I’VE SAID FOR SOMETIME I CAN’T BE SURE BUT HE IS CERTAINLY AT RISK OF LEAVING THE COUNTRY RATHER THAN FACING THE LAW. >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE MIGHT COME A DAY IF HE IS, SAY, CONVICTED OF A CRIME IN NEW YORK THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN WHERE HE COULD HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE HE KIND OF ADMITS WHERE HE REALLY IS IN THE WORLD? >> I DON’T THINK SO. THAT WOULD BE A SIGN OF MENTAL HEALTH ACTUALLY. THE ABILITY TO GRIEVE IS NORMAL.

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Length: 3min 39sec (219 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 02 2021