Afrasianet - Diplomats quoted Slovakia's prime minister as deeply concerned about Trump's mental state after their meeting, while the Trump administration denied any abnormalities.
Politico quoted diplomats as saying that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told EU leaders at last week's summit that his meeting with Donald Trump had shocked him with the US president's state of mind.
Fico expressed concern about the president's "mental state," using the word "dangerous" to describe what Trump looked like during their face-to-face meeting at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Jan. 17, according to diplomats.
The Slovak prime minister made his remarks at a separate informal meeting between some leaders and senior EU officials, not during the official round table talks.
A senior administration official who was present at the meeting with Trump and Fico said he did not recall any awkward moments or unsuccessful conversations, adding that the meeting, which was requested by Fico, was nice and natural, and included some light conversations captured by the White House photographer.
One European diplomat also noted that Fico appeared to be "traumatized" by his meeting with Trump, adding that Fico called Trump "mindless."
Trump's collapse is approaching
In both the global and domestic context, the United States appears to be facing four major crises that are all leading to collapse.
Al-Mayadeen Espanyol publishes an article that deals with the political and psychological crisis that Donald Trump is raising in the United States, and the internal and external repercussions of this crisis on the political system and the international community.
The following is the text of the article:
Donald Trump's imminent collapse is a multidimensional challenge, as his inclination toward violence accelerates further. According to reports, by 2025, the United States has carried out or was involved in 622 airstrikes outside its borders, a clear sign of escalating militarism.
Last week, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara expressed concerns about what he called a moment of "mass explosion," fears that intersect with a historical analysis of current political and social crises. In both the global and domestic context, the United States appears to be facing four major crises that are all leading to collapse.
First, we are witnessing the disintegration of the international order established after World War II. Second, we are seeing a marked erosion of internal peace, as the practices of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency raise widespread human rights concerns. Third, we are witnessing a serious collapse in the foundations of democracy in the form of undermining the independence of constitutional institutions such as the Federal Reserve, and exploiting the judiciary against political opponents. Finally, the greatest challenge is the apparent deterioration of the psychological and mental state of President Donald Trump himself.
The importance of the latter comes as a common factor that fuels other crises. It is known that narcissistic personalities tend to swell these traits with age, especially when they have absolute power in their hands. This inflation weakens their ability to control themselves and turns them into unbalanced forces that produce dangerous decisions. When it comes to the presidency of the United States, this situation carries serious consequences at all levels.
By reviewing the history of presidents in the United States, it is observed that the length of the presidency reinforces presidents' sense of immunity and increases their arrogance, and for a figure like Trump, the beginning was already full of overconfidence and arrogance. The result is an unsettling marriage of lack of empathy and a tendency toward violent reactions when faced with criticism or challenges.
This coincides with a marked escalation in the use of force and violence both at home and abroad. In 2025 alone, military operations have resulted in significant human casualties in multiple countries, from Venezuela and Iran to Nigeria and Somalia, and Minneapolis has not spared itself from the consequences of this crisis context.
The authoritarian methodology inherently leads to a descent into degeneration. Over time, tyrants suffer from the addictive effect of power, which tends to erode self-equanimity and reinforce tendencies to selfishness and excessive risk-taking. These dynamics, in turn, multiply levels of social isolation, psychological distress, and institutional corruption.
To understand this reality more deeply, it may be useful to draw on the lessons of the past provided by historians of the Roman Empire such as Sallust and Tacitus. These thinkers recognized the close relationship between individual morality and the stability of public order; the collapse of the former precipitates the collapse of the latter. In his famous History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon points out that the frantic pursuit of power inevitably corrupts the moral and political structure of society. All eras of history are the result of political arrogance and authoritarian conflicts.
In conclusion, the current crisis seems to move beyond a temporary framework of strategic blunders to a deeper crisis that affects values and institutions. Extrapolating the lessons of history is therefore an urgent necessity to understand what the future may hold for the United States and the world at large.
