‘Trump is in a Psychiatric Crisis
‘Trump is in a Psychiatric Crisis and Controls 5,000 Nuclear Warheads’ ‘Psychiatrist and Professor Bandy Lee Says the United States is Facing a National Emergency’ Bandy X. Lee Apr 21, 2026 Danger of Extinction “He has enough weapons at his disposal to destroy the planet seven times over.” With the above subheading, Francesc Peirón interviewed me for La Vanguardia (below is a translation): What did you think when you saw the AI-generated image of Trump as Jesus Christ, performing a healing? I saw a man in the throes of an acute psychological crisis. As a psychiatrist, I often see severely-ill patients who wish to view themselves as an omnipotent God in order to combat the painful sensation that they are losing their sanity. It is a defense mechanism against feelings of helplessness and a lack of control, as well as against a loss of contact with reality. Do you believe we are facing an emergency situation? I feel that we are facing a critical psychiatric emergency—so m...