Reasonable Doubt

Trump Is a Mental Health Story

Reporters need to stop covering him as if he’s strictly a political one

Amanda Ripley
GEN
Published in
6 min readFeb 4, 2019

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InIn the 818 days since the 2016 election, the Washington Post has used the word “unprecedented” in reference to President Donald Trump, or his associates, about 657 times­ — or almost every day. On just one day in January, for example…

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Amanda Ripley
GEN
Writer for

Journalist & NY Times bestselling author. Most recent book: HIGH CONFLICT: Why We Get Trapped & How We Get Out (Prev: SMARTEST KIDS IN THE WORLD & UNTHINKABLE)