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Dr. Lance Dodes, retired Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Donald Trump reportedly making false claims that he will be “reinstated” as president by August and why “lack of power is the thing Trump can’t stand and doesn’t acknowledge.”
37 psychiatrists and mental health experts assess a president. dr. dodes, thank you for joining us once again tonight. it was the talk of being reinstated that made me want to talk to you again tonight. this is donald trump thinking, perhaps, that in august he will be president again. what is your professional reaction to that? >> well, donald trump is delusional. this is not news. we've known this for the past four years at least. he keeps insisting on things as true which are demonstrably false. that is the definition of delusion. i think what we are seeing is a continuation of his grandiose...
>> is it possible that there might come a day if he is, say, convicted of a crime in new york that something could happen where he could have that moment where he kind of admits where he really is in the world? >> i don't think so. that would be a sign of mental health actually. the ability to grieve is normal. i don't think he can do that. i think he can only become more enraged and psychotic. >> dr. lance dodes, thank you very much for joining us once again. we always appreciate it. >> sure. good to be with you. thanks for having me. >> thank you. coming up, we'll discuss how the republica...
Mental illness is hobbling donald trump is contained in this tweet by the "new york times"' maggie haberman. trump has been telling a number of people he is in contact with that he expects he will be reinstated by august. a former crack addict is now taking credit for the idea of trump's august resurrection. mike lindell who sells pillows and is being sued for his lies about the election told "the daily beast" today, quote, if trump is saying august, that is probably because he heard me say it publicly. now that we are on the threshold of the long, hot summer of donald trump's discontent, whic...
comments Last Wednesday, thousands of Donald Trump's white supremacist supporters, at his de facto command, launched an assault on the U.S. Capitol with the goal of stopping Joe Biden from becoming the next president. While investigations are ongoing, some people in the mob may have planned to kidnap or assassinate members of Congress they consider "traitors," along with Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over the ceremonial count of the electoral votes. Trump's fascist mob was well equipped for the task, as some of their members were armed with guns and other weapons, and clad in p...