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Though I have not seen President Trump as a patient, as a licensed mental health professional, I am compelled to speak to the danger he currently poses.
This is neither a partisan issue, nor is it about a stolen election. This is a crisis in mental health for our country. I hope to use my training to explain why I believe our President is unfit for public service and a few ways Americans have been harmed.
In my professional opinion, President Trump shows evidence of genuine psychopathy. The term, “psychopath” should not be used carelessly, even when we disagree with a person, policy, or political philosophy. Psychopathy is a serious mental health condition. One is not a psychopath because one commits sins, breaks the law, is greedy, or has random flaws. President Trump is a psychopath because he delights in cruelty, vindictiveness and violence; lacks empathy; displays excessive, compulsive antisocial behavior; and because he is myopically focused on self gratificatio