The World Condemns Trump’s Intransigence
Jenifer Lewis the 60-year-old singer, actress and activist, who lived with undiagnosed bipolar disorder and a sex addiction through her 20s says, “I don’t hate him. I feel sorry for him because I know what mental illness is. On top of his mental illness, he is a sociopath. They don’t have feelings”, (brut.footage:thegrio). This is in reference to the American President Donald Trump.
Sociopathic condition in adults is said to be a lack of empathy, a lack of remorse, irritability and an inability to engage in close relationships, along with continued rule breaking. Individuals also may display odd behaviours and experience distorted and paranoid thinking. (Excerpted from Encyclopaedia Britannica).
An increasing number of Americans are of the opinion that Trump is not only making a mess of the United States locally but, also, endangering its security and goodwill internationally. Unfortunately, for the American people they are witnessing an unexpected litany of blunders, cover ups and all the wrong things.
Trump Blunders
Trump undermined international cooperation on climate change — and America’s credibility on the world stage — out of mindless spite by opting out of the Paris agreement, fired the director of the FBI for failing to demonstrate personal loyalty to him, over Twitter abandoned an alliance with a long time Middle East ally– The State of Qatar, praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for his policy of sanctioning the extrajudicial killings of thousands of suspected drug dealers and users, used his Executive authority over banning thousands of Muslim immigrants creating chaos at airports all across America and the world, hired Michael Flynn as national security adviser, a man who was later charged and pleaded guilty for lying to the FBI on the Russian investigation, baselessly accused his predecessor Obama of illegally wiretapping his phones and the list continues. (For a detailed list of Trump blunders see: All the Terrifying Things That Donald Trump Did Lately by Eric Levitz).
Sociopathic Condition
Individuals subjected to certain mental phenomenon may display odd behaviours and experience distorted and paranoid thinking. As to whether the above and many others not listed here has any bearing on Trump’s mental condition is a diagnosis that only a Psychiatrist could determine. However, his latest decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, seem to weigh much on the likelihood of a sociopathic condition. Again, subject to psychiatric expert opinion. When one sees the definition given above of a sociopath – lack of empathy, a lack of remorse, continued rule breaking – a pattern may be identified in Trump’s behaviour. Let’s see some more facts.
The Trump decision is an infringement of several UN resolutions. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 298, adopted on 25 September 1971 confirmed in “the clearest possible terms” that all actions taken by Israel to change the status of Jerusalem, such as land confiscation, were illegal. Later that year, UN Resolution 478, which was adopted on August 20, 1980, called on all states “that have established diplomatic missions” in Jerusalem to withdraw them from the city. Just two out more than 200 United Nations Resolutions against Israel.
Special UNSC Meeting
Eight (France, Bolivia, Egypt, Italy, Senegal, Sweden, Britain and Uruguay) of the fifteen-member UN Security Council had called for an urgent special meeting on Friday (8th) to discuss the unilateral decision taken by Washington recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The outcome of the meeting was that the United States found itself isolated at the Security Council meeting.
“The status of Jerusalem must be determined through negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians leading to a final status agreement,” the five European nations said in a statement at the end of the meeting. The statement also said, that until that occurs, the EU will not recognize any sovereignty over Jerusalem. The European Union “has a clear and united position: we believe that the only realistic solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine is based on two States, and with Jerusalem as the capital of both the State of Israel and the State of Palestine,” the statement said, indicating that until that occurs, the EU will not recognize any sovereignty over Jerusalem.
Negative Reactions Worldwide
