Psychiatrist On ‘The Essential Emptiness Of President Donald Trump’ | The Last Word | MSNBC

Dr. Lance Dodes, one of the first mental health professionals who questioned Donald Trump's stability, discusses with Lawrence O'Donnell how Trump has devolved since the beginning of his presidency.
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Psychiatrist On ‘The Essential Emptiness Of President Donald Trump’ | The Last Word | MSNBC

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    1. @michelle stein-evers frankl : not an acting cabinet, a freaking crazy cabinet, consisting of a lot of conmen, grifters, incompetent idiots and malevolent devils like Steven Miller, that self-hating Jewish Dracula from a dark, dark place in Eastern Europe.

    2. What are you talking about? Specifically which psychiatrist has the power to remove President ID? Get real.

    3. @My Pet Crow The President’s physician can declare him unable to fulfill his duties. That doesn’t automatically remove him from office, however. Until the 25th Amendment, there was literally no legal way to take the reins of power from any President other than impeachment.
      Nor was there any legal method of a President declaring _himself_ temporarily unable to fulfill his duties until the Amendment – no “chain of command”, if a President needed surgery, or had a TIA, for example.
      If, however, a President’s physician DOES declare his patient incompetent, that would force the hand of the Vice President and the Cabinet – they are allowed then by the Amendment to act, and to not do so would be an act of insurrection against the Constitution.

  1. I was taught to not laugh at mentally challenged people. But this was funny. I’m glad that a professional confirmed what we all know. Hi from Australia.

    1. @Richard G a Trump victory is a USA Defeat dummy. You are not obviously not a real AMERICAN and a traitor…get the F out of my country. USA! USA! USA!

    2. I don’t know why you wouldn’t laugh at a mentally challenged person? Why not? We laugh when our pets do crazy things, don’t we? How is that different?

    3. @omi god Mentally challenged runs in his family, that Barron can be pretty funny to watch also. That extra large head, that lost look, that droopy walk😀

  2. For the first time in my life, I am very proud of our Danish Prime Minister and our Parliament, they certainly speak for the entire Danish public, even though the Danish public would probably have said NO to the Crazy Donald of the US in a much harsher way.

    He always talks about how much the world laughs at the US, but it is not true the world looked up to and followed the US before He came to power, but yes now we laugh at the US 95% of the time and the last 5% of the time we are scared that the US have got a new edition of a person like Hitler. Sad VERY sad……………………

    1. @Electrical Genius Back in the 90s you could have traded the entire thing for just one Britney Spears but you missed your chance.

    2. @N Silva back in the 90’s Brittany Spears was a non-negotiable American asset. Would you take R. Kelly, baseball, and free cheeseburgers instead?

    3. That’s true. The US was seen as a super-power & we all probably thought the Americans were a strongly minded bunch, all gung-ho about how great they and their country is. Imagine everyone’s surprise (horror) that they have all just folded like cheap suits and curled into foetal positions and done NOTHING to counter trump the destroyer. Hong Kong totally shames them.

  3. A professor voicing his professional opinion on a matter everyone can see without a psychology degree.

    1. He does have a doctorate in psychology, and I’m sure you have a psychology degree as well? Thought not….

  4. Yes, he is the chosen one. He is the Anti-Christ. What did the scripture say, “Blessed are the poor.” He disses the poor and middle class and puts himself above ALL others, including the Lord.

    1. Don the Con is indeed AN anti-Christ. And the Book of Revelation is beginning to play out before our eyes. But I know exactly what’s going on here, so I have peace of mind. It’s going to get very bad, as this is just the beginning. Give me a “click” if you want to know more……

    2. @Tom Rhodes Trump The fourth Beast was written in August 2016. I haven’t read it but it seems to have foretold what has been happening with Trump. I didn’t believe in the end times stories but not sure anymore.

  5. Trump said ‘I’ when claiming glory about the economy etc, but it was the ‘US’ that he claimed to being insulted by Denmark. He made a point that the terrible word ‘absurd’ was not about him but about the nation.
    This guy is mad, selfish, greedy, narcissistic, and very dangerous.
    It’s actually shocking to see fox and others defend the Greenland debacle, I mean they didn’t do a good job of it. But the fact they tried just shows how far they will go for Trump. It’s basically stupid.

