Trumps Rants Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen suggest that he checks child psychologist

May 17, 2025 -(Washington) US President Donald Trump, who deals with the truth about social truth services -his preferred platform for digital tantrums -to explain that the pop -ikone Taylor Swift is “no longer hot” because he “hates”[s]She. The proclamation, the same parts amazing and youthful, came alongside a parallel Tirade against Bruce Springsteen, which Trump released as a “dry plum” and “stupid as a rock” after the rock legend criticized his administration. The spectacle criticized during a UK concert. Urgent questions about Trump's mental maturity – or lack of lack.

Trump's fixation on Swift – a figure whose cultural and economic influence represents its own – with a special mix of obsession and smallness. 2012, long before her relationship returned in mutual contempt, Trump got involved on her on Twitter, praised her “beautiful picture” and bubbled: “Taylor is great!” The warmth once evaporated when Kamala Harris quickly approved in 2024, a step that apparently turned her into Trump's head of “unusually beautiful” muse into public enemy. His latest outbreak, which decreased her attraction, is less political criticism than a irritated raspberry that was blown out of the high chair of power. “Has anyone noticed that since I said” I hate Taylor Swift “, is she no longer hot?”

Therapists quickly unpack the sandbox logic in the game. Samantha Rhoads, a marriage and family therapist, compares Trump's rhetoric with “protective puffing”, a defense mechanism that is common in children, insulting the other to mask her own uncertainty. “If someone feels rejected or feels powerless, they try to regain control by devaluing the other person,” explains Haley Sheehan, another clinician. “Children do it when they feel excluded. Adults should leave it.” It seems that Trump missed this development memo. His fast broad side, which reduces a billionaire artist to her appearance – dives into the ethos “boys become boys”, who reject misogyny as a harmless joke. Manahil Riaz, a psychotherapist based in Texas, notices that the sexist foundations underpin: “He does not criticize her music. He directly mocks her appearance and intensifies the idea that the value of women depends on being” hot “-and that men can decide when this status runs.”

Riaz compares Trump's way of thinking with that of teenagers who are caught in the “imaginary audience syndrome”, where they believe that every thought deserves a spotlight. “Young people think:” Whatever I say, everyone listens! “Trump works in the same way – posting impulsive and suspects that his supporters will shape his views,” she says. This self-centeringism, which is in 14-year development normally, becomes worried with a 78-year-old commander-in-chief. His attack on Springsteen – which was triggered by the singer, who calls his government “corrupt, incompetent and treacherous” – underlines this fragility. Trump's retaliation measures, the jumping steen accused of being “overvalued” and “not talented”, reads like a injured teenager who cums the cool child who sniffed him. This Springsteen, a 75-year-old Rock'n'Roll-Hall of Famer, does not need a defense against such gibes, only emphasizes the absurdity.

Nevertheless, Trump's behavior exceeds mere immature; It embodies textbook bullying. Shehan describes his contributions “public, verbal bullying – a conscious attempt to humiliate.” Rhoads agree and finds that the parents would intervene if a child insulted the appearance of a peer. “Why keep a worldwide guide to a lower standard?” She asks. The effects are profound: if the authority obligations normalize contempt, it is aligned. “It excuses bullying,” warns Riaz. “Imagine a CEO or teacher who acts in this way. You would be released.” However, Trump works in a vacuum of accountability.

Since then, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has convicted Trump's Diatriben and defended Swift and Springsteen as “role models”, whose art exceeds the political cheap shots. “Musicians have the right to freedom of expression,” said AFM President Tino Gagliardi -a worthy counterpoint to Trump's playground -Mätchen. Springsteen for his part has been criticizing Trump's politics for a long time and brands an “idiot” and “tyrant”. Swift has meanwhile armed its platform against Trump-supported candidates and not only used their Eras tour for record card sales, but also a scream of meeting for the registration of voters. This Trump is fixed on her appearances – Wift's “sharpness”, Springsteens “atrophied” skin – floods a psyche worn by substance. The criticism of her policy should deal with ideas. The insult of your appearance only requires a mirror and a magnifying glass.

Psychologists pursue this fixation on Trump's transaction world view, in which the value of ratings, prosperity and superficial attraction is measured. Swift's support for Harris threatened his dominance in the arena of influence – an empire in which he once ruled through reality TV. Their ability to mobilize millions of young voters who are probably stings about the aging demography of his own basis. Similarly, the criticism of Springsteen-in the Lawyers' Lawying Court-Mit Trump's narrative of elitist “globalists” compared to “real Americans”. Trump is unable to compete with politics or cultural response and uses ad hominem jabs, the rhetorical equivalent of the hair of a rival.

What does it say about modern politics that such tactics not only exist, but also thrive? Trump's followers often frame his persona “Tell-IT-like-IT-IS” as a refreshing authenticity of a rejection of polished courtesy. However, therapists argue that there is nothing authentic in unresolved childhood obliged people who disguise themselves as leadership. “Emotional impulsiveness, narcissism, bullying – these are not characteristics that we celebrate in children, let alone president,” notes Sheehan. Even worse, risk trumps outskirts, to normalize regressive behavior. When a ladder is despised as communication, she licenses others to follow the example and corrode the civil discourse into a screaming match from Who-Can-Cuellest.

The tragedy is of course that Trump's victim hardly has to defend. Swift – Fresh from a tour that increased the economies and a fourth album of the year Grammy leads a cultural titanium. Springsteen, whose tour has sold out the stadiums worldwide in 2024, continues the American life of American life with stories that are far more permanent than Trump's temporary Vendendas. Their resilience underlines a truth that Trump does not seem to grasp: True influence is not recorded by administration, but earned by empathy, vision and yes talent.

Trump's Swift-Springsteen kernel melting offer fewer insights into their goals than in his own, stunted psyche. The man who once bragged himself: “I am a very stable genius”, now channel the emotional reach of a hungry toddler a lollipop. One wonders whether his adjutants keep a Sippy cup and a coloring book in the determined desk for particularly strenuous days. However, the world is not a daycare center, and the presidency is not a trophy.