1/17) The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin interviews Dr. John Gartner on “the medical profession’s duty to warn us about Trump’s decline into dementia” on her podcast. Only in this thread can you read an edited transcript of their interview podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dut…
2) Rubin: "Welcome to the show, John. I have become fascinated by your work. For the listeners who are not familiar, tell us a little." Gartner: "I wasn’t political until Trump. He was a meteor heading towards earth, and Like Dr. Mindy in 'Don’t Look Up,' I saw it early on, only because of my nerdy area of academic expertise, which happens to be personality disorders. Malignant narcissism was a little know historically obscure diagnosis introduced by Eric Fromm to explain the psychology of Hitler. Far worse than mere narcissism, it includes paranoia, anti-social personality, and sadism. Fromm called it the “concatenation of evil.” I felt an urgent ethical obligation to warn the public. I retired from politics when Trump was appeared defeated. Getting re-involved was literally the last thing I wanted. I’m in the middle of writing a book—the Cosmic Consciousness Cure-- about psilocybin therapy, a treatment about to receive FDA approval which I believe is going to revolutionize our field and help millions of people.