Though he’s always been known as a disgusting human being who will attack anyone for just about any reason, failed former president Donald Trump’s recent comments during an interview with right-wing host Glenn Beck have set off alarm bells among many, especially those who work in the mental health field.
Trump was asked by Beck, “Do you regret not locking [Hillary Clinton] up? And if you’re president again, will you lock people up?”
The disgraced ex-president replied, “The answer is you have no choice, because they’re doing it to us.”
That drew the attention of Dr. Lance Dodes, the supervising analyst emeritus at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, who told Chauncey DeVega of Salon:
“Trump’s latest threats to place opponents in jail, including President Biden, fit with the limitless nature of psychopaths. Lacking a conscience or morality to limit his sadism, and believing in his worth above all others, leads Trump to think he has the right to destroy anyone who does not submit to him.”
Dodes added, “Trump is an extreme outlier in human psychology.”
Even worse than Donald are his supporters, Dodes noted.
“They lack knowledge of the history and techniques of populist tyrants and the inevitable loss of freedom and democracy from them. That is the sad history of people democratically electing such despots; they don’t realize the level of malignant psychology behind the populist face.”
Dodes continued:
“They may not individually be as psychologically ill as Trump, but they lack the moral fortitude to risk their personal political fortunes by opposing him. Said another way, they would also support a less psychopathic leader if that were in their personal interest.”
But it was what Dodes warned about next that should terrify every American that isn’t a member of the Trump cult.
“After Hitler, there were still Nazis in Germany. And after Stalin, there were many longing for his return in Russia. We can expect that there will be Trump supporters even if he is finally imprisoned for his crimes.”
Trump belongs in prison. And if indeed there is a hell, he deserves to burn there with Hitler and Stalin.
