LOADING ERROR LOADINGFor years, mental health professionals have argued that President Donald Trump’s behaviors, which some have called “malignant narcissism,” are a detriment to the nation. But psychologists say there’s another classic narcissist tactic that Trump appears to employ with alarming frequency that’s less talked about: DARVO: Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. DARVO is a tactic often used by sexual abusers to deflect accountability by reversing the roles of victim and offender, she added. Expert says Trump’s use of DARVO is ‘exceptionally blatant.’As Freyd and Harsey wrote in The Hill, Trump has been using DARVO from the start. AdvertisementA few years later, she said, “he used DARVO against E. Jean Carroll, who described being sexually assaulted by Trump in her memoir.

Source: Huffington Post March 16, 2026 13:28 UTC