Crash Course: "An inner drive for self-destruction": Psychoanalyst on Trump's cycle of crimes and confessions

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Law enforcement and other experts have shown that there is a direct connection between Trump's violent rhetoric and other pathological behavior and the increase in political and other violence (including hate crimes against non-whites, Jews, the LGBTQI community, Muslims and other marginalized communities) that took place during his presidency and continues through to the present. 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