An anti-Trump faction organized a letter signed by more than 200 mental health professionals warning that Donald Trump was dangerous because of “his symptoms of a severe, untreatable personality disorder – malignant narcissism,” which makes him “completely unfit for leadership.” “unsuitable”.

Less than two weeks before the presidential election The group bought a full-page, open-letter-style ad in the New York Times on Thursday arguing that the Republican nominee for the White House represents “an existential threat to democracy” in the United States.

The ad was funded by Anti-Psychopath Pac – a political action committee that has produced attack ads questioning Trump's mental fitness for office.

“Looking at the DSM V,” or the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a foundational text that helps mental health professionals define and treat mental disorders, “it is easy to see that Trump has met the behavioral criteria for antisocial Personality fulfilled.” Disorder,” it says in the open letter.

“Even a non-clinical expert can see that Trump is exhibiting a lifelong pattern of 'non-compliance with societal norms and laws,' 'repeated lying,' 'reckless disregard for the safety of others,' 'irritability,' 'impulsivity,' 'irresponsibility,' and ' Lack of remorse,'” the letter reads.

The American Psychiatric Association believes it is unethical to diagnose people who have not been personally evaluated by a psychiatrist, a prohibition known as the Goldwater Rule.

The rule is named after Barry Goldwater, a former U.S. senator and 1964 Republican presidential candidate who was described by psychiatrists responding to a survey by Fact as “psychotic,” “schizophrenic,” and associated with the late leaders “Hitler, Castro, Stalin magazine was compared. Goldwater successfully sued the magazine for libel. Fact was ordered to pay $75,000 to the former candidate.

Anti-Psychopath Pac is led by George Conway, a lawyer and activist best known as the head of the Lincoln Project, a Republican group that was a thorn in Trump's side during his presidency but later became a thorn in one's side following allegations of sexual misconduct its co-founders imploded. Conway is divorced from Kellyanne Conway, a senior Trump adviser from 2016 to 2020.

Thursday's letter directly addressed the Goldwater Rule, noting that “since its adoption in 1973, the field has modernized the DSM diagnostic system based solely on 'observable behavioral criteria.'” Over many years, we have “We have all observed thousands of hours of Trump’s behavior, reinforced by the observations of dozens of people who have personally interacted with him.”

The experts argued that the disorder they see in Trump “makes him deceitful, destructive, deluded and dangerous.”

Trump's rival for the White House, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, called the former president “increasingly unstable and unhinged” earlier this month and a fascist this week.

The letter also argued that Trump was showing signs of cognitive decline and that he needed to undergo a “full neurological exam.” The letter's signatories range from a lecturer at Cornell University to professionals such as a Maryland psychotherapist, a mental health nurse, a sex therapist and a social worker.

Since Joe Biden dropped out of the race amid concerns about his age and mental fitness for office, similar scrutiny has come to Trump, who if elected would become the oldest U.S. president ever at the end of his term 82 years old would be the term.

Recognizing that his speeches are often rambling and even incoherent, Democrats have taken the unconventional step of encouraging voters to watch Trump's speeches and rallies.

“I'm actually going to do something really unusual and invite you to one of Donald Trump's rallies because it's really interesting to watch,” Harris said during her only presidential debate.

“You will see that during his rallies he talks about fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter. He will talk about how windmills cause cancer. And what you'll also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom,” she said.

Anti-Psychopath Pac's ad comes the same week as another full-page New York Times ad signed by more than 200 survivors of sexual assault and gender-based violence. One of the signatories was an ex-girlfriend of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and claimed in an interview with the Guardian that Trump had groped her in the past. The aim of the ad was to remind voters that Trump was held liable in civil court for sexual abuse following a lawsuit filed by New York writer E. Jean Carroll.