Donald Trump should make every psychologist happy. First he is a perfect
example of a person with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Second his
attacks on the press are a good example of the theory of cognitive dissonance,
first proposed by Leon Festinger in 1957. When confronted with uncomfortable
facts from CNN, the NY Times or the WP that contradict his belief that he is
the greatest president ever, he will find a way to resolve the contradiction to
reduce his discomfort, i.e. he will attack the free press as the "enemy of the
people". This is exactly what the theory of cognitive dissonance says. From a
psychological perspective Donald is quite interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance-Jochen
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