Politics

Is Trump Having a Nervous Breakdown?

Trump has lived in a fantasy world of his own making for his entire life

Caren White
Politically Speaking
5 min readDec 23, 2020

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Politico is reporting that based on his recent behavior, both mental health professionals and Trump’s niece, who is also a mental health professional and has had the chance to observe him for years as a family member, fear that Trump is having a mental breakdown.

I am not a mental health professional nor am I family member, but based on my own observations of Trump’s behavior since the 1980s, my opinion is that what we are seeing is actually pretty normal behavior for Trump.

You cannot judge Trump based on normal behavior. He has never lived a normal life like you and me so his behavior, i.e. coping skills, are not the same as everyone else. And while those life skills might be judged as abnormal for the general population, they have worked for him and helped him achieve success for more than 70 years.

What you have to understand about Trump is that his wealth has insulated him from reality. He has always lived in a bubble surrounded by people who tell him that he is the greatest, the smartest, the richest. He has never lived in the real world like other people.

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Caren White
Politically Speaking

Top Writer in Politics and Government. I always speak my mind. Follow me on Mastodon @carenawhite