Is Donald Trump Crazy?

Is Donald Trump Crazy?

A lot has been written by pundits and psychiatrists lately about the mental state of our new president. Some estimable shrinks have gone on TV to claim that Donald Trump's over-the-edge behavior has exemplified the characteristics of many serious psychological conditions.

Let's assume that Trump has at least one fairly obvious mental condition: megalomania. Let's assume that his expansive ego, which served him so well for so many years was intact when he ran for president. After all, he was able to obliterate the competition and he seemed to be having a good time doing it. He never seemed to break a sweat. He was a television guy, after all. He knew how to feed an image to the camera lens. This was a man who had a clear picture of himself and that picture was served well by a lapping media that hungrily devoured every outlandish word and borderline deed he committed.

As long as his out sized ego was served by the campaign and the media, things went along just fine. But trouble may have started to rear its head on election night.

What if Trump really never expected to become president at all? What if he was just running because it served to publicize his brand and to get him out in front of the cameras? What if it was all just a good workout for his ego?

What if, on election night, he was more surprised than anyone to discover that America had thrust him onto the highest perch in the world? What if he had more trouble handling the shock of that information than anyone imagined?

Ask yourself how you felt when you first heard that Donald Trump been elected Leader of the Free World? Maybe the condition known as Trump Derangement Syndrome has affected even that condition's namesake.