In the last month USA Today published two stories about how Trump’s mental health made him unfit for office. As I wrote a few days ago, depending which circulation rating site you look at, USA Today is number one overall or number three in circulation with numbers one and two being The New York Times and The Washington Post. However, there’s no doubt that USA Today has a wider readership among the general population who aren’t interested in the harder news and opinion provided by the Times and Post.
This is why it is significant when they publish OpEd’s about Trump’s mental health.
This is what I wrote about the OpEd from a few days ago:
In USA Today in April Duty to Warn founder Dr. John D. Gartner wrote:
Today USA Today has another story with a psychological slant about Trump and it isn’t even by a mental health professional. It is by Kurt Bardella, a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors and a Democrat who left the Republican Party in 2017. He was spokesperson and senior adviser for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2009-13.
“The entire composition of Trump’s psychology would be shattered if the House were to impeach him.”
Here’s the part I found most relevant to Trump’s mental condition with my emphasis added in bold:
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With all due respect to Pelosi, I think she is drastically underestimating how much Trump wants to avoid going down in history as a president who was impeached by the House of Representatives. Trump may very well be the most legacy-conscious person to ever occupy the Oval Office. We are, after all, talking about a man who plasters his name on every building and property he can get his hands on. The entire composition of Trump’s psychology would be shattered if the House were to impeach him.
Trump is a bully. His theatrics and rhetoric are a mask to hide his deep-rooted insecurities and fears. Why else would a person declare that he is an “extremely stable genius”? Why else would a person brag that he has a “much better apartment” than his detractors? Trump is wired to believe that if he shouts the loudest and longest, he’ll win any fight.
The author seems to be suggesting that Trump is vulnerable to a psychological decompensation if the House impeaches him. This could mean that his psychological defences are so primitive, and thereby rigid, that he could actually have a mental breakdown if they ceased to function to protect his ego (sense of self-worth).
What do you think? Could it happen through impeachment?