{"id":330964,"date":"2026-09-11T06:29:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T06:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=330964"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:08:08","slug":"is-donald-trump-mentally-fit-to-hold-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=330964","title":{"rendered":"Is Donald Trump mentally fit to hold office?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Leo Hohmann \u2013 Leo\u2019s Newsletter Sept 10, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>As the world sinks deeper and deeper into what\u2019s looking more everyday like World War III, President Trump is showing signs of having lost touch with reality.<\/p>\n<p>At the very moment in history when America needs sound and sober leadership, we have a man in the White House who can\u2019t seem to tell the truth about anything. His fabrications are not even well-thought out lies; they\u2019re just starting to sound like incoherent gibberish repeated by a mindless mockingbird.<\/p>\n<p>His latest nonsensical statements include a promise that the Iran war will end \u201cafter the midterm elections,\u201d and that he will pay every adult in America $5,000 if the Republicans win the midterms. He also said this week that when the Iran war ends, gasoline prices in America, now sitting at record highs of $4.28 a gallon on average, will plummet to $2.00 a gallon.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than anything based on sound policy or wise strategy, this sounds like a series of childish bribes. Vote for my guys in November and I\u2019ll do everything I\u2019ve been unable or unwilling to do my first two years in office.<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone still take any of his ramblings seriously?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I have to pinch myself to keep believing I am not trapped inside of a bad dream.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has stated over 40 times that he has already won the war with Iran, that he has decimated their economy, crushed their air force, assassinated their leaders, obliterated their nuclear program, sunk their entire navy, and eliminated all effective military capability.<\/p>\n<p>Then Iran makes a fool of him by launching another devastating round of missile strikes against U.S. military assets in the region. Roughly half of the 20 U.S. bases in the region have been quite literally destroyed and would cost billions to rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>Several U.S. fighter jets at a U.S. base in Jordan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/multiple-us-military-aircraft-damaged-iran-strikes-military-base-jordan\/?ftag=CNM-16-10abf6d?ftag=YHF4eb9d17\">were damaged in Iranian strikes<\/a> on Wednesday, sources told <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/u-forces-destroy-5-iranian-070147726.html\">CBS News<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been reports of wounded U.S. military personnel in the latest attacks, but no details have been forthcoming from the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s state media had previously said Tehran targeted U.S. assets across the region in retaliation for American attacks on Iranian oil tankers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Yemen\u2019s Houthis seized the key Red Sea port of Mokha on Thursday, according to military sources speaking to the AFP and Reuters. If confirmed, the move would make it easier for the Houthis to target ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial waterway for Saudi Arabian oil exports.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s oil production has fallen by 1.9 million barrels per day to 6.2 million in August, the lowest level since 1990, as the U.S.-Iran war disrupts the kingdom\u2019s oil exports.<\/p>\n<p>The war in Ukraine, which Trump promised to end within 24 hours of taking office, is also continuing to rage and taking its toll on Russia\u2019s ability to export oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Wednesday that Iran is desperate to affect the midterm elections before adding that the conflict would end right afterward. \u201cI think the war will end immediately after the election, because they can\u2019t hold out any longer,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>In previous comments, Trump has said the conflict with Iran is not really a war and that the Strait of Hormuz is not that important.<\/p>\n<p>The nationwide average price for diesel is now $6.00 a gallon. It\u2019s well over $7 in some states. This will have to be passed along and added to the price of food and all other shipped goods. Americans are feeling it in their pocketbooks, and those who aren\u2019t hurting yet will be in the coming weeks and months, as prices on everything delivered by truck continues to go up.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump won\u2019t back off of Iran, admit defeat, or come up with a plan B. He\u2019s obsessed with destroying Iran, even at the cost of our own economy melting down.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Republicans cheer themselves on and gaslight Americans at their midterm political convention in Texas. Everything is great. Never been better. Trump is our savior. Trust the plan!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all rather surreal.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what one respected mental health physician had to say about Trump\u2019s mental state.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XMmLvM4aRYI?si=YfUgwe9MZI7pgCqY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>Much of the media coverage of the U.S.-Iran war is described in terms of \u201ctit-for-tat\u201d escalations. They say Trump is \u201clooking for an off ramp\u201d but he never seems to find one.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a deception in itself. Yes, Trump has gotten in over his head in Iran. I believe he actually thought he could make quick work of the Islamic Republic and bring about its downfall simply by bombing them \u201cinto the stone ages,\u201d as he likes to say. But his military advisers are smart enough to know that was never going to happen. Iran had 40-plus years to prepare for this attack and they didn\u2019t waste those years. They have underground missile cities that can keep cranking out drones and ballistic missiles almost as fast as they use them. They have precision guided systems to deliver their missiles accurately. They have friends in Russia and China and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>There are almost no examples in history of a country being conquered by air strikes alone. It always requires boots on the ground. And that\u2019s why several high-level military officers resigned or have been purged in the lead-up to this ill-advised war and in the initial weeks and months since it was started. They knew it would end in disaster. They knew we were in no position to launch a major ground war against Iran\u2019s army and IRGC troops. We simply don\u2019t have the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The alternative will be the unthinkable\u2014to hit Iran with a series of tactical nuclear warheads.