A Question of Mental Fitness

The following article by Kenneth T. Walsh was posted on the U.S. News and World Report website January 12, 2018:

President Trump and his advisers are lashing out at the press after questions about his mental health.

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Official Washington is buzzing about whether Donald Trump is mentally fit for the presidency. This concern has plagued him since he emerged as a major candidate for the White House in 2016. It has persisted since he became president in January. And the question took on fresh urgency this week because of a new book, “Fire and Fury” by author Michael Wolff, that argues Trump is a dysfunctional leader who is too erratic, angry, unstable and disruptive to do the job.

“We didn’t disparage the press or the critics. The president let himself be defined by his deeds”

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