Trump is a psychopath.
Some may argue over the diagnosis.
But nothing illustrates the true psychopathy of America's scuzziest President than the disparate treatment given to Andry Hernández, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist who played by all the rules in his attempt to seek asylum in the USA, and Ghislaine Maxwell, a close personal friend of Donald Trump, whose "heinous crimes against children" saw her sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022.
Innocence gets punished. Evil gets the red carpet treatment.
A non-psychopathic President would have been horrified to learn that America had shipped — without due process — an innocent man to a foreign prison built specifically to break the spirits of hardened gang members and terrorists.
But to psycho Trump, Andry Hernández is just a pawn.
He's one of many innocent people abused by the lawless Trump regime to hammer home the viciousness of its new Stephen Miller-directed mass deportation policy.
Andry was one of more than 200 Venezuelans released to their home country by El Salvador in a US-prisoner swap on July 18.
As reported by the Washington Post and NPR, Andry endured a self-described "nightmare" in CECOT.
The start of his 125-day ordeal was captured by TIME photographer Philip Holsinger, who later told 60 Minutes Overtime: "He was being slapped every time he would speak up… he started praying and calling out, literally crying for his mother. His crying out for his mother really, really touched me."
After his release, Andry spoke out about the physical, psychological and sexual abuse he suffered at CECOT.
The Trump administration's "law and order" credentials took a further hit when it was revealed that one of the 10 US prisoners released by Venezuela in the prisoner-swap was Danud Hanid Ortiz, a convicted triple murderer Team Trump immediately — and shamefully — released onto the streets of America to the dismay of his victims.
The devil gets sympathy from Trump. Victims get no empathy.
The psychopath Trump doesn't just relate to and admire fictional characters like "the late, great Hannibal Lecter."
His also showed his enduring appreciation for the late, great Jeffrey Epstein when he called him a "hale and hearty type of guy" with "some nice assets that he'd throw around" as recently as September 2024. (Coming from an already-adjudicated rapist, these comments were shockingly underreported at the time.)
In 2020, Trump repeatedly extended well-wishes to Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's partner-in-crime, as she faced charges for her role in recruiting, grooming and raping multiple children over many years.
Back in those days, Trump was still paying lip service to due process. "I’d wish you well," he told Axios’ Jonathan Swan. "I wish a lot of people well. Good luck. Let them prove somebody was guilty."
In 2025, Trump no longer cares about due process — and is psychopathically remorseless — when it comes to asylum seekers like Andry Hernández.
And, even for the victims of Epstein and Maxwell, he stays true to the diagnosis I discussed with clinical psychologist Dr. Vince Greenwood in 2020. As Greenwood said then: "He is devoid of the more tender emotions that could engender solidarity, trust, or empathy."
Trump's impulsive and transparent efforts to "win at all costs" and emerge unscathed from the Epstein scandal have resulted in manic "Truths" on social media and a host of new "investigations" and diversionary tactics, up to and including the deployment of nuclear submarines.
Trump's psychopathy was underscored when he referred to the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre — one of the world's best known Epstein victims — as a piece of property Epstein had "stolen" from him while she was still an underage spa employee at Mar-a-Lago.
More than anything, Trump's red-carpet treatment of Ghislaine Maxwell is ensuring that the Trump-Epstein scandal stays in the news — and gives victims' families more exposure.
Following news that Trump's DOJ had moved Maxwell to a "cushy" minimum security prison in Texas, the family of the late Virginia Giuffre, joined by Epstein and Maxwell accusers Annie and Maria Farmer, said in a statement:
It is with horror and outrage that we object to the preferential treatment convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has received… Ghislaine Maxwell is a sexual predator who physically assaulted minor children on multiple occasions, and she should never be shown any leniency… President Trump has sent a clear message today: Pedophiles deserve preferential treatment.
And preferential treatment it clearly was.
Less than two days after Maxwell met with Deputy Attorney General (and former Trump personal attorney) Todd Blanche, where she discussed the Epstein case — and with Trump publicly dangling a pardon in exchange for her continued silence — the Trump administration is already "bestowing favors" on Maxwell.
Due to the nature of her crimes, Maxwell would typically not qualify to be housed in a low-security prison camp like the one she was sent to in Texas. But the Trump administration moved quickly to give her the necessary waiver.
A further sign of the extent of the coverup was revealed yesterday, when it was reported that the FBI — now ruled by former Epstein conspiracy theorists Kash Patel and Dan Bongino — had agents redact Trump's name wherever it appeared in the "Epstein Files" prior to Pam Bondi's "nothing to see here" announcement in July.
America is now seeing exactly what happens when a psychopath is told he is above the law.
The law matters nothing.
Innocent people lose their rights.
Victims and their families get no respect.
Protecting the psychopath is everything.
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Further reading:
How Team Trump Disappeared Andry Romero:
How Team Trump Disappeared Andry Romero
Andry Romero arrived in America with a legitimate fear of persecution. Thanks to Trump and his underlings, that fear has become an excruciating, seemingly unending reality.
Richard Hine
The world must know what we did to Andry Romero, by Jason Sattler:
The world must know what we did to Andry Hernández Romero
The case for recording and attempting to repair the horrors done in our name.
Jason Sattler
The Victim They Shared: a story that illustrates how Ghislaine Maxwell delivered one young model from Epstein's clutches to Donald Trump
The Victim Epstein and Trump Shared
As a teenager, Anouska De Georgiou was groomed and raped by Jeffrey Epstein. At 20, she was introduced to the world as Trump’s new girlfriend.
Richard Hine
Diagnosis: Psychopath: an interview with clinical psychologist Vince Greenwood, Ph.D:
Diagnosis: Psychopath
A clinical psychologist explains the one disorder that trumps all others
Richard Hine
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