Russell Brinegar & Mark Micloskey~02/05/19~Stargate to the Cosmos-Janet &Sasha

"The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump", talking points include:

•  What type of person should be a world leader?
• Why is there no testing to be a president?
•  The Goldwater Rule (why psychologist are reluctant to give opinions on someone who is not their client
•  The Tarasoff Ruling - why psychologists need to warn others when someone poses a danger to at least one person.
•  Why Trump poses a potential danger to all life on Earth
•  TDS  - Trump Derangement Syndrome - what is it? do we have it? Is TDS a rational response to a terrible president?
•  Narcissism vs malignant narcissism and the dangers presented by a president who has malignant narcissism like Trump
•  Zimbardo Time Perception Inventory that places Trump as "Extreme Present Hedonism" and why that is dangerous
•  Other presidents who have had mental illness
• DSM - 5 CRITERION for SOCIOPATHY - you only need 3 criterion - Trump has all 8
• Why do Trump supporters like him so much? (basically they see themselves in him)
• Why Trump supporters feel that society has left them behind?
• Xenophobia - what is it, why do some white people feel threatened by changing ethnic demographics?
• Changes in job market - are they coming back? or is AI taking over?
• Universal basic income
• ALPHA MALES and why men want to be alpha males vs Beta or Omega males  - why some women are still drawn to them even if they have personality disorders
• what is GASLIGHTING