While Donald Trump’s complete lack of empathy and mental instability is pretty obvious to anyone who has any common sense, the testimonies from those who have known The Donald for any length of time are still terrifying.
Despite how badly Trump’s behavior seems to be declining, those who have had experience with Trump over the decades can vouch that the president has always been insane and a dangerous person. And when we look at the corruption that has followed Trump throughout all of his businesses and into his presidency, we are left with only a few conclusions: Trump is a “clinical sociopath” — and those who know him will back that up.
As Trump went off on one of his ridiculous Twitter tantrums yesterday, bestselling author and reporter Kurt Eichenwald also had a lot to say. Eichenwald has known Trump for over 30 years and was likely horrified by what he’s seen from the president lately — so he spilled the beans. In nearly two dozen tweets, Eichenwald told everyone about how Trump’s “mental illness” had helped him lie throughout his life.
Eichenwald recalled his interactions with Trump, dating back to 1987, and called Trump out for continuously lying to reporters anonymously to get positive media coverage. Read through these tweets to see just why Eichenwald says Trump is a “clinical sociopath” at the end.
1. I have known Donald Trump since 1987. Like everyone else who knows him well, before he became a politician, I know he is liar, a narcissist, and eventually I knew he was mentally ill. At that time, he professed to be a democrat. This had nothing to do with politics….
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
3…in the business section. My first story was about Trump filing with the SEC to buy more of than 5% of the stock in Alexander’s Dept Store. I am wrong on the date – this call was October 1, 1987. I called Trump Corp to ask a question of spokesman. Trump himself picked up….
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
5…asked me to go on background. He began to wax on about the prospects of Alexanders, how mismanaged it was, how he could save it. He talked about how strong the stock market was, how he believed that Alexnaders was missing out on this continued strength and that he wanted….
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
7…something in the paper anonymously because when he asked, it was his sign he was about to lie.
A week later, my phone rings. It’s Trump. “Kurt, did you see that article about me in the metro section today?” I hadn’t but I had the paper next to me, and began looking for it…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
9…story really captured who he is, and bragged about himself in a way that seemed bizarre. I couldn’t understand why he had called me. I was just some reporter on a try out. And it was clear, he was behaving like a kindergartner showing daddy his crayon picture. He wanted….
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
11…he is, I said, “I was wondering about the Alexander’s buy…” and he said, “Ok, well, gotta go..” and hung up. It would prove to be the strangest call of my career.
A week later, the stock market crashed, losing more than 20% of its value in a single day. Work went into….
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
13…to say this. None of them would print it because…even if it was true…who cares? But no one believed it was true.
I KNEW it was false. He had been buying up Alexander’s stock. There was no new SEC filing (and there never would be) showing he had been selling his shares..
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
15…and said it would be an interesting story that Trump was purposely calling people to pretend brilliance in a lie. The editor did not even look up from his computer and said the words I remember to this day: “Dog bits man. Donald Trump lies.” In other words, everyone in…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
17…so why am I saying all of this? Because lots of people – particularly Cult45 – think these portrayals of Trump as a disturbed liar are new. No, this is stuff that people who have covered him have known for decades. Look at the people who go on TV to discuss him. Many have…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
19…an end point. A person who did business with Trump over the years told me in 2016, “If you asked him, Donald would tell you I’m his best friend.” This struck me as odd, so I said, “And what would you say HE is?” A pause, then the man replied: “A clinical sociopath.”
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— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 13, 2019
Finally, this is a tweetstorm that we can get behind.
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