Trump, not surprisingly, scored off the charts on the first part of the triad: narcissism. In fact, Lindsey said, the president was a “ten out of ten narcissist,” which he blamed on Trump’s mother, a withholding Scottish immigrant who had not, in his view, given Trump sufficient attention early in life. Lindsey, however, said that Trump did not rate on the two other personality disorders in the triad: Machiavellianism and sociopathy. “He’s not Machiavellian,” Lindsey said. “How many steps ahead does he think? Let’s just be honest with ourselves.” He compared Trump’s long-term planning ability
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