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Trump's Pathological Ego: A Legacy of Contempt

3/20/2026

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  • New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie critiques U.S. President Donald Trump as clinically pathological, citing a 2016 Harvard paper linking psychopathy and narcissism in politics.
  • Bouie highlights a press conference where Trump revealed a congressman's terminal cancer diagnosis, shocking attendees.
  • He criticizes Trump's lack of humanitarian concern after a missile strike in Iran killed 168 people, mostly children, arguing the behavior shows a legacy of contempt and ego over empathy.