Course Description

Instructors: Sal DePasquale and Terry Bordan

Controversy engulfs the Trump Presidency on a daily basis. Some have suggested psychological issues may explain the source. This special class workshop examines two personality disorders that may apply. Fall, 2020, the instructors will present a class on Criminal Psychology. This workshop is a preview. Lee, B., Md. (2019) The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays Kindle Edition New York: MacMillan and see Trump, M.L. (2020) Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man New York: Simon & Schuster Kindle Edition

The instructors will present explanatory data about these personality disorders but will not form a judgment about applicability to Trump; that is for the attendees to contemplate. Characteristics of these disorders will be presented and explained, followed by video clips of the President and commentators that correlate with the characteristics.