Donald Trump: the modern-day Nero ready to burn down America? | Jamieson Webster

The most famous of Roman rulers was not erratic to begin with, but only became so once he was seduced by spectacle. Trump is not too different from him

Donald Trump has been diagnosed in the media over and over again, called everything from a malignant narcissist to a pervert. While many would concur that he is simply personality disordered of some variety or another, maybe, some wonder, he could even be psychotic, paranoid - a real madman deep down.

Diagnosing public figures that one has not conducted a "proper examination of" is forbidden by the American Psychiatric Association in what they call "The Goldwater Rule" - as is releasing the results of that examination without proper authorization. But that rule is often ignored when it comes to Donald Trump.