We've normalized Trump's messiah complex — and what it means for America

We've normalized Trump's messiah complex — and what it means for America

President Donald Trump’s conflation of himself with Jesus Christ is consistent with mental disorders involving delusions of grandeur — so why do we continue acting like this is normal?In a recent article for the New Statesman, journalist Lee Siegel argued this can be traced to the normalization of mental illness, with deinstitutionalization of people who supposedly just “problems in living” causing mass homelessness and violence.“That led to fig…