About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Trump's actions and mental health in the context of broader dissatisfaction with the U.S. system.

As highlighted by a New York Times report this week, the debate about Trump’s mental health has been revived. Trump posting memes of himself and Jesus and starting a regional war with Iran are certainly indicative that something is wrong. But polling across issues shows that U.S. residents are unhappy with this system as a whole. Professor Richard Wolff and producer Nicole Roussell discuss. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com. Join the The Socialist Program community at http://www.patreon.com/thesocialistprogram to get exclusive content and help keep this show on the air.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Becker

Guest: Prof. Wolff

Topics covered

• Trump
• mental health
• U.S. system
• politics
• polling
• regional conflict

Keywords

• Trump
• mental health
• Democracy at Work
• polling
• Iran
• politics
• regional war

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democracy at Work, New York Times

Places: Iran

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