Excursion to the bizarre world of Trump: For our consideration

What does the current DSM 5 TR say that we might ascribe as possibly something Trump suffers from (and is sharing that suffering with us all)? Most likely fall under the section Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders:

"Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders include conditions involving problems in the self-control of emotions and behaviors. While other disorders in DSM-5 may also involve problems in emotional and/or behavioral regulation, the disorders in this chapter are unique in that these problems are manifested in behaviors that violate the rights of others (e.g., aggression, destruction of property) and/or that bring the individual into significant conflict with societal norms or authority figures. The underlying causes of the problems in the self-control of emotions and behaviors can vary greatly across the disorders in this chapter and among individuals within a given diagnostic category.

The chapter includes oppositional defiant disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder (which is described in the chapter “Personality Disorders”), pyromania, kleptomania, and other specified and unspecified disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders. Although all the disorders in the chapter involve problems in both emotional and behavioral regulation, the source of variation among the disorders is the relative emphasis on problems in the two types of self-control. ¼the criteria for intermittent explosive disorder focus largely on poorly controlled emotion, outbursts of anger that are disproportionate to the interpersonal or other provocation or to other psychosocial stressors.

Intermediate in impact to these two disorders is oppositional defiant disorder, in which the criteria are more evenly distributed between emotions (anger and irritation) and behaviors (argumentativeness and defiance). ¼The disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders all tend to be more common in boys and men than in girls and women, although the relative degree of male predominance may differ both across disorders and within a disorder at different ages. ¼ the high level of comorbidity among these disorders and their frequent comorbidity with substance use disorders and antisocial personality disorder. However, the specific nature of the shared diathesis that constitutes the externalizing spectrum remains unknown." (Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders, 2025).

While it remains best practice to avoid attempts at professional diagnosis unless one is a professional mental health care worker with diagnostic training and has done in-person sessions with the potential subject, it is not hard to see obvious correlatives to what the DSM 5 TR says and the behaviors, utterances, and posts made by Donald J. Trump. 

Reference

Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders. (2025). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787.x15_Disruptive_Impulse_Control