Malignant Narcissist

So, what is it and what are the signs?

What It Means to Be a Malignant Narcissist

Beyond the desire to focus primarily on themselves and be held in high regard by virtually everyone in their lives, people with malignant narcissism tend to have a darker side to their self-absorption. These individuals can be highly manipulative and don't care who they hurt as long as they get their own way.

Signs and symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder (and the severity of these symptoms) vary. But the following are common characteristics of malignant narcissists:

1 - Preoccupied with fantasies about beauty, brilliance, success, and power
2 - Unable to handle criticism
3 - Tendency to lash out if they feel slighted
4 - Likely to take advantage of others to get what they want
5 - Overly concerned about their appearance
6 - Have an expectation of being treated as superior
7 - Lack of empathy for others
8 - Inflated sense of self and inability to self-regulate
9 - Have no remorse for hurting others and no interest in apologizing unless it benefits them
10 - Have an attitude of deserving the best of everything
11 - Tendency to monopolize conversations and/or mistreat those who they perceive as inferior
12 - Hidden insecurity and a weak sense of self
13 - Tendency to blame others for their own bad behavior

I have personally encountered people who displayed a few of these characteristics, and even though it was just a few, I found that I would rather not encounter them again. I found them to be socially and psychologically unappealing. If I don't have to socialize with such a person, I won't.

From my reading of the list above, Trump routinely, daily, displays at least 11 of the 13 on the list - that's not good.

. . . and yet . . .

Millions of Americans want this person to be President, again (and again, and again). Surely they can see, with their own eyes, and hear with their own ears, what I can see and hear, surely.

So, what is it about Trumps followers that causes them to filter out all of that horrible behaviors and deplorable attitudes that Trump so easily and routinely displays, on a daily basis?