New York Times columnists inadvertently describe President Trump as having behavior suggestive of multiple personality: “6-year-old” and “protean man.”

As I’ve noted in past posts (search “Trump”), a number of Times columnists have unintentionally suggested that President Trump has multiple personality.

There is a difference between calling someone immature and saying he is like a 6-year-old. The latter suggests the presence of a child-aged alternate personality (the most common kind of alternate personality, because multiple personality starts in childhood).

And to say that Trump is a “protean man” is to say that he changes like a person with multiple personalities.

Here is what they say:

“Fans of the old TV series may remember a classic ‘Twilight Zone’ episode…It featured a small town terrorized by a 6-year-old who for some reason had monstrous superpowers…And now you know what it must be like working in the Trump administration. Actually, it feels a bit like that just living in Trump’s America” (1).

“He is the ultimate protean man” (2).

Of course, none of this proves that Trump has multiple personality (a normal version). But it continues to raise the question, inadvertently.

1. Paul Krugman. “Living in the Trump Zone.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/living-in-the-trump-zone.html?_r=0

2. David Brooks. “The Pond Skater Presidency.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/the-pond-skater-presidency.html