GooberMcNutly wrote:

I still agree with the rule. Politicians are public figures and typically display a public persona very different than their private personas. (See all 1,267 incidents of gay bashing Republicans caught in a "wide stance"). Unless the psychiatrist has personally interviewed the politician as part of a psychological review they are unqualified to render a comment on their mental state. That's true of any psychologist about any person who is not a personal patient. The same goes for actors, you can't comment on their mental state by watching their movies and interviews.

This is just another example of the waterfall effect of the President's campaign and subsequent behavior since taking office.  All unwritten rules (and some that were written) are now null and void and people no longer feel that they need to act on the Better Angels of Our Nature.  Practically the day that Trump took office, the amount of public rudeness, bigotry, racism, and just downright hatred skyrocketed around the country.

Alexis de Tocqueville said a long time ago that America is great because America is good; and if America ever ceases to be good, she will no longer be great.  And, unfortunately, Donald Trump is a symptom, not the cause.