Donald Trump appears to be a very troubled man. 27 mental health professionals wrote a book, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, in which they claim he is a toxic narcissist, a sociopath, an anti social personality, among other disorders.
A toxic narcissist has an elevated state of grandiosity. A sociopath has no empathy or concern for others & is highly manipulative. An anti social personality is destructive & has no regard for established social norms.
Ordinarily mental health professionals are prohibited by their organizations from making diagnostic statements about people they haven't actually worked with. They are prohibited by medical confidentiality from making such statements about people they have treated.
But they also have The Duty to Warn. If they observe behavior where someone may harm themselves or others, they have a duty to report it. Certainly an unstable president with access to nuclear weapons fits that category.
Many are concerned Trump's apparent pathological lying indicates a detachment from reality that can be a symptom of psychosis.
Many are also concerned Trump's apparent memory problems may be indicative of cognitive decline indicating dementia..
Trump appears incredibly selfish & self centered. He appears oblivious to the effects of his actions & the harm he is causing others.
But is Trump evil? Mental health professionals tell us the word "evil" is a pejorative moralistic term that does nothing to help us understand behavior & potentially modify it.
Evil, from our human perspective, is something that harms us or people & things we care about. It also involves the concept of intentionality. An earthquake or tornado may kill people & destroy things. We may say that's bad, but we don't say they're evil.
If enemies we have otherized are harmed in a war, we don't usually say that is evil or even bad, because we don't care about those people. Trump supporters have otherized immigrants at the border. They don't care if they are harmed.
Trump has mobilized the dark demons of our nature--racism, ethnic hatred. He said neo-Nazis & KKK members marching in Charlottesville were "good people". This evil genie will not be easily put back in the bottle.
So do you believe Trump is not just sick, but EVIL???