Forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee explains the outgoing president’s pathological appeal and how to wean people from it By Tanya Lewis on January 11, 2021
“The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building last week, incited by President Donald Trump, serves as the grimmest moment in one of the darkest chapters in the nation’s history. Yet the rioters’ actions—and Trump’s own role in, and response to, them—come as little surprise to many, particularly those who have been studying the president’s mental fitness and the psychology of his most ardent followers since he took office. “
