A group of more than 350 health professionals—led by three preeminent psychiatrists—delivered a petition to the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday warning that President Donald Trump’s allegedly deteriorating mental state could result in “catastrophic outcomes,” including nuclear war, as the possibility of impeachment looms.
“We bear in mind that Donald Trump, as president, has the unfettered authority to launch nuclear weapons at any time for any reason,” psychiatrists Bandy Lee, John Zinner, and Jerrold Post said in a statement accompanying the petition. “Short of this calamity, there are many other dangers he can pose by the use, fueled by rage, of his assumed absolute executive authority, and by the loyalists who serve him.”