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He is suffering from declining cognition, but in addition to that he's also suffering from being a narcissistic sociopath. 

In order to be classified as a narcopath, malignant narcissist, or narcissistic sociopath, a person has to display several traits of both NPD and ASPD. Some of these signs include delusions, an obsession with power and control, taking advantage of others, and no moral boundaries.

Here are 10 signs of a narcissistic sociopath:

1. They Live In a Deluded Reality

Narcissistic sociopaths don’t see the world in the same way other people do. In their distorted version of reality, they are entitled to whatever they want, regardless of what it takes to get it or who is hurt in the process. They will justify their actions, even ones that are inexcusable, and show no remorse. A sociopath’s narcissism may also lead them to develop delusions of grandeur about being important, special, or exceptional in some way. Or, they can experience paranoid delusions that others are out to get them.

2. They Are Obsessed With Power & Control

People with NPD and ADP are power-hungry. Sociopathic narcissists put a lot of time and effort into acquiring positions that give them power or control over people, bowling over anyone who gets in their way. Once they obtain control, they may demand to be addressed in a certain way or make others follow rules that don’t make sense. This obsession also tends to show up as a refusal to acknowledge any other authority, including rules, laws, policies, or requests made of them by others.

3. They Take Advantage of & Use Other People

Narcissistic sociopaths have a habit of using, exploiting, and taking advantage of others. This tendency shows up in all of their relationships, including romantic, platonic, or familial relationships they’ve been able to maintain. They seek out codependent, nurturing individuals who are more easily manipulated and controlled through guilt, shame, or fear, and will hold onto these relationships for as long as the person remains useful.

4. They Have No Moral Boundaries

There are no lines a narcissistic sociopath won’t cross to get what they want. Their moral compass is non-existent, leaving them without the sense of “right and wrong” that most people have. After doing something harmful, illegal, or sadistic, they won’t feel remorse, regret, or guilt. In fact, they may even feel a sense of satisfaction knowing they were able to deceive, emotionally manipulate, or hurt someone.

5. They Have a Limited Range of Emotions

Narcissistic sociopaths don’t experience feelings of love and affection, or more vulnerable emotions like guilt, shame, or sadness. The only strong emotion they seem to be able to access is anger. This can show up as outrage or narcissistic rage when they’re slighted, offended, or not granted something they feel they deserve.4 This stunted emotional range also keeps them from being able to experience empathy, sometimes leading them to engage in destructive behaviors that grant them some form of feeling.

6. They Have a Huge Discard Pile

Narcissistic sociopaths are known to discard people and things that are no longer useful to them. Over time, their narcissistic discard pile stacks up and may include former friends, lovers, colleagues, and mentors. Their discard pile may also include expensive material things they got bored or tired of, as well as roles or activities that served a purpose at one time but are no longer useful to them.

7. They Become Hostile When Threatened

Narcissistic sociopaths are most dangerous when they feel threatened. Because of their natural tendency to be paranoid, less trusting, and more easily offended, threats can be a routine occurrence for them. When they feel threatened, the narcopath will often become hostile and aggressive, lashing out and becoming abusive toward others.

8. They Feed Off of Negative Energy

A narcissistic sociopath feeds off of negative emotions and energy. There is something about drama, others’ fear or pain, or the chaos of disaster that seems to excite them or give them energy. This kind of parasitic attraction to negativity is a telltale sign of a sick person, including a person who may have traits of NPD and ASPD. This behavior is also what makes sociopathic narcissists sadistic and dangerous, causing them to enjoy the pain and suffering of others. 

9. They Get Bored Easily

A narcissistic sociopath is constantly seeking sensations and cheap thrills because nothing can hold their interest and attention for long. They become easily bored with people, things, and activities, and will abandon them once they are no longer entertained. This boredom can also turn into a restlessness that causes them to find destructive outlets. For this reason, people with these traits tend to be impulsive and aggressive, or engaged in crime, violence, or drug use.

10. They Are Empty Inside

A narcissistic sociopath may have worked hard to craft a powerful, important image, but this is a front. Lacking the ability to feel a full range of emotions makes them hollow and empty on the inside, keeping them from really experiencing things, expressing themselves, or connecting with others. This internal emptiness is what they’re trying to hide from others with their narcissism, and also what they’re seeking to escape within themselves by using maintaining a level of entertainment, power, or destruction.

