Headline: Independent, 1/20/2026
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, Cheney’s longtime cardiologist, claimed that Trump's extraordinary letter to Norway’s prime minister should “trigger a bipartisan congressional inquiry.”
In Trump’s aggressive pursuit of the Danish territory of Greenland, he wrote to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere in a letter leaked Monday, where Trump warned he “no longer feels an obligation to think purely of peace” after being snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize. [emphasis added]
“This letter, and the fact that the president directed that it be distributed to other European countries, should trigger a bipartisan congressional inquiry into presidential fitness,” Reiner reacted in a post on X.
Jill Filipovic agrees and asks us 3 questions:
I suspect when future generations read about this era of US history (to the extent that “reading,” “the US,” and “history” are still things that exist), they will peruse as one of their primary documents the letter that President Donald Trump sent to the Prime Minister of Norway, laying out his justification for his desired invasion of Greenland. They will wonder:
1. How was it possible that American citizens could read this letter and not become very concerned for the psychological fitness of their leader?
2. How was it possible that such an obviously unwell man still enjoyed the backing of his party and a significant minority of the public?
3. How did members of Congress, empowered as they are to force the removal of a president who descends into lunacy, not intervene?
Disinhibition as defined at verywellmind:
Disinhibition is saying or doing something on a whim, without thinking in advance of what could be the unwanted or even dangerous result. There’s also another way to think of disinhibition: as reduced control over your impulses, or urges, which means being unable to stop, delay, or change (“inhibit”) an action that is not appropriate for the situation you’re in.
Disinhibition is the opposite of inhibition, which means being in control of the way you respond to what’s going on around you.
Mayo Clinic offers a more clinical name for it: frontaltemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas of the brain are associated with personality, behavior and language.
In frontotemporal dementia, parts of these lobes shrink, known as atrophy. Symptoms depend on which part of the brain is affected. Some people with frontotemporal dementia have changes in their personalities. They become socially inappropriate and may be impulsive or emotionally indifferent. Others lose the ability to properly use language. [emphasis added]
Frontotemporal dementia can be misdiagnosed as a mental health condition or as Alzheimer's disease. But FTD tends to occur at a younger age than does Alzheimer's disease. It often begins between the ages of 40 and 65, although it can occur later in life as well. FTD is the cause of dementia about 10% to 20% of the time.
Other posts in the series:
Chapter 1: Understanding the symptoms. (1/20/2026)
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