http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/02/15/relax-trump-is-stone-cold-sane.html?cmpid=NL_opinion.
This article etc. basically takes the stance I've taken on his sanity . . . and is roughly congruent with my perspective.
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Dr Keith Ablow 15 Feb 2017
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Let me issue the standard disclaimer of psychiatrists who discuss the mental health of public figures: I have not personally examined President Trump.
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Now, let me put to rest the concerns of Sen. Al Franken and political commentators John Oliver and Andrew Sullivan and anyone else who publicly or privately has questioned the president’s sanity:
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Donald Trump is stone cold sane.
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When a man acquires billions of dollars through complex real estate transactions, invests in many countries, goes on to phenomenal success in television and turns his name into a worldwide brand, it is very unlikely that he is mentally unstable.
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When the same man obviously enjoys the love and respect of his children and his wife, who seem to rely on him for support and guidance, it is extraordinarily unlikely that he is mentally unstable.
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When the same man walks into the political arena and deftly defeats 16 Republican opponents and then the Democratic heir-apparent to a two-term president’s administration, the odds of that man being mentally unstable become vanishingly thin.
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Basically, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
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I don't know of any incidents in Trump's history when he was stark raving insane; running about irratically in full blown decompensation.
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none.
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Stupid? Yeah. So what. Who isn't/hasn't been stupid to a great degree at some points in their lives?
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Arrogant? Yeah. What business, politico, education, religious leader of any significant stature fails to demonstrate overblown arrogance?
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Clumsy verbally, relationally? Yeah. Lots of people are like that.
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None of those are sufficient criteria for a designation of insane.
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I don't have any great motivation to defend this position. I just felt another professional's perspective saying it better than I have was worth posting for those interested.
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