<\/p>\n<p>This, I\u2019m sorry to inform you, is the option I believe Trump will go for when he finally realizes that there is no other way to defeat Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The question is, will even that defeat Iran, or just further unify the country and the world against America and Israel?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the question no one is seriously discussing, and they certainly should be. What happens to America in the aftermath of a nuclear strike on Iran?<\/p>\n<p>There is one question to which we know the answer. Somebody is going to win this war and somebody is going to lose. And the one who wins on the battlefield may not be the one who wins in the broader court of world opinion. Paybacks can be harsh.<\/p>\n<p>Trump keeps repeating his mantra like a hypnotist, <em>\u201cIran will never have a nuclear weapon. Iran will never have a nuclear weapon!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But his brainwashing campaign has been ineffective. Only about a third of Americans believe his war on Iran is justified and worth the cost.<\/p>\n<p>The other two-thirds could care less if Iran gets a nuclear weapon. They care about being able to afford to drive to work and they care about being able to afford to buy food for their children. And every time they go to fill up their vehicle it\u2019s costing them $25 more than it did before Trump started this war. Food prices have spiked and are going to start increasing even faster once the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has hit rock bottom and can no longer be further drained to make up for the lack of oil coming out of the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Oil crossed over the $100 a barrel mark earlier this week and hit $108 today, September 10.<\/p>\n<p>China has begun to purchase oil on the open market again, putting an end to the false market conditions that were holding oil prices down for the first six months of this unnecessary war.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for Trump to face the facts, if he is mentally capable of doing so. What happened on February 28 was an ill-advised unilateral act of aggression by the U.S. and Israel that has backfired. The war was not launched to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. It was launched in hopes of triggering a regime change, throwing the country into chaos and then stealing its oil. This is the Trump modus operandi. It worked to perfection in Venezuela but it\u2019s never going to work in Iran. They are a 3,000-year-old civilization.<\/p>\n<p>Now the administration has a mess to clean up. A good cleanup operation would start with admitting defeat and putting an end to the neocon domination of America\u2019s military and political structures, once and for all. Trump could get out of this mess by blaming it on the neocon advisers within his inner circle and firing them all.<\/p>\n<p>But he won\u2019t do that. Why? Because Trump is himself a neocon warmonger sold out to Wall Street and foreign interests. He\u2019s one of them: the Epstein class. His entire perception as a \u201cpeace president\u201d who would end the forever wars, cut wasteful spending and right the economic ship was a fraud.<\/p>\n<p>But now it\u2019s getting even worse. We\u2019ve had neocon presidents before who were at least somewhat measured and cautious in how they were willing to use U.S. military assets. Trump is more than just another neocon. He\u2019s mentally unstable. And that\u2019s a deadly combination.<\/p>\n<p>Below is an excerpt from the <em>British Medical Journal<\/em> at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/393\/bmj.s905\">bmj.com<\/a><\/strong>, which reports that 30 psychiatrists and medical doctors have now gone on the record saying they are convinced Trump is dangerously unstable and \u201cunfit to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Thirty U.S. psychiatrists and other doctors specializing in mental health have signed a statement declaring President Donald Trump mentally unfit to serve, warning that his ability to launch nuclear weapons is a \u201cdanger\u201d to the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The signatories say that Trump\u2019s behavior over the past year has shown \u201cobjectively observable signs of serious medical concern.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>They cited examples of his \u201cmarked deterioration in cognitive functioning,\u201d \u201cepisodes of apparent somnolence during critical public proceedings,\u201d \u201cseverely impaired judgment and impulse control,\u201d and \u201csignificant loss of self-control,\u201d as well as \u201cgrandiose and delusional beliefs, including assertions of infallibility, imagery of himself as Pope suggestive of a divine mission.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The doctors called for Trump\u2019s immediate removal from office, arguing that he presents a \u201cclear and present danger\u201d to the whole world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something going on here that is even bigger than Trump.<\/p>\n<p>We have a system of government that has become so corrupt that it promotes up the ladder the most ill-qualified individuals to the highest office.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trump and his predecessor, Joe Biden, have been accused of being mentally unstable. What does that say about our country, when the worst among us get elevated to the highest offices?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the hardest thing is to admit you were wrong. But I\u2019ve done it so I know it is possible. I voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and again in 2024. I have publicly stated that I was wrong and should have exercised better discernment. I now regret those votes. The first vote got us Covid lockdowns and Operation Warp Speed, and the third vote got us into another forever war in the Middle East. Both destroyed economies, lives and livelihoods, and I\u2019m afraid we still haven\u2019t seen the worst of Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p>Humility is the beginning wisdom but pride goes before a fall.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you to all of my paid subscribers, who make it possible for me to continue doing independent journalism. Please consider becoming a<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leohohmann.substack.com\/subscribe\">paid subscriber<\/a> <\/strong><em>or making a one-time or occasional <\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/LeoHohmann\">donation of any size to my GiveSendGo<\/a><\/strong><em>. Those preferring to send a check can do so c\/o Leo Hohmann, P.O. Box 291, Newnan, GA 30264. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leohohmann.substack.com\/p\/is-donald-trump-mentally-fit-to-hold\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Trump\u2019s war on Iran pushes crude oil to $108 a barrel and diesel to $6 a gallon, the president gaslights Americans saying all is well. 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