Psychiatrist: Trump Became The Same ‘Sadistic, Tyrannical And Cruel’ Person His Father Was | MSNBC

THE NEW EDITION OF THAT, THE NUMBER IS OVER 30. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT WE JUST HEARD MARY TRUMP SAYING ABOUT WHAT DONALD TRUMP EXPERIENCES IN HIS LYING? >> I THINK THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE IS A NAME FOR THAT. IT’S CALLED SADISM, WHICH IS DEFINED BY HAVING PLEASURE FROM SUFFERING OF OTHERS, FROM THEIR PAIN OR FROM THEIR HUMILIATION. AND IF YOU ARE THE ONE CAUSING THAT SUFFERING, THERE IS ALL THE MORE PLEASURE IN IT. SO THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A SADIST IS COMPLETELY CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE KNOW ABOUT HIM, AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH HIS BEING A PSYCHO PATH. IT IS ONE OF THE KIND OF MONSTROUS THINGS ABOUT BEING A MONSTROUS THINGS ABOUT BEING A PSYCHO PATH IS THAT THERE ISVIND IF YOU ARE AS PARANOID AS HE IS, ALMOST EVERYBODY IS YOUR ENEMY UNLESS THE PERSON IS WORSHIPPING YOU. >> I WANT TO GET YOUR VIEW OF SOMETHING SHE WAS EXPLAINING ABOUT WHY SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T COME FORWARD FOUR YEARS AGO. SHE CALLED ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF LEARNED HELPLESSNESS. HE SAID IT IS SOMETHING THAT RUNS VERY DEEP IN MY FAMILY. >> YOU KNOW, I’M SURE THAT’S TRUE. FROM WHAT SHE HAD DESCRIBED, FROM WHAT SHE HAD DESCRIBED, TRUMP’S FATHER WAS ALSO A CRUEL, SADISTIC, RACIST, PROBABLY PSYCHO PATHIC MAN. SO GROWING UP WITH SUCH A PERSON, YOU LEARN TO EITHER BE A VICTIM OR YOU LEARN TO BE A VICTIMIZER. AND TRUMP, UNLIKE HIS BROTHER, I GATHER, TRUMP BECAME THE VICTIMIZER. TRUMP FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS AND BECAME THE SAME CRUEL THAT HIS FATHER WAS. SO IT IS THE KIND OF RESPONSE TO HELPLESSNESS. IF YOUR CHOICES ARE YOU HAVE TO BE THE VICTIM OR YOU HAVE TO BE THE VICTIMIZER, YOU CHOSE THE VICTIMIZER IF YOU ARE THAT SORT OF PERSON, A PERSON WITHOUT MORALS. >> THERE IS ANOTHER LINE I’D LIKE YOUR VIEW OF WHERE MARY TRUMP SAID THAT WHAT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS BROTHER LEARNED FROM THEIR FATHER IS THAT ADMITTING A MISTAKE WOULD BE ADMITTING WEAKNESS, WHICH IN MY FAMILY WAS ESSENTIALLY PUNISHED WITH THE DEATH PENALTY SYMBOLICALLY OR OTHERWISE. YOUR REACTION TO THAT. >> I THINK THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT ALSO. THERE IS A TERM IN MY FIELD CALLED SOUL MURDER WHICH DESCRIBES THE NAME KIND OF DEATH. YOU CAN DESTROY SOMEBODY, ESPECIALLY A SMALL CHILD, BY TREATING HIM OR HER WITH A HUMILIATING DISDAIN OR PHYSICALLY ABUSING THEM. AND THAT IS WHO DONALD TRUMP IS. IT’S HOW HE TREATS EVERYONE. THE POINT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER THAT HE CAN’T ADMIT MISTAKES IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. BUT IS IT EVEN DEEPER THAN THAT IS THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES, YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE RESULTS OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, OF THE MISTAKE. BUT HE DOESN’T CARE. THE DEATHS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER I UNDERSTAND TODAY AND IT’S A NEW RECORD, IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER TO HIM. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT, BUT IT’S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. SO IF YOU DON’T CARE, THEN THERE

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Length: 3min 41sec (221 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 17 2020