Trump's mental health

A psychologist friend of mine diagnosed Trump last night. Prognosis doesn't sound good-- for us. "Trump’s ego has dissipated and his id has risen to the surface of consciousness. Trump has realized he can do whatever he wants and he is letting his id loose. It is growing and morphing into a lethal andromeda strain. A malicious, gleeful, vindictive, wrecking crew of impulses is on the move." Schumer warned him of "severe consequences" if he shuts down the Mueller investigation. Oh, yeah, that'll stop him.

Earlier this morning, we looked at the mad house the White House has become since Putin installed Señor Trump in the Oval Office, the most brilliant foreign policy coup in Russian history-- and certainly the worst non-violent attack on America ever.

by Helen KleinUnfortunately, it is time to refocus on this subject: it is urgent.The wagons are circling around Trump, and Mueller is closing in. This week’s reveals have been especially astounding, although this has seemed to be the case almost every week for the past year.

The stable genius bragged about how he confronted the tough questions on his mental test-- which basically ask to differentiate between a duck and an elephant and to recognize which hands of a clock show noon and which show 9:30-- and did better than anyone else in history.

-by Helen KleinTrump’s mental health should continue to be front and center of our country’s concerns. Even perhaps above his obstruction, collusion with the Russians and money laundering. Unfortunately, it is not.

-by Helen KleinWhat is becoming increasingly clear is that despite Dr. Ronny Jackson’s gushing superlatives about Trump’s clean bill of health that extend beyond the physical, Trump’s personality make up and his mental/cognitive functioning are dead center in this shutdown mess. All arrows point to Trump. Now that the Republicans have hit a wall with Trump during the negotiations, even they are being forced to recognize his impairments in judgment and decision making, although of course they won’t do anything about it.

-by NoahFirst, let me, as Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon liked to say, make something perfectly clear: By posting this meme as a Midnight Meme Of The Day!, I am not fat-shaming Señor Trumpanzee. Definitely not. No way. Instead, I am, as I always do, Asshole Shaming him. Got it?Trump, a fat-shamer himself, knows he is obese. What's more, he is ashamed of his obsesity.

-by Helen KleinIt is rather surprising that “The Physical” is not getting more attention in the media. The lack of mention in the New York Times is particularly troubling and disappointing.Trump recently had his first annual physical by Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, Navy Rear Admiral. When I saw a brief clip of the doctor’s presentation of his findings on MSNBC, I was surprised and struck by his manner and wording, which seemed weird and veered off toward inappropriate and unprofessional. He was gushing with praise and positivity for Trump and he was rather loose with his words.

Thursday morning the obese occupant of the Oval Office waddled downstairs to meet with Rebecca Ballhaus, Michael C. Bender, Peter Nicholas and Louise Radnofsky of the Wall Street Journal for an interview that went on and on and on, mostly pointlessly. He had 3 minders with him: Hope "piece of ass" Hicks, Huckabee's unfortunate daughter and Gary Cohn.

Charles Pierce shook Esquire readers over the weekend by growling about Paul Ryan, who many of them have probably never heard of.