Raw Story - 'Things will get bad': Ex-GOP insider predicts Trump's 'mental illness' is profound threat

Jennifer Bowers Bahney
April 4, 2025 12:12PM ET

Former GOP insider Steve Schmidt, who worked for prominent Republicans like former President George W. Bush and the late Sen. John McCain, has written a damning assessment of Donald Trump and the "shame" he has brought to America.

In a new Substack article, Schmidt claimed that the "crisis" facing America is based completely on Trump's character and psychology, which precludes him from ever being told "no" or that he is "wrong."

Schmidt claimed it's the same mentality that drew Trump to billionaire Elon Musk, because like recognizes like.

"They are predators, takers and extremists, who inflict misery based on whim because they feel entitled for no reason other than their disordered personalities and inability to feel emotion or empathy," Schmidt wrote of Trump and Musk. "Their mental illness is not only America’s burden. It is now a profound threat."

Schmidt wrote that because Trump can never be wrong, "The American people will be told increasingly what is happening to their savings, security and pensions is someone’s fault — not Trump’s. Then they will be told it is their fault. It will never be Donald Trump’s fault. Ever."

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