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'No method to Trump's madness': Psychotherapist slams MAGA for debate 'gaslighting'

Donald Trump is not suddenly going to become presidential and MAGA supporters are in denial or simply ignorant of his personality disorders, a psychotherapist argued on the heels of a problematic presidential debate,Vocal Trump critic Nick Carmody took to X this week to make his case that the Republican Party was spreading a false narrative about their presidential nominee's ability to govern from the White House. "Trump was not in control of his behavior," Carmody wrote. "There is no method to Trump's madness."Carmody argued that Republicans are essentially misleading American voters with promises that Trump is about to change and unify the right. "There are a number of reasons why the Right either legitimately believes, or feigns belief that Trump can change, can become presidential, can become a unifier," Carmody wrote.ALSO READ: How is it possible Trump’s habitual incoherence caught top CEOs by surprise?"First, the Right is heavily invested in delegitimizing the mental health community," Carmody wrote, "because our accurate diagnosis of Trump threatened his presidency, the party, and the authoritarian aspirations of some in the MAGA movement."Carmody then pointed to the oft-used insult “Trump Derangement Syndrome" which he described as a "gaslighting narrative manipulatively designed to dismiss those who recognized and warned about Trump’s disorders."Among those experts is Professor Richard Friedman, director of the psychopharmacology clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College, who Thursday urged Trump to seek a neurologist and pursue testing for cognitive decline. According to Carmody, MAGA fans may find themselves unable to admit that Trump lacks the ability to control himself — especially when baited about crowd size by Vice President Kamala Harris — because it would undermine his ability to lead. "The Right/MAGA being 'disappointed' that Trump 'took the bait' continues to show their denial/ignorance of Trump's severe Cluster B Personality Disorders," Carmody wrote. "Regardless of whatever dire circumstances/experiences he encounters, he will never become "more presidential", he will never become more unifying."