Something is terribly wrong with President Trump | By Trump biographer Michael D'Antonio for CNNOpinion
Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book"Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success" and co-author with Peter Eisner of"The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence." The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author's. View more opinion articles on CNN.
Let's pause for a moment and consider that President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mick Mulvaney had to say on national TV that his boss is"not a white supremacist" and one of Trump's senior advisers, Kellyanne Conway, had to push back against her own husband's questioning of Trump's mental state. Over the weekend, as Trump ranted on Twitter, George Conway, who is a prominent conservative lawyer, posted the psychiatric definition of narcissistic personality disorder and asked all Americans to think about Trump's"mental condition and psychological state."'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature.then {CNN.VideoPlayer.
Acting chief of staff: Trump is not a white supremacist 02:08Naturally, the press wanted to hear Kellyanne Conway's view."No, I don't share those concerns," she said as she went to work at the White House on Monday. She added that she had been busy with her children and may not have been aware of all the President's recent tweets.
Tlaib hits Trump over New Zealand attack response 13:14And perhaps part of why Trump cannot easily condemn white nationalism is because he has been blowing white nationalist dog whistles for several years now. During the 2016 campaign, he whipped up anti-immigrant sentiments by insisting they are responsible for illegal drugs, rape and violent crime After he was elected, Trump characterized immigrants as invaders, a common turn of phrase among white nationalists.
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