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Megalomaniac: Someone with an extreme obsession for power, wealth, and self-importance, characterized by grandiose delusions of being more significant or powerful than they are, often linked to a tenuous grip on reality.”

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed—and hence clamorous to be led to safety—by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken, “Baltimore Evening Sun,”1920.

The mainstream media continues to describe Donald Trump as an “isolationist,” or a “neo-conservative,” or more recently as an “imperialist.” These terms are irrelevant; the term that should be applied is “megalomaniac” or “narcissist.” These terms fit Trump and help to understand the threat he poses to the peace and security of the United States and much of the global community.

Trump’s narcissism has been on display for decades. It is a serious personality........

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