Trump and his Elvis obsession shows he is delusional and possibly demented, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

 

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Trump is doing it again. He's revealing his delusional obsession with Elvis. This goes way back.

Trump doesn't "merely" reveal an obsession with Elvis in his delusional rants. Added to how he goes off on tangents, spouts word salad, and confuses places like he did the other day (read article) he demonstrates that he is becoming demented. More about that later.

Back to Elvis:

In reality Trump is like the cat that looks in the mirror and sees a lion. 

Above is the drawing used to illustrate the Wiki article about grandiose delusions.

Here's an article I came across looking for images of Trump and Elvis.

Like his preoccupation crowd size, Trump can't let go of his Elvis delusion. Just yesterday this is what he said at his rally in Long Island:

“Nobody can draw crowds like me... I’m the greatest of all time. Maybe greater even than Elvis. Elvis had a guitar, I don’t have a guitar. I don’t have the privilege of a guitar.”

Not to nitpick, but having a guitar isn't a privilege. It takes a lot of talent to play the guitar well. Experts say Elvis wasn't a great guitarist but could play adequately. Later in his career he stopped playing it during performances and on recordings. The best guitarist who played with Elvis was James Burton.

Guitars aside, it is particularly worth reminding people that Elvis was not a drafter dodger (see Wikipedia).

Trump also said: 

“I call up my wife and say, ‘Baby, who can draw crowds… nobody can draw crowds like me, not even close’.”

If I said something like this to my partner she'd say "Hal, get over yourself."

You can watch the Trump/Elvis video in this article:

Think of it. If you met someone who you might consider becoming friends with and they told you they were the greatest of all time regarding anything about themselves would you want to spend time with them again?

Trump has also bragged that the audience at the debate "went crazy" for him. He must have been hallucinating since there was no audience for the debate unless you count the television crew.

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While pundits on MSNBC and elsewhere and mental health experts keep pointing to evidence that Trump has a cogntive disorder this isn't sinking in with Trump supporters. Read my recent blogs about this:

BEDLAM IN HIS BRAIN: Call it insanity, mental illness, or cogntive impairment, Trump gave us ample evidence he needs professional help

and

I'm not the only mental health professional who says that Trump needs a rigorous neuropsychiatric evaluation to rule out a cognitive illness

The horror of having an unhinged dictator running the country is only surpassed by having a sane dictator. This could happen if Trump is elected and deteriorates to the point that it is possible to remove him permanently through the 25th Amendment.

I wrote about this here: 

Consider sane malignant narcissist J.D. Vance as president

When President Biden's age and possible cognitive disorder was an issue after his debate with Trump the mainstream press was unrelenting in suggesting he had dementia.  Now the number one undercovered story as far as the media goes is that Trump also shows many signs of dementia. 

Most recent blogs:

Sarah Huckabee Sanders vying with Vance for publicity in stand against childless cat ladies

and

It's naive young voters who may either make the country into a dictatorship or keep our democracy

Read all previous blogs here.