2 hours ago, Searat7 said:

Every day in the same spot there are negative comments about Trump. It seems so orchestrated I wonder if China or some other entity like USA Democrats are behind this. Very glad the election will be over soon. Neither candidate is ideal but Harris is totally incompetent and has done nothing since she became VP. 

Can you break down all of Mike Pence's accomplishments as VP? 

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

You make some good points in your post and I would like to add something, even if it is going off on a tangent very slightly, because someone who has dementia/lost the plot/has senile decay is highly likely to be swayed by strong people in his immediate circle who have their own viewpoints to push.

 

For example: –Former independent presidential candidate and antivaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that former President Trump wants him to choose leaders for key public health agencies if he wins the election in November…Kennedy and Trump previously talked about conspiracy theories related to the toxicity of childhood vaccines in a video posted to social media earlier this year!!   
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4887585-rfk-jr-trump-fda-nih-cdc/

So it could be possible that the anti-vax and conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy is in charge of a key public health agency. That would be an absolute joke and would be damaging to the health system in the USA.

 

In addition: –The presence of hard-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer alongside Donald Trump on the campaign trail in recent days has raised questions, including from some Republicans, about the influence the controversial former congressional candidate may have on him.

Ms Loomer is well-known for her anti-Muslim rhetoric and for spreading conspiracy theories, including that the 9/11 attacks were an "inside job" carried out by the US government.

So a Kennedy nut job and antivax and conspiracy theorist, along with hard right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who thinks the 9/11 attacks were carried out by the US government, could hold sway on government policies.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

Yes. What could possibly go wrong with a room full of insane and extremist people running the government? 

You deal with it, or you leave. It is hot here. Big deal. During the very hot times of the year, I often don't leave my home during the day. Plenty to keep me amused. With the AC cranking it is very comfy. 

Also, eating less meat helps to keep your body cooler. 

No. It is a fad. And as soon as Trump becomes irrelevant in November, the stock will be $1 a share. 

Yes 100%. In my opinion he started to fade in the last year of his presidency. He may have had a minor stroke. Since then, it has been a steady downhill path. Far less coherent than in the past, very hard for him to continue a sentence for more than 15 seconds, alot of rambling, complaining, playing the victim card, and juvenile name calling as usual. Even most of the CEO's he met with a month ago were shocked at how lacking his message was.

He is in the beginning stages of severe cognitive decline and it's a horrific thing to watch, he's an increasingly dangerous man and having him as the oldest elected president in history would not be a good thing. He rambles on and on, and it is easy to discern that he has a very hard time maintaining a thought for more than 15 seconds. He is, and has always been the master of slogans, and memes, but the public is just getting tired of the same game, day in and day out. He does not possess the creative juice to adapt, and that is absolutely killing his campaign, at this point. He is headed for the greatest humiliation of his lifetime.

He's old, he's tired, he's now the oldest person to ever run for president, he's feels like he's 85 or 90 right now, he seems to be losing interest, he seems to be losing the plot, his message is getting tired, he has no ability to dance on his feet and be creative, and adapt, and he just seems to be disintegrating before our eyes, which is a beautiful thing to watch.

And now, he seems to regret his choice of Vance, and seems very stressed out over Harris. Can't blame him for that.

He does seem to be imploding.  

Inappropriate, dumb and she likely needs a good slap up the side of her head. Bet it was for an Instagram shot or prank. Society is declining. People are getting dumber. 

The real issue now is that JNNP Trump (just nasty, no policy) has no message. He is a broken record, and people are getting tired of hearing the same juvenile no sense every time he speaks. He does not have a plan B. And he is incapable of adapting. This is just who he is. One game plan. Super nasty, all the time. The people want more. Alot more. Harris/Walz, no matter what you think of them, they're giving the people hope, they're giving the people something to believe in, they have a positive message. That's what people want right now and Trump and Vance are both incapable of that. 

A warning from a Trump ally and supporter. He does not listen. He does not care. He hates too much. 

From the NY Post, a Murdoch paper. It would appear they are losing faith in these goons. 

