Opinion | The president's nuts; why isn't the media reporting that? - The Cap Times

Remember when the media brought our attention to the mental health of Joe Biden? And he was soon convinced to terminate his run for the presidency?

Why don't we see the same with Donald Trump? I mean you, Mainstream Media.

I'm not talking about his short naps. I do not care at all about that. Nor am I talking about his physical health, which is important but not my topic.

The president is a national security risk because of his obvious narcissism. I will describe how he is a national security risk shortly.

The man's narcissism is obvious. Ninety percent of his actions are based on his desire for: 1. personal wealth, 2. personal fame, and 3. personal revenge.

Trump's inability to take criticism can be put into a Mad Lib: "Trump (lashed out/shot back) at (person/man/woman/group) after he/she/they (disagreed/criticized) with Trump on (issue). (entity) is a (bad/low IQ) entity, I have heard very bad things about (entity)."

But the mental state of the president is not a joking matter. The president's behavior is a national security risk. Heads of state and very large corporations the world over are "playing" him in order to gain favor. This must be viewed as a national security issue, where the president's policies are influenced not by rational issues, but by money and shiny objects.

Examples include the (first ever) FIFA World Peace award, million-dollar donations to the inauguration, huge donations to the ballroom, truly obscene financial payments to be on the Board of Peace, the ceremonies during his state visit to England — similarly the visit to Japan — the so-called donation of the Nobel Peace Prize, embarassingly profuse praise from Cabinet heads at cabinet meetings, and so forth. These are from memory; I didn't need the internet to look these up.

Some may believe that it is taboo to report on the president's mental health because of the "Goldwater Rule," which is an ethical standard prohibiting psychiatrists from offering professional opinions on the mental state of public figures they have not personally examined.

The Goldwater Rule is an ethical stance of the American Psychiatric Association, not for the media. And it is not a standard that citizens need to adhere to.

In a personal visit to my congressman's office, the staffer revealed that "many" voters had expressed concern to the office on Trump's mental fitness for office. It is our duty as voters to be aware of this.

The Goldwater Rule was established in 1973. However, that was well before the existence of both 24-hour cable news and social media, which expose to all citizens that Trump does not think logically, and that he calls people names if they ask questions that he does not like. There are also his various delusions with windmills, sharks and fictional cannibals.

And there are many occasions when the president went on obviously unhinged social media binges, making more 50 posts per session, railing on his perceived enemies, often posting AI videos such as the infamous human waste dump.

There is no longer any reason to avoid reporting on the president's psychological condition, when it is evident to all citizens on a daily basis, and often on an hourly basis.

I am guessing that the media, feel a need to be objective and unemotional about this subject. I am also guessing that you do not wish to be sued, or to have readers cancel subscriptions. But the media can:

• Report on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, the Hare Psychopathy Checklist and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, tools of the trade to diagnose personality disorders.

• Suggest underlying reasons for posting 50-plus times on social media.

• Interview mental health professionals; avoid discussing the president specifically if you feel you must.

• Compare Trump's behaviors with Joe Biden's.

• Take/report on polls surveying his mental fitness for office.

• Interview foreign leaders/psychology experts that are freer to speak.

• Report on other psychotic heads of state from history.

• Use gentle terms: mental fitness, mental wellness, age-related decline, signs of age, sociopathy, personality disorder.

• Get a Hollywood actor who knows the president well to write an op ed. An example is the opinion piece written by George Clooney regarding President Biden, which was published in the New York Times.

There can no longer be any reason to self-censor reporting on the mental state of the president, as it is clearly in the public eye. This is a national security issue, one that has been left behind in media reporting to this point.