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Hekate

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57. Good observation, especially "exaggerated existing personality traits," which is what I've seen ....

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 07:06 PM

Mar 2017

...in friends/relatives in decline over the years.

So many have tried to boil down DTs mental issues to one thing, but it is certainly possible to be a malignant narcissisist who also has dementia who also has ADD. Reading about his very early life and cruel behavior even in primary school, I got the feeling that something in this man's brain has been "broken" since a very early age.

He is now an old man who needs others looking out for his welfare. I'd have a lot more compassion if those "others" had not gone along with his mad idea of running for potus, and had those others not had the delusion they could control him once he got there.

We have a potus who is, colloquially speaking, batshit crazy. This is not just a family matter any more. They all have to go, and many of them need to go to prison.

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THIS is what the world is reading. Time Magazine interview. He is barking mad. [View all] nolabear Mar 2017 OP

KNR Lucinda Mar 2017 #1

Alzheimer's symptoms. SharonAnn Mar 2017 #2

I don't know. I don't know what it is but it's not what I want in a president. nolabear Mar 2017 #4

For fifty years? JHB Mar 2017 #15

He was never this bad. Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #27

He never had a job before. Orsino Mar 2017 #100

He was very coherent in an interview with Oprah years ago TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #49

I have been saying Alzheimer's all along. His father had it. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #50

Alzheimer's Madam Mossfern Mar 2017 #75

Where did you get that from? that it is not genetically related? Akamai Mar 2017 #81

ApoE4 gene confers 10x increased risk. MarvinGardens Mar 2017 #93

Has a rep. of no drugs, alcohol, cigs, etc. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #52

If he's sleeping only 3 hours a night, you can bet he's snacking at night, Ilsa Mar 2017 #58

He has a reputation for liking uppers Merlot Mar 2017 #73

When your arteries get clogged MFM008 Mar 2017 #78

Bragged about how his sleeping was as dangerous as combat ashling Mar 2017 #86

but he abuses azureblue Mar 2017 #94

Oh...well...I WANT to play a Doctor on TV, and I say it's definitely some form of dementia! PatrickforO Mar 2017 #61

Nope. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #32

Fwiw. "Roy Cohn" truebluegreen Mar 2017 #45

Tertiary syphyllis just might explain it! Thanks. NT Ilsa Mar 2017 #59

Add in rampant Narcissism AwakeAtLast Mar 2017 #43

That's what I think-- truebluegreen Mar 2017 #47

Good observation, especially "exaggerated existing personality traits," which is what I've seen .... Hekate Mar 2017 #57

Best post on this thread. PatrickforO Mar 2017 #66

I agree completely. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #68

Heart failure Lithos Mar 2017 #79

I can't even. smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #3

I'm glad it was written exactly as said. We need to keep his mind's workings before us. nolabear Mar 2017 #6

i could only make it halfway through. ugh. mopinko Mar 2017 #5

You may have missed the best part, which has been the talk of interwebs... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #55

we must demand that his brain be left to science. mopinko Mar 2017 #70

"AB Normal" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #97

abby? is that you abby? mopinko Mar 2017 #98

Kick for later Cracklin Charlie Mar 2017 #7

tRump's only concerns: Ratings and Bucks stopping in his pocket. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #8

Barking mad says it mcar Mar 2017 #9

HOLY SHIT! rufus dog Mar 2017 #10

Who let him out of his strait-jacket? Marthe48 Mar 2017 #11

Sorry malaise Mar 2017 #12

It reads like an SNL script. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #13

you know bora13 Mar 2017 #14

I started reading this earlier today, could not make it through the interview GetRidOfThem Mar 2017 #16

He's set a new std. for awful, terrible, pretend president. lark Mar 2017 #21

I had someone like him, rich, spoiled, ask me to take tests for him in college. Hell no. notdarkyet Mar 2017 #80

Unfortunatley he is pulling others into his reality. Sounds like Nunes is one. Amaryllis Mar 2017 #17

but I wish Scherer had tried to confront him more directly on obvious lies Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #18

I want someone, anyone in the press to follow up on his Obama birtherism shit... Moostache Mar 2017 #46

