and all of the armchair psychiatrists among us have long argued that this president is particularly aggravated and can be particularly unnerved by any potential scandal or trouble involving his kids, particularly involving his eldest daughter ivanka. that expectation alone just puts kind of a silent exclamation point on a headline like this one today at buzzfeed. ivanka trump was in contact with a russian who offered a trump-putin meeting. but again, we re not sure exactly what investigators might be doing with this information. we just know that they ve got it. there is a lot a lot of interesting news that has been breaking over the course of the day today, a lot of gobsmacking stuff. a the most gobsmacking news in american politics today i think actually happened five time zones away in the uk. in the uk today, we finally got settled one of the core questions at the heart of the big existential national
invoement, during the campaign ivanka connected herfa russian athlete who offered to introduce donald trump to vladimir to facilitate the trump tower moscow project. according to buzzfeed, details on ivanka trump s interactions with this russian have been scrutinized by the senate intelligence committee and by robert mueller s investigators at the special counsel s office. it s not clear where that might be going, but at the very least, quote, the contacts reveal that even as her father was campaigning to become president of the united states, ivanka with aussian who offeredhael to arrange a meeting with one of the u.s. s adversaries in order to help close a business deal that could have made the trump family millions of dollars. and all of the armchair psychiatrists among us have long argued that this president is particularly aggravated and can be particularly unnerved by any potential scandal or trouble involving his kids, particularly
elected officials with neuropsychiatric diagnoses without sufficient evidence and appropriate circumstances. to do so undermines the profession s integrity and credibility. by the way, for what it s worth, i agree with that. i think it sets a dangerous precedent, if all of a sudden not only professionals but laypeople become armchair psychiatrists. here s what puzzles me, though. as a thought experiment with seven colleagues, you kind of did exactly that for vice and for tonic, didn t you? you know what i m referring to. the diagnosis that seemed most plausible was incipient dementia. what s the difference between the two positions that i ve just put forth that are both yours. well, look, i m not a political scientist. i m not anybody who is familiar with government policy. i m not a journalist who has expertise in this area. i m a pointy-headed scientist and clinician. but i saw this coming, you know, back in the primaries, and
imperatives justify people speaking out against injustices of government and the leaders, that does not mean that psychiatrists can use their medical credentials to brand elected officials with neuropsychiatric diagnosis without sufficient evidence and appropriate circumstance. to do so undermines the profession s integrity and credibility. by the way, for what it s worth, i agree with. that i think it sets a dangerous pre precedent if lay people become armchair psychiatrists. here s what puzzles me. as a thought experiment with seven colleagues, you kind of did exactly that for vice and for tonic. didn t you? you know what i m referring to. the diagnosis that seemed most plausible is dementia. what is the difference between the two positions i put forth that are both yours? i m not a political scientist. i m not anybody who is familiar with government policy. i m not a journalist who has
president without insulting americans who live with mental illness. hash tag end the stigma. that s moipt. i have written on this subject and delivered a commentary last week. i don t articulate that view to carry the water of the president of the united states. that s not my objective. i m thinking of those who have been diagnosed with maladies. who deserve better than to have their diagnosis become political fodder. banttied about by armchair psychiatrists and real psychiatrists who have never seen, much less treated, this individual that we re talking about. stick around. there is another great hour coming up on cnn. -looks great, honey. -right?