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factfinder_77

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Sun Sep 24, 2017, 06:22 AM Sep 2017

The Hare PCL:SV Psychopathy Checklist: Trump Screening 32 of 40 points (in March)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/keith-olbermann-donald-trump-sanity-test_us_58dcaa2ee4b08194e3b7438b

In his latest clip for GQ’s “The Resistance” series, Olbermann claimed that Trump achieved a 32 out of 40 on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist.

“The threshold for probably being a psychopath is 30 points,” said Olbermann, adding Trump may “still finish life as high as 36 points, since two of his questions pertain to criminal record and violation of parole, and there’s plenty of time for him on both.”

Olbermann used the checklist ― a clinical tool that helps to diagnose psychopathy ― to conduct a similar assessment on Trump in July 2016. The then-presidential candidate scored equally high numbers. The difference between then and now?

“In a president, the problem escalates to, you know, the possible end of the world,” Olbermann said.
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