“Restraint of psychiatrists’ comments on political candidates is grounded in APA’s response to an attempt to question Barry Goldwater’s mental health during the 1964 campaign for president”, a quote from the web page of the American Psychiatric Association.
Barry Morris Goldwater was a five term senator from Arizona from 1953-1965 and again, 1969-1987. Goldwater was the Republican candidate for the presidency in 1964 however lost in a landslide to incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson who was completing the term of the vacancy in the wake of the death of John F. Kennedy.
Goldwater was a true conservative, there is no question about that, In the Senate, he voted against the Civil Rights Act, fought against the legacy of the New Deal Act and strongly urged Richard Nixon to resign, facing overwhelming opposition as a result of the House impeachment.
Little by little, Goldwater was going off the rails, highly critical of former president Dwight Eisenhower and anything but the strongest Libertarian views, television interviews which demonstrated little charm and disdain for the eastern half of the country. In December 1961, Goldwater had told a news conference that “sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea.” He went on, in 1964 to win only his home state, Arizona, and also Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
The editor of a now defunct magazine Fact asked 12,386 psychiatrists, during the 1964 election of Goldwater and incumbent Lyndon Johnson “Do you believe Barry Goldwater is psychologically fit to serve as President of the United States?” It was a valid question in 1964 and it is a valid question today. The magazine was sued and in 1966, was ordered to pay $75,000. This however did not end. Fact did continue to publish articles questioning Goldwater’s capacity for office. This further publication led to the APA adopting the Goldwater Rule in 1073, thus…
Text of APA’s Ethics Annotation Known as ‘Goldwater Rule’

7. 3. On occasion psychiatrists are asked for an opinion about an individual who is in the light of public attention or who has disclosed information about himself/herself through public media. In such circumstances, a psychiatrist may share with the public his or her expertise about psychiatric issues in general. However, it is unethical for a psychiatrist to offer a professional opinion unless he or she has conducted an examination and has been granted proper authorization for such a statement.
APA’s Principles of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry

Being that I am not a psychiatrist and act in no official capacity, I can say with confidence, our president is on the side of unstable and is in need of professional help.
Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a forensic psychiatrist and assistant professor of law and psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, author of a book entitled The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, containing essays by 27 leading psychiatrists lays out, within APA limits, where the train has left the track. It’s not just the constant lying (but it is), the self aggrandizement (ego-mania), the constant obsession with his stupid wall, the love affair with that porky little bastard over there in North Korea or ‘fill in the blanks’.
Can anyone say, with a straight face, that these are behaviors of a rational and sane person?
The original intent of the Goldwater Rule was to warn mental health professionals of the dangers inherent in diagnosing from afar or outrageous of extreme claims of Freudian issues, Oedipus Complex and/or Birtherism. So, the Goldwater Rule was superseded by the DSM *Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). In short, it lists characteristics of behavior which is observable.
What have we seen? Trump rambled for over two hours at CPAC. Who, the hell is Tim Apple? After disembarking from Air Force One, he wandered around aimlessly looking for his limo (it was parked right in front of him). This is repetitive behavior of advancing cognitive dementia.
Many families have uncles or grandmothers that are dear to us and for all purposes, harmless. They may forget your name or misplace virtually everything. It’s a sad thing when it’s a loved one. You hide the cat keys or anything else that may pose a danger to themselves or others.
Nuclear codes, Security Clearances, private meetings with autocratic leaders, that’s all dangerous stuff. Creating policy that must meet with approval of Laura Ingraham, Hannity, and Fox and Friends is NOT governance. It’s fear of losing that base that he clings to, who would vote for him if he shot someone on Fifth Avenue.
Take an assessment, the bulls**t of what was once conservative has become the lunatic fringe and get a grip, and if you are so inclined, say your prayers.