Trump's character defect has not been a secret. He was elected not in spite but because of it.

The time has been ripe in America as in other countries for electing psychopathic leaders to do what psychopaths do best: destroy the system seen as responsible for pain and misery.

The rise of collective narcissism that ushered Trump presidency can be seen as a defense mechanism designed to compensate for the very real loss of hope among undereducated whites--the deaths of despair demographic--and a resultant real threat to their identity and existence.

Trumpism has never been just about Trump who is only an instrument of forces he doesn't understand.

It is in fact a cry for help and an urgent call to transformation, not just for "them," but for all of us.