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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

Top psychiatrist says Trump behaves like a ‘toddler’ trying to be ‘ruler of the universe’ to fight feeling of helplessness

A top psychiatrist has issued a new warning about what she described as President Donald Trump’s deteriorating mental health, comparing his behavior to that of a “toddler” responding to feelings of helplessness.

Dr. Bandy Lee, a forensic and social psychiatrist who previously taught at Harvard and Yale, has long voiced concerns about the health of the 80-year-old president — which the White House has dismissed as “false speculation for political purposes.”

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