Donald Trump's potential US presidential victory could trigger an "unprecedented mental health crisis" across America, it has been claimed.
The former leader of the United States is storming his campaign trail in a bid for a second term in office, battling against Democrat nominee Kamala Harris.
In the latest polling conducted by FiveThirtyEight, Trump is less than two per cent behind Harris with just two weeks until US voters take to the ballot box.
Speaking to GBN America, American Journalist Mark Halperin claimed that a win for the Republican could lead to a significant "mental health crisis" across America.
Donald Trump's US victory could trigger a 'mass mental health crisis', it has been claimed
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Halperin highlighted the deep divisions within the nation and the psychological toll it could take on millions suffering from a form of "Trump Derangement Syndrome".
In discussion with GB News host Neil Oliver, Halperin said: "I hope I'm wrong, but I just know how America, the part of America that doesn't like Donald Trump, I know how they reacted to his first election.
"And in the intervening period, from their point of view, Donald Trump had made it quite clear what kind of person he is, and what kind of President he would be."
Expressing concern for the same demographic of voters ahead of this November's election, Halperin said he it is "very difficult" for them to understand how he could possibly claim victory for a second time.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are battling it out to become America's next President
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Halperin explained: "It's very difficult for that part of America to understand how anyone, under any circumstances, could cast a vote for Donald Trump. I believe, as I told Tucker, there's going to be a rupture for that group.
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"It's going to be a rupture with their attitude towards the country they live in, a rupture towards the other people who live in this country, who supported Trump."
He added: "And because the nature of media and the omnipresence of anyone who's President of the United States, they're going to be consigned to a four-year daily reminder that they live in a country that they don't understand. And if that's not a recipe for mass mental health crisis, I don't know what would be."
Offering an alternative argument for supporters of Kamala Harris, Neil Oliver told Halperin that Democrat voters are "also living under the same omnipresent mainstream media".
Disagreeing with Neil, Halperin hit back: "I don't want to minimise the level of upset that people on the right would feel if Kamala Harris wins the election, that would be a lot of very upset people. And I think there'll be some people who have mental health issues over it.
Mark Halperin claimed there's 'nothing comforting to the left' about Donald Trump winning
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"I just don't believe that that's a symmetrical situation. I think they'll be upset, they'll they'll be angry, they'll worry about what it means for their family, all of those things.
"But I don't think it'll make them fundamentally question their relationship to society, because they can understand it, in part because they see liberal media bias and they see the the efforts that were made by prosecutors and media people and Democratic politicians to stop Donald Trump."
Noting that there is "nothing comforting to the left" about Donald Trump winning, Halperin highlighted the "intense" issue of Trump Derangement Syndrome, and that "nothing is comparable" on the Harris side.
He concluded: "Trump Derangement Syndrome is real, it's intense, it's deep, it's wide. There's no such thing as Harris Derangement Syndrome, at least not yet. And that's the disparity.
"It's not that the Trump supporters are more rational in their everyday lives, are in their makeup, it's that they do not have a syndrome that drives them batty, caused by one person who they find abhorrent.
"They don't like her policies, they don't like her personality, maybe, but they don't find her to be Satan. And that's the asymmetry."