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eniwetok

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31. Catch 22 of the vetting process....

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #30)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 11:58 AM

Dec 2016

Some mental health professionals have made observations that Trump has problems. Trump certainly fits the DSM clinical definition of a narcissist and I've heard suggestions that he's a sociopath. But the vetting process, to the extent there was one, has proven woefully inadequate. The press could ring alarm bells and he SHOULD have been weeded out as unfit by the GOP. But no one could make him undergo psychiatric testing while he was running... and once in office I think it's too late unless those in the new Junta declare him unfit under the 25th amendment... and we know that's not going to happen.

Hang on kiddies... we're in for a rough ride.

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Dems MUST demand Mental health and Tax Records on Trump... [View all] eniwetok Dec 2016 OP

It's way too late for that! He's won the election - there's no reason for him to do anything TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #1

It's never too late... eniwetok Dec 2016 #2

If u need tax returns or medical exams TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #4

Absolutely! True_Blue Dec 2016 #3

or what? Calista241 Dec 2016 #5

Let alone the Constitutionality.... Uggwearingdad Dec 2016 #6

what are the constitutional issues? eniwetok Dec 2016 #13

Minority hearings look like hyper partisan witch hunts. n/t Calista241 Dec 2016 #14

examples? eniwetok Dec 2016 #18

This is as viable as your Cailifornia succession threat.... Uggwearingdad Dec 2016 #34

Here's what I KNOW... eniwetok Dec 2016 #35

why offer a carrot? eniwetok Dec 2016 #9

I understand your reasoning... Uggwearingdad Dec 2016 #7

I don't expect Trump to release these records... eniwetok Dec 2016 #11

Demanding medical and mental health records probably violates HIPAA. Calista241 Dec 2016 #22

Sure... if a CAREGIVER violates HIPPA... eniwetok Dec 2016 #36

Yes, we must demand them! dumbcat Dec 2016 #8

thanks for another content-free post! eniwetok Dec 2016 #10

Hey! I agreed with you ... dumbcat Dec 2016 #15

sorry, I never have extreme positions... eniwetok Dec 2016 #17

maybe... myohmy2 Dec 2016 #12

Making demands when you have no standing to enforce those demands MineralMan Dec 2016 #16

OK... you don't like the word "demand" eniwetok Dec 2016 #19

My suggestion is that we let our members of Congress do MineralMan Dec 2016 #20

Are you suggesting Dems can't walk and chew gum at the same time? eniwetok Dec 2016 #21

Apparently not, since we find ourselves locked out of the federal gov't Calista241 Dec 2016 #23

Undermining Trump doesn't help the Dem agenda? eniwetok Dec 2016 #24

No officeholder ever has to release any private medical information RB TexLa Dec 2016 #25

He has admitted he drinks no alcohol meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #26

He used to hold coke and sex parties in the 90s.. JHan Dec 2016 #27

His brother was an alcoholic. tammywammy Dec 2016 #28

anyone else notice that the media completely stopped asking for his tax returns? Takket Dec 2016 #29

It's shameful... eniwetok Dec 2016 #33

Those demands should have been made in July liberal N proud Dec 2016 #30

Catch 22 of the vetting process.... eniwetok Dec 2016 #31

TRUMP ON THE COUCH!! Inside the mind of a sociopath? eniwetok Dec 2016 #32