“He would enter part way in the delusion in the hope of bringing his patient back with him to reality,” she wrote. Later, this method had to be adapted to the delusions of grandeur in which patients imagined themselves to be Napoleon. And the method of dealing with Donald Trump adapted by most democratic leaders is the pious fraud. Trump is not mentally ill, but he is in the broader sense mad. Trump is a Napoleon with a Napoleon complex – the holder of immense real-world power who is also under the illusion that this power is unlimited.

Source: The Irish Times March 10, 2026 13:32 UTC