Washington – A former top adviser to President Barack Obama on Sunday labeled Donald Trump a “psychopath”, saying the Republican presidential nominee met the clinical definition of the personality disorder.
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With a little more than two months to go before the Nov. 8 U.S. election, the comments by David Plouffe, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama and manager of his 2008 presidential campaign, mark another escalation in a series of blows exchanged between Trump’s camp and that of his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton.
“Basically, you have a psychopath running for president. I mean, he meets the clinical definition,” Plouffe said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.
When challenged, Plouffe acknowledged he had no degree in psychology but rattled off what he said were the New York businessman’s symptoms: “grandiose notion of self-worth; pathological lying; lack of empathy and remorse.”
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last week, Clinton accused Trump of fueling America’s “radical fringe” with racist rhetoric, while Trump said Clinton was letting down black Americans with failed policies and called her a “bigot who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings.”
Obama has also lambasted Trump, saying of him: “Somebody who makes those kinds of statements doesn’t have the judgment, the temperament, the understanding to occupy the most powerful position in the world.”
Having worked for Obummer, he certainly knows about psychopaths.
More shrill fodder from the crazy left-wing media, which is scared to death (and knows) that Trump will win.
1. Plouffe acknowledged he had no degree in psychology – so why is this newsworthy?
2. “but rattled off what he said were the New York businessman’s symptoms: ‘grandiose notion of self-worth; pathological lying; lack of empathy and remorse.’” – Sounds more like Rodham than Trump.
So David Plouffe is a psychologist? I thought he was a ‘top adviser’ but what ever in this election mud slinging is part of the fun(?).
That’s all we read about is how bad trump is, but nary a bad word about Hillary. The media is controlled by the Hilary people who don’t want to give up their power in Washington, and will do anything to keep the power in their hands..
These symptoms are far more appropriate for Clinton, who might have spoken truth once or twice in her life.
Being a clinical psychopath is not an impediment to the presidency.