Exactly... Heartstrings Mar 2017 #54

He said during the campaign when it became an issue for him: maxsolomon Mar 2017 #63

I can't bring myself to even say his name. I just can't. nolabear Mar 2017 #67

yes... we can't normalize how fake and awful and creepy this guy is from top to bottom Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #89

Alzheimer's on steroids. Worse than anything that ever came out of Reagan's mouth. n/t Different Drummer Mar 2017 #19

No. He does not have Alzheimer's. If he did, he'd have a diminished responsibility PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #20

I don't think it's dementia either. I should go look at earlier footage of him speaking. nolabear Mar 2017 #26

at this point i would settle for mopinko Mar 2017 #99

The interviewer did nothing but concede to Drumpf's continual bullshit claims BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #22

Beyond barking mad SchrodingersCatbox Mar 2017 #23

He needs heavy-duty psychiatric care. VOX Mar 2017 #24

It's certainly a very odd style to get away with. I'm surprised no one has asked him about it. nolabear Mar 2017 #29

He's on fox like every week Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #40

I thought about that as I was writing the post but on paper it's more impressive. nolabear Mar 2017 #53

And he would say... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #65

His voters have the same attention span as him dalton99a Mar 2017 #91

Poor guy really is suffering, mentally. Mc Mike Mar 2017 #87

Worst president ever!! Initech Mar 2017 #25

Holy shit mercuryblues Mar 2017 #28

The truck picture today is a good portrayal. Maybe he WAS barking madly. JohnnyLib2 Mar 2017 #30

They're talking about it on MTP Daily right now. nolabear Mar 2017 #31

He's insane. MrScorpio Mar 2017 #33

Which makes me ask again what was his appeal to voters Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #42

the lizard brain dies last. that is his appeal. one lizard brain to another. mopinko Mar 2017 #101

"I was just quiting something I read." Someone should respond to that by saying, then Squinch Mar 2017 #34

I mean. You know. I'm just telling cause, you know. I won, so, you know, the thing Solly Mack Mar 2017 #35

... nolabear Mar 2017 #36

Palin is a far superior speaker than Trump. Solly Mack Mar 2017 #37

She could be, like at the McCain Repub Conv, but incoherent Alice11111 Mar 2017 #82

That could be it for the both. Having to keep up with all the lies Solly Mack Mar 2017 #84

Jesus Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #38

i can't listen to him barbtries Mar 2017 #39

He threw shade with that Nixon comment Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #41

i did read trump's response to that barbtries Mar 2017 #44

It's like listening to my brother in law or nephews mountain grammy Mar 2017 #48

Yes. I feel like I've been abducted by aliens w bizarre values. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #83

And he kept mentioning Brexit for no apparent reason. tclambert Mar 2017 #51

Exactly. Non sequiturs and bizarre quasi-claims. "I'm not saying I'm psychic but..." nolabear Mar 2017 #62

He thinks he can predict events rhiannon55 Mar 2017 #95

Caine Mutiny. Captain Queeg. Strawberries. Ball Bearings. (nt) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2017 #56

A reference he would not get cause he has no culture background. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #69

Well...he must be doing OK because he's president and we're not. PatrickforO Mar 2017 #60

The reporter's coming up on Tweety in a bit. This should be interesting. nolabear Mar 2017 #64

Scay--ree!! nt zentrum Mar 2017 #71

"He is not living in any reality but his own." loyalsister Mar 2017 #72

Trump campaign event attendees, largely lambchopp59 Mar 2017 #74

I envy your ability to get out. mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #88

And this is who the GOP chose to nominate as president of the United States dalton99a Mar 2017 #76

This is an immediate MUST READ! ResistStupid Mar 2017 #77

Thanks. And Welcome! pat_k Mar 2017 #102

Trump wasn't elected to President, he was placed there. C Moon Mar 2017 #85

It beggars belief.. Kentonio Mar 2017 #90

I stopped after the first paragraph. The man is nuts. Grade A nuts. It's terrifying. Vinca Mar 2017 #92

It's not going to be getting any better! Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #96