I was a lawyer in New York in the late 1980s, and everyone then knew Trump was a bombastic and slightly unhinged character, though one constrained by lawyers on the other side. It would not have been controversial then to worry that he was a narcissistic sociopath, because his mental illness was circumscribed by countervailing forces. That was then. Now he's the nominee of the Republican Party. Why isn't the press seriously investigating the question that Michael Bloomberg, raised at the democratic convention last week, i.e., whether Trump is sane? Bloomberg is another ideologically deluded billionaire, to be sure, but those are a dime-a-dozen; but he's clearly not in the grips of a DSM-defined disorder, and he's known Trump for a long time, so knows what New Yorkers, especially rich ones know: this guy is seriously "off." Some prominent opinion pieces have raised the issue, but where are the systematic media inquiries? He released a report from his personal doctor, why not from a psychiatrist? Will some journalist ask him whether he has even been diagnosed with or treated for a DSM-recognized mental illness?
ADDENDUM: Meanwhile, the mentally ill candidate continues to self-destruct. God bless him!
ANOTHER: In the last few days, this issue has been coming more to the fore. I think we have the Khans to thank for these developments. (Thanks to Robert McGarvey for the pointer.)
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