Tread carefully when it comes to women, including Vice President Kamala Harris. All signs point to a tight race in November, and the GOP ticket is already behind with women: In five battleground states, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Harris leads by 9 points or more with the ladies.

Closing that gap may be an uphill battle. Even if Trump were ahead, it would be foolish to ignore the power of women voters: About 7.4 million more women than men were registered to vote in 2022, according to the Center for American Women in Politics, and more women than men have voted in every presidential election since 1964. 

Besides, the chance to vote for a woman who feels like a relative newcomer will almost certainly attract female voters who sat out other elections (or even some of those who pulled the lever for Trump in 2016 because they couldn’t stomach the alternative). Sure, there are plenty of women who want what Trump and Vance are selling: school choice, parental rights, a better economy, safer neighborhoods and a more secure border.

But this is a different political landscape than 2016, and both Trump and Vance need to keep on the straight and narrow to avoid alienating female voters who might otherwise agree with them on policy.

Maybe Trump should start by quitting hurling derogatory nicknames and ad hominem insults at his foes. He can ding Kamala on policy without making crass comments or veering into petty pot shots about her looks or gender that might make women balk.

He and his running mate must certainly avoid missteps like the one Vance made in 2021, when he blasted “childless cat ladies” who run the country but are “miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made.” He also foolishly suggested penalizing women without kids with higher taxes. For real?

Vance’s comments resurfaced recently and spread like wildfire on social media, drawing backlash from even conservative women. Trump and Vance need to reassure women that they take them seriously as a voting bloc, and they have no interest in pushing national policy that controls women’s decisions on family matters. The GOP ticket knows women will play a major role in deciding this election — perhaps they should start acting like it.

Her background is a bit cloudy. As transactional as Trump is, it is very possible he hired her as an escorts. No proof, just speculation. Nothing wrong with that, just saying. Some guys have the courage to admit it, some don't. 

What is more significant, is the degree to which she dislikes him.l now. She slaps away his tiny hands, she won't ever touch or hug him, and it is likely they have not been intimate for a long, long time. Perhaps that answers why he would be hanging out with Looney Loomer. Yikes. I cannot even imagine what it would be like to live with a woman who is dislikes and disrespects you. Though, she has ample cause for it. 

Not surprising, considering that the people who drafted the rules have no talent and bought their positions. They are utter nonsense, will result in total confusion and will likely be changed. This is disgraceful. 

It is very hard for somebody of even modest intelligence to take a question like this seriously. The first thing that comes to mind is that when you have a man with a incredibly delicate ego and very deep self-esteem issues, he can be easily manipulated through a simple compliment into providing you with an unfair advantage during a negotiation, regardless of whether you're an ally or an adversary.

The flip side of that is that just a simple note passed around a table insulting or demeaning him, or questioning the crowd sizes of his rallies, could send him into a mental fog and delirium so deep, that he completely loses his ability to conduct a negotiation, or digresses into a conversation about kidnapped stir fried dogs.

The third aspect of this is that he's a terrible negotiator to begin with, the man cannot negotiate his way out of a paper bag, contrary to his very well crafted, but utterly fake image. 

I could keep going all day. He is a very dangerous man. 

Have you seen this brilliant parody of the animal tirade? 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_5cwQZuEgd/?igsh=MWcyeHpweWtpYzByZA==

This is a very old, overly entitled, overly rich, overweight empty suit, that has no business being in the position he's in, brings absolutely no skill to what he does, brings nothing to the table other than his self interests, and the interests of the utterly useless Thai army.

He is a vampire, sucking the blood of the nation. 

I'm buying in the very few of these nonsensical diatribes on these pages, if Swift had endorsed Trump most of his devotees would be singing her praises, however at this point it just feels like sour grapes. 

Deny it all you want, she is very influential, and she has millions of devoted fans. 

No high ranking member of any of the Armed Forces in Thailand should ever be permitted to hold a high rank in government, much less head a political party and stand the chance of becoming PM. It is the last thing in the world that Thailand needs, and the last thing in the world the Thai people want. Something must change. The people must eventually say NO! 

And it assures Thailand will continue its rather quick backwards march into oblivion, and near total irrelevancy. 

