The Donald Trump Paradox: Very Intelligent, High-Functioning, and Successful, But Thought By Many, Even In His Own Party, To Be Crazy.

It was Donald Trump’s use of pseudonyms—which now has its own page in Wikipedia (1)—that first led me to mention him here. I have often discussed novelists’ use of pseudonyms as a symptom of their multiple personality (search “pseudonyms” and “pseudonym” in this blog).

Another recurrent topic in this blog has been the popular misconception that multiple personality is a psychosis. To borrow a phrase from Hamlet, there is a method to this (seeming) madness. Superficially, it might seem psychotic, but in the vast majority of cases, it is not. For past posts on this subject, search “madness,” “psychotic,” and “crazy” in this blog.

If Donald Trump had multiple personality, and it made him, superficially, appear crazy, then the confusion between multiple personality and madness might be called “the Donald Trump paradox.”

Of course, since I have never interviewed Donald Trump, I have no way of knowing whether he has multiple personality or not.

1. Wikipedia. “Donald Trump pseudonyms.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_pseudonyms