Trump’s OWN Crash Will Follow His Self-Created Economic Disaster
Shrinking Trump
Really American Media
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2025
⏱️ 122 minutes
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Summary
In this all-new, 47th episode of Shrinking Trump, Psychologists John Gartner and Harry Segal analyze the mental disturbance underlying Trump‘s impulse to crash the world economy through tariffs. How do you stop a mad king? These issues and more are discussed by a very special guest.
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In this riveting show, our hosts unravel the implications of Trump's administration, emphasizing his reckless economic missteps and the devastating effects of his erratic policies—which have plunged the stock markets into chaos. Dr. Gartner and Dr. Segal survey the damage caused by Trump’s tariffs, comparing it to economic downturns like the Great Depression.
As experienced clinicians, our hosts analyze Trump's troubling psychological profile, characterized by malignant narcissism and a worsening cognitive decline. They uncover how Trump’s actions mirror those of a self-destructive leader—manipulative, power-hungry, and shockingly paranoid.
Dr. Segal passionately critiques Trump's administration, describing the destructive impact it’s having on both domestic and international fronts—illustrating how Trump's economic policies are self-defeating, and catalyzing unprecedented levels of instability.
And Dr. Gartner likens Trump to fictional tyrants, pointing out the psychological thrill Donald seems to derive from his influence over global markets.
As beacons of hope amidst the chaos, we’ll also put a spotlight on some of the rising voices of the Resistance and review the inherent resilience of our democratic institutions.
Listeners are called to remain engaged and proactive, standing united against the malign forces that are threatening our democracy. It's a powerful call to arms in these turbulent times.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dr. John Gartner. |
| 0:02.0 | And I'm Dr. Harry Siegel. |
| 0:04.0 | And welcome to another session of shrinking Trump. |
| 0:08.0 | This is our 47th show, John. |
| 0:13.0 | We've been doing this since April. I think, actually it is April. |
| 0:16.0 | We've been doing this for a year. |
| 0:18.0 | We've been doing this for a year. It's incredible. As our audience knows, |
| 0:24.5 | we began by warning about Trump's severe personality disorder as well as his early onset signs |
| 0:34.6 | of dementia. And we warned, and we pleaded pleaded and we yelled and we wanted the elites to know. |
| 0:41.9 | We wanted the media to know. |
| 0:43.6 | And the media started to talk about it and the Democrats started to talk about it. |
| 0:48.7 | And then there was the wipe out of the election. |
| 0:52.1 | And it's now been, I don't know, 75, 80 days since Trump has been in office. |
| 0:58.8 | And he has been wreaking havoc. He has been tearing up democratic institutions. He's destroying universities by taking my research. |
| 1:09.4 | He's set Robert Kennedy Jr. to destroy, well, the CDC and other parts of government. |
| 1:19.6 | He's even cut into FEMA, not to mention firing needlessly thousands and thousands of workers without justification. |
| 1:30.4 | That was with his pal Elon. |
| 1:33.1 | But this week really, really took the cake because he set enormous tariffs on everyone in the world. |
| 1:43.8 | And it tanked the markets for two days, and then he put it on pause. |
| 1:50.0 | He said declaring victory, and the market went up, and it crashed again today. |
| 1:54.9 | We're recording this on Thursday, because I'm saying it because everything changes. |
| 2:00.1 | So anyway, I'm just holding on for dear life. |
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