You’re right that neurodivergence in general doesn’t require disability, but NPD specifically does. If you wanted to claim he has autism, your argument he’s a perfectly functional person would hold water, though it would be an equally silly thing to argue. But you’re arguing he has NPD, which is associated with significant psychosocial impairment typically impacting career, friendships, romance, family, and general social status. Trump is demonstrably very socially gifted and does not struggle with being accepted by society or the people around him. You’re talking as though he overcame tremendous adversity to become president, but that’s not true. The deck was stacked in his favour from the start!
There’s many leaders through history who are assumed to have NPD, including business leaders. It’s a “disability” that allows for one to have no issue manipulating others. It can be very beneficial if you don’t care about personal relations and only care about gaining power and influence.
Power and influence within society ARE personal relations. People with NPD are socially disabled, they can’t compete with neurotypicals on an even playing field when it comes to the sorts of skills that win elections. There’s no such thing as a disability that makes people better at socialising, that’s a myth. Doctors diagnose problems, they don’t diagnose “being great at stuff”.
You’re right that neurodivergence in general doesn’t require disability, but NPD specifically does. If you wanted to claim he has autism, your argument he’s a perfectly functional person would hold water, though it would be an equally silly thing to argue. But you’re arguing he has NPD, which is associated with significant psychosocial impairment typically impacting career, friendships, romance, family, and general social status. Trump is demonstrably very socially gifted and does not struggle with being accepted by society or the people around him. You’re talking as though he overcame tremendous adversity to become president, but that’s not true. The deck was stacked in his favour from the start!
There’s many leaders through history who are assumed to have NPD, including business leaders. It’s a “disability” that allows for one to have no issue manipulating others. It can be very beneficial if you don’t care about personal relations and only care about gaining power and influence.
Power and influence within society ARE personal relations. People with NPD are socially disabled, they can’t compete with neurotypicals on an even playing field when it comes to the sorts of skills that win elections. There’s no such thing as a disability that makes people better at socialising, that’s a myth. Doctors diagnose problems, they don’t diagnose “being great at stuff”.