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So a lot has happened in the last year and we're getting to that point in the fall where it's

award season,

people are looking back, maybe there's even some lists being made about the best of and so

forth. I guess we're a little early for that, but it's starting to feel like it's time.

And I think that one thing that I've observed that's kind of really amazed me is how over the

course of the last year, our president's

psychology has been analyzed over and over and over again. So, Kishore, do you want to take a stab

at it? You know, this will be tough because everyone seems to analyze his mental state, from armchair pundits to professional psychologists,

but I'm ready to take my turn.

So I think probably the most common diagnosis has been narcissistic personality disorder.

And there is some ethical question of whether a person who actually is a licensed

psychologist has the, you know, should, should diagnose someone from afar without having them in the

office or, you know, even make that kind of public pronouncement. And the American Psychiatric

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