Each of these men is very different with radically divergent beliefs but they share a rare trait—a constellation of psychopathologies referred to by many psychologists and psychiatrists as malignant narcissism. As Erich Fromm, who initially coined the term, described it, malignant narcissism is a combination of narcissism, psychopathy, sadism, and paranoia. But malignant narcissism is a bottomless pit. However, the three quagmires bedeviling Trump, Musk, and Putin are threatening to create a more fundamental problem for them. If Musk is losing me money, why did Donald Trump give him so much power?