№ 492.3: EXTRA! Trumperica The Vaudeville

My supersize outrageous lies
my pyrite towers tall
my regal illegalities
my hands are not that small
I'm Donald Trump, I'm Donald Trump
I'm Donald Trump that's me
It's understood I am no good
ask Nancy Pelosi

Oh beautiful for Patriot dream
they are my favorite team
I think it's neat
the way they cheat
you know what I mean
America America
you're heading for a fall
and with me as President
you had best call Saul

No. 276: Pathology 101

He was born in the same year as Ted Bundy,

a Republican, too, who might have one day

run for president had he stayed a sex predator,

and not advanced to become a mass murderer.

So. . .has the time arrived — finally! — to ask:

Is Donald J. Trump a sociopath?

Seriously. . .when you review the checklist*,

this conclusion becomes awfully hard to resist.

______________

*

✔  glib and superficial charm
✔ grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self
✔  need for stimulation
✔  pathological lying
✔  cunning and manipulativeness
✔  lack of remorse or guilt
✔  shallow affect (superficial emotional responsiveness)
✔  callousness and lack of empathy
__   parasitic lifestyle
✔  poor behavioral controls
✔  sexual promiscuity
✔  early behavior problems
__    lack of realistic long-term goals
✔  impulsivity
✔  irresponsibility
✔  failure to accept responsibility for own actions
✔  many short-term marital relationships
__   juvenile delinquency
__   revocation of conditional release
✔  criminal versatility

(list adapted from  The Psychopath Next Door)