If we bag Trump, are we being mean to someone with psychological problems?
Say what?! This was a real question posed to me recently, while the USA’s 2016 presidential campaign was hitting peak insanity.
The questioner, in a (fleeting) moment of sympathy for what he interpreted as front and centre mental health issues in Donald Trump, contemplated whether he was, therefore, being unkind by condemning his behaviour…
Let’s look at it this way instead: If the US Presidency were a regular job. Before inviting candidates to apply for a job, Occupational Psychologists draw up application criteria. Read more…