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EPISODE · May 15, 2026 · 40 MIN

Harvard Psychiatrist to Congress: Trump Is Too Dangerous to Have the Nuclear Codes

from Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes · host Grant Hermes

36 doctors, psychiatrists, and Nobel laureates just signed an open letter, now part of the official Congressional Record, saying Donald Trump's mental and physical decline makes him too dangerous to hold the nuclear codes. Grant sits down with Dr. Henry Abraham, one of the letter's lead authors and a former Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, to break down exactly what they're seeing, why they're speaking out now, and what it could mean for millions of lives.Why these doctors broke the "Goldwater Rule," and why they say they had no choiceThe specific symptoms they're tracking: tangential speech, rage, grandiose delusions, impaired impulse control, and manic late-night postingHow Trump's case compares to Biden's, and why the doctor says the Democrats "fooled us until they couldn't."The nuclear football problem: what happens when an impulsive president has unilateral launch authorityWhy the White House's cognitive test results are being hidden, and what that might meanRep. Jamie Raskin's bill to create an independent medical panel for 25th Amendment proceedingsWhat it would actually take to remove Trump from officeCHAPTERS:0:00 - Trump's Health Is a Clear and Present Danger2:27 - Intro: Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes3:06 - Meet Dr. Henry Abraham3:30 - How the Congressional Letter Came Together8:51 - "Where Were You With Biden?" — The Doctor Answers10:37 - Why Trump's Decline Looks Different Now12:27 - Breaking Down the Symptoms: The Full List14:16 - The Goldwater Rule — and Why They Broke It17:44 - The Most Alarming Symptom21:20 - Why Isn't This Movement Bigger?27:03 - Authoritarianism and Denying What You're Seeing29:15 - Three Physicals in One Year — What the White House Isn't Saying31:08 - The Cognitive Tests and What They're Hiding33:43 - Does the White House Doctor Have a Duty to Come Forward?34:48 - Impeachment, the 25th Amendment, and What Comes Next37:03 - The Raskin Bill: An Independent Medical Panel for Presidents39:06 - Closing ThoughtsLINKS: Doctors' Open LetterMake It Make Sense Substack: The President Is UnwellPROMO CODES: The news is chaotic enough — you shouldn't also have to wonder if you're only getting half the story. Ground News shows you how every outlet, left, right, and center, is covering the same event, so you can see the full picture instead of just one side's version of it. Their Blindspot feed even surfaces stories that are being ignored by one side of the political spectrum entirely. Less echo chamber. More clarity. Go to https://bit.ly/4dvTblK for 40% off their best plan, the Vantage subscription.Support the showFollow along on social media SaySo: @GrantHermes X: @GrantHermesInsta: @Grant__HermesTiktok: Grant_Hermes

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36 doctors, psychiatrists, and Nobel laureates just signed an open letter, now part of the official Congressional Record, saying Donald Trump's mental and physical decline makes him too dangerous to hold the nuclear codes. Grant sits down with Dr. Henry Abraham, one of the letter's lead authors and a former Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, to break down exactly what they're seeing, why they're speaking out now, and what it could mean for millions of lives. Why these doctors broke th...

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