Alan Dershowitz: Don’t diagnose Trump, respond to him

Published January 14, 2018 5:01am ET



Is President Trump mentally ill, suffering from dementia, or both? Some mental health professionals and others are arguing that he should be removed from office because the answer to at least one of those questions is “yes.” I believe this is a dangerous course to follow.

A Yale psychiatry professor has suggested the possibility that President Trump might be involuntarily committed to a mental hospital. Others have proposed that he be required to undergo psychiatric or psychological testing. Still others have suggesting invoking the 25thAmendment to the Constitution and declaring the president incompetent.

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