"His dangers are no longer probable but demonstrable: his attraction to cruel and violent policies; his effectiveness in inciting violence; his stripping of moderating forces; his pursuit of a position of power without appropriate qualifications; and his shaping of the national and international culture after his own mental state—all fit the pattern of well-known, dangerous personality structures.
Since there is no rational strategy underneath it all, granting him what he wishes was bound to cause him to deteriorate and to cause devastation to the nation—we have not yet seen the end. That is why mental health professionals have been warning against this presidency as a part of our societal responsibility." -- Yale psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee, in a Raw Story interview, describing the danger of sociopath and malignant narcissist Donald "Rump" Trump's increasing mental impairment.
Lee joins dozens of other mental health professionals in calling for a capacity evaluation of Rump's ability to function in his position. In 2017's "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President", psychiatrists warned that Rump's mental condition was more ominous that recognized by the public, and that it would deteriorate over time resulting in an uncontainable personality.
We've discussed (here and here, for example) the mental health community's "duty to warn" society about a person's mental instability especially if that person represents a threat to the public. With the supposed "guardrails" eliminated to keep Rump in the most tenuous check, he'll be even more reckless and deranged as the legal and political walls close in on him. Putting country over party will be the least of it; putting survival over destruction may be the choice.