    1. AI – It’s scary but if push comes to shove, I do believe sane minds will prevail, just as with Nixon. Nixon. in a drunken state was ranting and raving that he had the military and he was not going to go. His Secretary of Defense, McNamara put out the word that ‘NOTHING MOVES’ unless he, McNamara, says so. Yes, that’s how close we came and the hand writing is on the wall people, just stop and take the time to read it.

    1. @Hunna Bunna Christians are delusional. They believe in a giant space ghost. In addition, they believe that a human being is/was the son of that same giant space ghost. How about you explain how I am delusional? But of course you can’t and you won’t.

    2. Somkit you’re delusional because you try and act like you have any idea what Christians truly believe! Ha. You don’t even know any real bible based born again Christians.

  6. Finely the truth is said about Trump. Trump is a dangerous psychopath. Anybody who knows a little bit about psychopathic behavior knows this. Listen to James Fallon neuroscientist.

    1. I’m no trumpist by far, but what these professionals are doing is unprofessional. They observe the president of their country in his role of president and come to a conclusion. None of what they say in their book has any merit as their conclusions aren’t clinical but anecdotal. So basically, you have fools calling a fool a fool.
      It’s wonderful to watch, but the level of stupidity committed by Trump and his criticasters is epic.

    1. softminimal1 —no wheels, we must DRAGGED him by the HAIR out of the WH, then dropped him onto a deserted island—left him there for the rising sea and hungry sharks. He can finally be a king of his own island.

  7. Nobody should be surprise that Trump think he is a GOD or the son of GOD he is completely NUTS. PLAIN AND SIMPLE

    1. After 45th , they should acrually abolish Republican party! Cruel, ruthless psycopaths! Did i forget RACISTS!

    2. last king I’ve been observing this right wing disease for decades…mostly, but not exclusively republicans,, sad to say.

    3. They would not be the way they are had they seen psychologists…but religion precludes that completely… so their parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles, aunts…none have ever gotten help for any of their issues….and the results are in!!! Not good.

  8. Putin put Trump in because that was his master plan to destroy our country and our democracy and he knew Trump was the best candidate for that reason

    1. Yes. Clearly donnie is an utterly corrupt, cowardly, grifting, moron. Always has been. Perfect to work Putin’s agenda.

  9. Trump’s Freudian slips are very telling and obvious. The leader of Denmark will not miss his presence in her fair land.

    1. She probably did this so he WOULDN’T come and contaminate their soil with his presence……Don the Con is indeed an anti-Christ. But I know exactly what’s going on here, so I have peace of mind. It’s going to get very bad, as this is just the beginning. Give me a “click” if you want to know more……

    1. Don the Con is indeed an anti-Christ. But I know exactly what’s going on here, so I have peace of mind. It’s going to get very bad, as this is just the beginning. Give me a “click” if you want to know more……

    2. @Tom Rhodes What, in your opinion, is going on here? Btw, I did give you a click, watched a small bit of two of your videos. “Jesus is a bleeding heart liberal” and “why people believe lies”, (I think was the title). Anyway, what’s going on here?

  10. When Alex Jones, Rush Limgaugh, Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, David Duke and Hitler’s ghost are living inside your head.

    1. Uh…..he might BE the Second Coming and God just skipped over the anti-Christ thing….uh….so, maybe we better get on our knees and worship him…..uh, well,. we already are, but maybe we better give him a tithe also….uh….. Don the Con is an anti-Christ, and the Book of Revelation is beginning to play out. But I know exactly what’s going on here, so I have peace of mind. It’s going to get very bad, as this is just the beginning. Give me a “click” if you want to know more……

    2. Jerome Lund they are not responding because they are evilgelicals now and there is no more good inside them! They have turned toward and to the Darkside!

  11. When this guy loses they’re going to have to take him out by force. What a spectacle, why America, why?

    1. Don’t be stupid. All they have to do is: Turn off the cameras, Turn off his phone, Turn of the mics, and cut off his Diet Coke supply and wait a few days. He’ll come out following a cheeseburger on remote controlled car.

  12. A mentally ill president doesn’t scare me half as much as his circle of *nefarious* *enablers* in the Whitehouse, who are *sly* enough to take full advantage of the situation and undermine their *own* *country* for what they can get out of it.

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