he really doesn t get it. he thinks of himself as a dictator and it s all him and no one else really matters. dr. lance dodes, thank you for joining us once again, thank you for starting this conversation on this program. back in what was the second month, basically, of the trump presidency. when i know it wasn t comfortable for people in your profession to be entering this discussion, but as you said at that time, you felt more driven by the duty to warn, and that s what you ve been joined in tonight. we really appreciate that. sure. thank you, doctor. when we come back, we re going to have more on the political madness of king donald when we turn to sam stein and dahlia lithwick.
governance, and finds it impossible to put into simple, declarative sentences what he s talking about. i want to listen to a professional diagnosis here. this is from lance dodes, a former professor at harvard medical school, professor of psychiatry. let s listen to what he had to say about the president on this show. lying in the way that he does it, repeated, dangerous lying makes him unfit and is a sign of serious mental disturbance. and to the extent he doesn t know reality and i agree, by the way. i don t think he does know reality clearly. he doesn t have a clear grasp of it because he changes it. he makes up reality to suit his internal needs. george, your column scrupulously avoided any diagnosis that you re not medically qualified to make, but were you tempted? i feel your column goes right up to the border of psychiatry. well, i stopped there purposely.