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Is Donald Trump mentally fit for office? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 OP
Well, let me think about that for a minute Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #1
Of course he isnt IndieRick Aug 2017 #2
I believe so. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #3
Hell no. nt DLevine Aug 2017 #4
I think he is under a reasonable definition of fitness. Not good at it but mentally fit. Shrike47 Aug 2017 #5
Sociopathy is a mental illness as it is included in the DSM IV and V. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #7
DSM lists it as a mental 'condition' leftstreet Aug 2017 #10
Serial murderers are sociopaths and most of them don't hear dogs talking to them. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #13
I selected "no" because "hell no" wasn't an option meow2u3 Aug 2017 #6
You need to ask? Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #8
Trump is unfit to be POTUS Gothmog Aug 2017 #9
Trump is not fit for latrine duty in the military workinclasszero Aug 2017 #11
No, he is not fit to be president of a Starbucks at this point. Initech Aug 2017 #12
Not even for office janitor. In any office, he'd have been dismissed for sexual predation long ago. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #14
 

IndieRick

(53 posts)
2. Of course he isnt
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 11:13 AM
Aug 2017

If that fact is not obvious to any by now there is little hope for them to alter their perspective in future.

Invoke Article 25, now!

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
5. I think he is under a reasonable definition of fitness. Not good at it but mentally fit.
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 11:22 AM
Aug 2017

Personality disorders are not mental illnesses, and I think he suffers from a personality disorder, not a mental illness. He is unfit for the job in that he has no idea how politics works and no learning curve. That doesn't seem to me, in itself, sufficient for removal.

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)
10. DSM lists it as a mental 'condition'
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 12:44 PM
Aug 2017

falls under Antisocial Personality Disorders

Not that it makes much difference at this point. But I'm assuming the DSM would make a distinction between a person who lacks empathy and a moral conscious, and a person who hears dogs talking to him

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
13. Serial murderers are sociopaths and most of them don't hear dogs talking to them.
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:05 PM
Aug 2017

A person who hears dogs talking to him or her is likely schizophrenic.

Initech

(100,076 posts)
12. No, he is not fit to be president of a Starbucks at this point.
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 12:55 PM
Aug 2017

Along with over 1/2 of Congress. These morons couldn't lead their way out of a paper bag.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
14. Not even for office janitor. In any office, he'd have been dismissed for sexual predation long ago.
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:06 PM
Aug 2017
They don't coddle pussy grabbers in workplaces.
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