Granted it's great for a few thousand incredibly corrupt and morally bankrupt souls, who are the richest people in the nation, and worship the golden calf, and it's good for a few people with far more power than they should ever have, to ensure their place.

The army is no doubt the enemy of the people, and so is the new stooge PM. The recent election shows that the people are both sick of being led by highly ignorant dinosaurs, with no interest in progress, and are interested in smart, young folks, who are serious, accomplished, capable of change, and interested in insuring that Thailand has a good future. Pita is exactly what this nation needs, at this point in time. However, he was too progressive, and the goons had to stop him, in the name of regression.

Not a good idea, you cannot take 14% of a nation and say we're going to give you a fortune because our ancestors hundreds of years ago made these egregious errors. Society was different, culture was different, and slavery has been the norm for millennium. And where you going to stop, are you going to extend that to everyone from South America with African blood? Where you going to draw the line?

Her advisors need to sit her down, give her a very stern talking to, perhaps slap her up the side of the head, and set her off on the straight and narrow path. 

Just accept it, get on with it make the most of your life and stop the incessant victimization. 

She is doing a great job. And she made a great pick in Walz. So far, Vance has failed every test, and Walz has shined. 

Their problem is authenticity, one of the major absurdist planks of Trump’s campaign, in which the scion of a New York real estate empire accuses his rivals of being “east-coast elites”. Walz, unlike almost every other high-profile Democrat going back decades – including Hillary Clinton’s affable and somewhat Walz-like 2016 running mate, Tim Kaine – is not a lawyer. He did not go to Harvard or Yale, a fact he is proving happy to weaponise. If Walz has the energy of a dad reminding his grown-up kids to stay hydrated, he is also, on the evidence of the first day of campaigning, still very much the high school coach running the cafeteria at lunchtime, using all the modes – sarcasm, booming aggression, sudden, sharp mockery – that traditionally keep feral adolescents in order.

Walz said to the crowd in Philadelphia: “Like all regular people in America’s heartland, JD Vance studied at Yale, had his career funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, and wrote a bestseller trashing that community … COME ON!”

He was named the ranking member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in 2017. He focused on issues such as veterans’ mental health, suicide and pain management. He also called for funding to research medical cannabis treatment for veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain.

Walz served 24 years in the Army National Guard before retiring from a field artillery battalion. 

Have you ever taught High School? It's very hard work, so is coaching a team to a state championship, and 24 years in the National Guard is not easy work either, and 12 years in congress is not a slouch. 

I realize that conservatives are desperate to find something, with some traction, that they can use to criticize this man, but that's going to be a very difficult job. He's an impressive man, he's a great orator, he's energizing the crowds and right now Harris and Walz are doing something that Trump and Vance just simply cannot seem to be able to do. Get people excited about progress. Both Trump and Vance now appear to be very dull and humorless compared to Harris and Walz. 

I think the Republicans are simply floundering at this point, and Trump's  entire campaign is lost. They're using the silliest little things to attempt to discredit Harris and Walz. Yes Walz did have a drunk driving incident, fortunately nobody was killed, he fessed up to it, he stopped drinking, which is a lot more than you can say for the vast majority of drunk drivers, and he's a really good man.

He's such a good man the Republicans don't know what to do with him, they've completely lost any sense of messaging, the campaign is floundering like never before, they're heading toward a massive and humiliating defeat, they seem to know it, and desperation has set in.

Vance by comparison seems very phony, very insincere, and does not seem to even have the ability to relate to common people. If you doubt that, check out the donut shop scene on YouTube that is one of the most awkward exchanges I've ever seen. 

2 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

 

yes, only an idiot would want a war to end and people stop dying!!

if the US UK and nato hadn't been blood thirsty psychopaths the Ukraine war could have a long time ago,

Correct, the war could have ended long ago, if we were all willing to Just surrender Ukraine, at Putin's request. He loves you guys. 

45 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

If Putin likes Trump enough to not invade Ukraine on Trump's watch, I'm okay with that.

 

If you truly think that Putin waited until Trump's watch was over before invading Ukraine, and that was the reason for his wait, you need to back off on the Kool-aid. Trump himself has confessed that he likely would not have a interfered in the war. So please explain to us in all your native wisdom why Trump would act as any sort of deterrent for Russia.