{"id":6748,"date":"2022-01-16T09:36:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T17:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6748"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:56:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T17:56:40","slug":"the-shared-psychosis-of-donald-trump-and-his-loyalists-scientific-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6748","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018Shared Psychosis\u2019 of Donald Trump and His Loyalists &#8211; Scientific American"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee explains the outgoing president\u2019s pathological appeal and how to wean people from it <\/strong>  By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/author\/tanya-lewis\/\">Tanya Lewis<\/a> on January 11, 2021 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building last week, incited  by President Donald Trump, serves as the grimmest moment in one of the  darkest chapters in the nation\u2019s history. 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