Trump’s former White House lawyer says he is ‘clearly insane’ and questions the president’s mental fitness

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A former White House lawyer believes that President Donald Trump has gone insane.

“The cabinet will not invoke the 25th Amendment for a man who is clearly insane,” Ty Cobb, who served as a senior attorney during the first Trump term, told former CNN anchor Jim Acosta in an interview released Tuesday.

The 25th Amendment allows the vice president and cabinet to remove a president whom they decide is unfit for office.

Cobb argued that the ongoing war with Iran, his ballroom project and the president’s late-night social media tirades are evidence of a declining mental state.

“Trump historically and continuously has been guided exclusively by his narcissism. His whims, desires, impulses, have been on full display‚” Cobb said on the Jim Acosta Show. “We’re going to see more and more crazy stuff.”

Former Trump administration attorney Ty Cobb argues that President Trump is ‘clearly insane,’ based on the ongoing Iran war, the destructive renovation of the White House and the president’s frequent social media rants (Getty Images / CNN)

“Ty Cobb should immediately seek psychiatric help to treat his severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, and he should also shave that caterpillar off his face,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement. “President Trump clearly has the legal authority to modernize, renovate and beautify the White House – just like all of his predecessors did. We will immediately appeal this egregious decision and are confident we will prevail.”

Cobb also took issue with Trump’s destruction of the White House East Wing to build a new ballroom, and he praised a court for halting the renovation project this week pending congressional approval.

Cobb called the ballroom effort an “ego-driven insane exercise, destroying one of the most beautiful sites and historical sites in our country just out of hubris.”

The white-collar attorney was brought into the first Trump administration White House for a brief stint as the president navigated special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential Russian election meddling.

He has since become a prominent critic of Donald Trump.

Cobb praised a federal court for pausing the president’s ‘ego-driven’ plan to build a new White House ballroom (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Last year, Cobb told The Independent that President Trump would govern dangerously, based on personal narcissism and little else.

“Trump is 100 percent ruled by his narcissistic impulses,” Cobb said. “Any slight gets an immediate reaction, any criticism creates an enemy and purpose for vengeance, any opportunity to enhance his power or popularity gets an immediate idiotic statement, like, ‘I’m going to take over Gaza.’ … Trump doesn’t have a plan. He’s sort of enjoying the ride. The reality is there are no speed bumps. There are no guardrails.”

He has also slammed Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as “creepy” and argued Attorney General Pam Bondi should be disbarred for the prosecution of Trump critic James Comey, the former FBI director.

Critics have long claimed that Trump is mentally unfit for office, allegations that also dogged his predecessor, Joe Biden, who was replaced on the 2024 presidential ticket after an incoherent debate performance.

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