The pathologies of the president.

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  • Author(s): Robson, Leo (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    New Statesman. 7/17/2020, Vol. 149 Issue 5529, p18-18. 1p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Pathology; Presidential candidates; Psychological tests; Grandparents
    • Abstract:
      Observations NEWSMAKER In his 1960 essay "Beyond the Bounds of the Basic Rule", the American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut considered the discipline of psychoanalytic biography. But only Donald Trump has provoked sustained debate about whether the reluctance to overturn the Goldwater Rule might be actively harming the republic. Freddy was the black sheep and Donald the straight-jacketed golden boy, though the book asserts, with strong anecdotal evidence, that he possesses no gifts and even paid a friend to sit his SATs. [Extracted from the article]