Dear Readers: I am sending this to you because I feel it’s important. The author is a close friend and colleague. I hope you will share it widely.
With Love, Suzanne
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TO: Supreme Court of the United States
1 First Street, NE
Washington, DC, 20543
FROM: Faith Gibson, LM midwife
3889 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, Ca 94303
RE: The humanitarian use of Article 25 to remove Mr. Trump from office for his own welfare, as well as to preserve the stability of our country as a democratic republic.
Through no fault of his own, childhood events beyond Mr. Trump’s control were psychologically damaging and diminished his ability to sympathize, empathize, identify with, or understand the perspective of others. Through no fault of his own, Mr. Trump continues to unable to put the welfare of others, or of the country, over his own wellbeing.
Synopsis: According to information published by family members and close relatives, Mr. Trump, and at least one of his siblings, suffered life-long post-traumatic distress syndrome (PTSD) as young children. This was a direct result of several difficult and on-going family problems that trace back a life-threatening medical emergency that his mother suffered when Donald was only two years old.
These traumatic events in Mr. Trump’s very early childhood were psychologically damaging to him as a two-year-old child. He was not yet able to talk, ask questions or understand complicated concepts such as “we had to take your mother to the hospital”. He also would not have been able to give voice to his fears or have any ability to get critical emotional needs met. For him, the normal childhoods need of consistent affection and emotional security were never met. As a consequence, his ability as an adult to sympathize, empathize, and/or understand the perspective of other people is deeply impaired.
Mr. Trump’s traumatic childhood & its long-term consequences
Through no fault of his own, Mr. Trump suffered a life-changing event when he was only two years old that result in profound and prolonged childhood trauma. This began when his mother had a life-threatening medical emergency that initially was unknow to the rest of her family and continued for several hours before her dire condition was discovered.
She was rushed to the hospital and emergency surgery was immediate performed. However, her condition was so critical that she had to remain in the hospital for more than a month. After returning home, she was bedridden for an additional six months and so physically and mental frail that she was mostly sequestered from the rest of the family, including two-year old Donald.
During this considerable period of time, two-year-old Donald was suddenly and traumatically separated from his mother by her prolonged hospitalized. This was before he could talk or understand verbal explanations for why his mother was gone. Even after she was discharged from the hospital, her condition was such that she was still not able to be psychological available to her family for many more months.
At that stage of life, the separation of a child from its mother is always a traumatic experience. In addition, it is inevitably internalized by the child as a punishment for having done something wrong or displeasing to his mother. The child’s loss of its mother’s affection and her personal attention often leaves a large psychological “hole” in the psyche that can result in a number of interpersonal difficulties later in life.
Unfortunately for two-year old Donald, his psychological needs were not acknowledged or addressed at the time. To make matters worse, no alternative arrangements were made to address two-year-old Donald’s critical need for a stable one-on-one relationship with an affectionate and responsible adult.
Small children desperately need and require adult affection and attention almost as much as breathing oxygen and consuming healthy food. This includes the consistent and prolonged presence of an affectionate mother-figure that is vital to the mental development of very young children.
Surely, anyone who knows the story of Mr. Trump’s extraordinarily difficult childhood could not help but feel a great deal of sympathy and compassion for him and his predicament.
As a result of his post-traumatic distress syndrome (PTSD), and through no fault of his own, Mr. Trump is fundamentally unable to put the welfare of other people, or the country as a whole, over his own personal concern with his wellbeing.
Article 25 should be utilized as a humanitarian intervention to remove Mr. Trump from his role as president of the United States and thank him for his service to the American people.
Sincerely,
Faith Gibson