Trump Has Oval Office MELTDOWN
Shrinking Trump
Really American Media
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🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
Psychologists John Gartner and Harry Segal take a close look at that disastrous meeting with Zelensky in the Oval Office before turning to the big picture with George Conway, constitutional lawyer, political activist, and one of the leading lights warning the country about Trump.
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In this newest episode of Shrinking Trump, our hosts analyze the signs of cognitive decline and severe personality disorder seen in Trump’s increasingly erratic and dangerous behavior. And our guest George Conway, a well-known figure in the "Never Trump" movement, shares his insights into the global implications of Trump's psychopathy and inherent sadism.
We’ll kick off the show with a reflection on the exhausting chaos of Trump's second term, six weeks in. And we take a hard look at the recent meeting between Trump and Zelensky, a pivotal moment when America betrayed its allies and continued its descent into authoritarianism.
Dr. Siegel describes how, in that meeting, Trump’s grandiosity, narcissism, and pathological need for recognition played out with disastrous consequences in real-time. Dr. Gartner breaks down the erratic display—marked by grandiosity, followed by sudden deflation and aggression.
The hosts expertly explain how Trump’s impulsivity and lack of foresight clearly manifests itself when Trump is threatened, leaving him open to manipulation by figures like J.D. Vance. And the duo emphasizes how Trump’s penchant for authoritarian leaders, like Vladimir Putin, is undoing long-standing alliances and destabilizing the Western World.
Dr. Gartner and Dr. Siegel close out the show with powerful words, urging our listeners to remain vigilant, active, and informed in this fight against tyranny.
Be sure to join us next week for another all-new episode, where we continue our mission of Shrinking Trump.
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| 1:01.7 | I'm Dr. John Gartner. |
| 1:03.9 | And I'm Dr. Harry Siegel. |
| 1:07.1 | And welcome to another session of shrinking Trump. |
| 1:16.5 | Well, this is our 43rd episode, John, and I am so tired. But I'm not tired from doing 43 episodes. I'm tired. Well, I don't know. I thought it was he was easy. You're more tired |
| 1:26.1 | for what the episodes are about. |
| 1:36.3 | Well, yeah, that's what I'm trying to say, which is that this has just been the sixth week of Trump's second term. |
| 1:45.6 | And his capacity for destruction, impulsive behavior, criminal behavior, compulsive lying. |
| 1:51.7 | I couldn't watch, for example, his address to Congress, but I read it. |
| 1:57.1 | It's just not even an attempt to tell the truth almost all the time. |
| 2:02.4 | And John and I began the show because we were worried about his declining cognitive functioning, but also his severe personality disorder. And John was predicting that we would see |
| 2:09.5 | a destruction of our democratic norms, a destruction of the balance of power, |
| 2:20.3 | I'm sorry, our balance of power of the different parts of our government. |
| 2:25.3 | Why am I not talking very well today? |
| 2:28.3 | Separation of powers, I think is what you're talking. |
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