I’ve gotta say I don’t think it’s wise to diagnose people like this. Diagnostic categories are imperfect, heavily influenced by social norms and prejudices, and used to categorize and control people just as often as they are used to help people get needed treatment. Trump is a bad person. We know that without a doubt. I think trying to label it as an illness, or debating if a certain condition is or is not responsible for his behavior, misses the point (and kinda ignores how the dsm’s very messy model of mental illness categories functions in practice.) Some people suck, no clinical explanation needed. Diagnosis is for when you are alone with a therapist trying to figure out what you need. It shouldn’t be a shorthand for making inferences about strangers, or papering over abusive behavior. Diagnoses are socially determined and have a history of being weaponized against people who, say, have not serially sexually assaulted anyone or tried to do a coup. The guy is a bad duded who also loves attention, that’s all. I think it’s better for everyone if we don’t try to medicalize it, because people who have been through the medical diagnosis machine are (often seriously) harmed when evil monsters become what most people automatically think of when they hear about p ‘mental illness’. Trump is just a horrible person. That’s all. He knows what he’s doing and he’s responsible for it.