LOS ANGELES - As battle lines are drawn ahead of Mr Donald Trump's bid for re-election, a new documentary based on the testimony of mental health professionals has labelled the US President a"malignant narcissist".
According to psychologist John Gartner, Mr Trump clearly exhibits four key symptoms of malignant narcissism - the"most destructive" personality type - including paranoia, narcissism, anti-social personality disorder and sadism. The psychiatric community later ruled that offering a professional opinion without an in-person examination is unethical.
"It's not that he's as bad as Hitler, or that he's the equivalent of Hitler," Dr Gartner says."But he has the same diagnosis as Hitler."Mr Trump's psychologist niece Mary Trump recently published an unflattering tome on her uncle, while the President's own Art of the Deal co-author has said their book should be re-titled The Sociopath.
These include short-lived White House communications boss Anthony Scaramucci, and Mr George Conway - whose wife, Kellyanne, recently announced she was stepping down as the President's long-standing adviser.