Ross Rosenfeld, writing for The New Republic, basically thinks Trump is insane.

Some of you might argue that Trump isn’t mad, but just a psychopath feigning madness for his own ends. Or perhaps his ludicrous assertions began as convenient foils and have morphed into true delusions. After all, he’s had plenty of people telling him he’s right. Perhaps there’s a more accurate Shakespearean comparison, then. King Lear has a deep hole in him that constantly has to be filled: He insists that his three daughters publicly fawn over him to gain his graces and dismisses his most beloved daughter, Cordelia, when she refuses to engage in the practice. He cannot accept the errors of his ways. Yet Lear somehow retains his hold on power even as his hold on reality slips away, until ultimately he meets his demise and causes the death of all who are dear to him.

We are in a Shakespearean moment right now. Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it is not some grand strategy but just a sign of a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties. Perhaps he’s not quite yet burying steaks to grow meat trees, like George III, but Trump’s delusions cause considerably more damage than that. Are we going to wait until he’s ranting about “drainage” like Daniel Plainview and beating someone to death with a bowling pin? Are we going to continue to bend over backward to pretend that this emperor isn’t naked?

He’s not insane or a madman. He isn’t calculating or cunning either. He just has a lot of money, has never been told no, and is being used by people who are smarter than him to destroy the government. He ran the first time because he was insulted. He ran the second time to stay out of jail. The end.

He’s entirely delusional about everything because he has no concept of reality. The world revolves around him. He has no empathy. I doubt he has the capacity for love. He’s a sociopath and the sooner a majority of people understand his proclivities the better.