


Just like the pandemic, prevention is much easier.

But I’m mostly worried about our country because we have let it come this far. He’s a danger to the country.” Quote, he’s “unfit and unhinged.” Quote, “He’s acting and thinking in an irrational way.” Quote, “Deranged, unhinged, dangerous.” His own niece, Mary Trump, herself a trained psychologist, says, “My uncle is unstable and needs to be removed immediately.” Do you feel vindicated?īANDY LEE: In a sense, yes. Quote, Trump is “in a very dangerous frame of mind.” Quote, Trump “is completely off kilter. Listen to what we’ve just heard or read in the past few days.
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You and some of your professional colleagues warned us that the Trump regime would end this way. It has been edited for clarity.īILL MOYERS: Bandy Lee, thank you for joining me.īILL MOYERS: When Trump’s supporters formed a mob and attacked the Capitol, you must have been the least surprised person in the country. Now, Bandy Lee has published another book – PROFILE OF A NATION: TRUMP’S MIND, AMERICA’S SOUL.īill Moyers recorded this interview with Dr. Bandy Lee and colleagues had broken ranks to speak the truth, had stirred the hornet’s nest, and the hornets came after them in swarms. It appeared just months after Trump’s inauguration and became an instant bestseller, dubbed by The Washington Post as “the most courageous book of the year.” But not without a price. She would become the catalyst of their collaboration, and the editor of the book they produced, titled THE DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP. She began corresponding with kindred spirits and colleagues about how best to make their voices heard. When Trump emerged as a political candidate, everything she had learned from her career in mental health seemed to converge. And in time she began applying psychiatric concepts to public health and safety. In her clinical practice, she treated inmates in maximum security prisons. After earning medical and divinity degrees while studying at Yale and Harvard, and a stint at Massachusetts General Hospital, she joined Yale’s faculty to teach in both the school of medicine and the law school. While millions of Americans were still trying to figure out if Trump was just a crude playboy and fast-talking con man she felt a duty to warn the country about dangerous possibilities stemming from a man who lacked the mental fitness to be president.įor almost 20 years she had been trying to understand violence. Bandy Lee saw it coming – the violence foretold in Donald Trump’s election. “Well, he is a player,” West joked.ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Moyers on Democracy. “Were you ever concerned about her being alone in the Oval Office with President Trump?” Kimmel then asked. “Well she’s super passionate about it, and it was amazing for her to see that dream come true,” he responded. “Did you discuss that with her before she did it?” Kimmel asked. Johnson, who had been serving a life sentence for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense, was subsequently granted clemency by Trump. Kimmel then noted that West’s wife, Kim Kardashian, had appeared on the show the previous week and had recently traveled to Washington to ask President Trump to issue a presidential pardon for Alice Marie Johnson. “I’m into designing,” West said, smiling. Would you do that if the president asked you?” At one point, Kimmel asked, “What is next for you?” While West paused, the host joked, “Space Force?” Kimmel continued, “You should design the uniforms for the Space Force. The rapper, whose latest album, ye, was released in early June, also discussed what’s next for him.

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