Is the 45th president of the United States unfit to serve in the nation's highest office? More than 64,000 mental health professionals have signed a petition that says that Donald Trump manifests a serious mental illness and should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
But how could those mental health professionals come to that conclusion without having examined Mr. Trump, and should they share an opinion about him without his consent?
Dr. John Gartner joined host Tom Hall in studio. He is a psychologist and the founder of an organization called Duty to Warn. He taught at the Johns Hopkins Medical School for 28 years and continues to practice in Baltimore. He has written two books, and he contributed to a book released last week called The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President.
Dr. Allen Dyer joined Tom on the line from NPR in Washington, D.C. He is an M.D. and holds a Ph.D. in Ethics. He is a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University Medical School. He was a member of the American Psychiatric Association’s Ethics Committee when the so-called Goldwater Rulewas written more than 40 years ago.
