1. characterized by or holding idiosyncratic beliefs or impressions that are contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.
2. Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness called a “psychosis” in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. The main feature of this disorder is the presence of delusions, unshakable beliefs in something untrue or not based on reality. People with delusional disorder generally experience non-bizarre delusions, which involve situations that could occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, deceived, conspired against, or loved from a distance. These delusions usually involve the misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences. In reality, however, the situations are either not true at all or highly exaggerated. If the delusions could not happen in reality (aliens, television broadcasting your thoughts) then a person might be considered delusional with bizarre-type delusions.

By any definition of the word, the man elected as President of the United States exhibits delusional behavior. Donald Trump either acts delusional on purpose as a means to advance his political agenda, or he is truly delusional as evidenced by his blunt denials of facts that contradict his desired outcomes or beliefs.

Having a delusional person at the seat of power in America is a dangerous situation for this country, and the world at large. When a person of Trump’s stature and position cannot separate facts from fears, or fiction from fruition, the results are typically chaotic. And when a delusional leader acts out of force of personality and as a means to defy the supposed weaknesses of his predecessors, there is danger at every turn.

Recently Donald Trump ordered Navy Seals into action in Yemen. By many measures that included the death of one American soldier and five others wounded, a $75M helicopter scuttled and civilians torn to pieces in an airstrike, the effort was a hot mess that went wrong from the start. Military officials blamed lack of sound intelligence for the failure of the raid.

Yet this is how the Trump administration responded to those criticisms:

“The Trump administration’s top spokesperson called a raid in Yemen that resulted in the death of one Navy SEAL and the likely deaths of civilians a “huge success,” and rebuked any criticism of the operation as a “disservice” to the fallen SEAL.

Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, earlier called the operation a “failure.”

“It’s absolutely a success and I think anyone who would suggest it’s not a success does disservice to the life of Chief Ryan Owens,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said today during the daily press briefing.”

We’ve seen this delusion before in the Iraq War

The same delusional arguments have been made suggesting the Iraq War even in its massively chaotic and destructive first few years was also a success. President George W. Bush stood before a large sign stating MISSION ACCOMPLISHED on a warship at sea.

This was an illustration of delusion at its worst. Bush and Cheney cost America $6T in an unbudgeted military venture that produced even more terrorism and hatred for America before President Obama sealed up the envelope as required by Iraq in its negotiations and pulled most of our troops out of the country.

That’s common sense. Yet men like Donald Trump appear to want to increase the nature and scale of American aggression in the Middle East. Delusional Twitter threats made by Trump toward Iran may inflame those possibilities. So might his ugly taunts toward China. Even his nasty confrontations with allies hold potential to turn former friends into guarded enemies of our nation.

Domestically delusional

Trump is psychotic in all these regards. And on domestic policy his opinions of how to handle immigration, such as building a multibillion dollar wall along the Mexican border, are patently insane.

Yet he garners enough support from an equally delusional and selfishly motivated segment of the American electorate that his shallow dreams and public nightmares earn a certain grade of popularity. His rants against the media for “attacking him” when all they are doing is fact-checking his statements show the paranoid nature of the man. His belligerent attitude and the sociopathic tendencies of his close advisor Stephen Bannon all mimic the likes of an insane dictator bent on bring the world to its knees by any means.

Worse yet, his insanity is serving as a smokescreen for Ayn Rand-obsessed Republicans eager to gut the EPA, privatize Social Security and throw old people and kids out on the streets with nothing more than vouchers to gain health care coverage or a decent education.

These are not overreactions. Donald Trump fit the description of a delusional individual long before he became President. He has always been narcissistic beyond the normal levels of already ignorant Americans by a tenfold measure. His show The Apprentice in which he positioned himself as an angry boss yelling “You’re Fired” shows how insanely egotistical the man has always been.

Time to impeach

There is only one answer to this delusion. That is to remove the man and everyone associated with him from power. Impeach Trump for his conflicts of interest in all his continued business dealings. Impeach him for his failure to conduct himself with respect toward other nations and their representatives. Impeach him for his known and clear collusion and favoritism toward a Russian government that has been demonstably involved in hacking the American electoral process.

The reasons keep adding up. The time to impeach Donald Trump is now. Remove the delusionary egotist from office. Drain the Swamp he’s created through unqualified and unethical nominees. Yank the likes of Stephen Bannon with his apocalyptic brand of Breitbart hate from the reins of power. And finally, put that miserable sycophant Reince Priebus back where he belongs shoveling the stables of Republican horseshit.

This has gone far enough. Impeach Donald Trump now. Before it is genuinely too late. Or he declares martial law. Or hits the nuke button. This delusional President is not going to Make America Great Again. His presence is going to ruin the good work of all those who believe in civil rights, equality, liberty and justice for all.