I loved Trump's incredulous reaction to Joe refuting the Hunter laptop bullshit. I'm

[brewens]

convinced that Trump is convinced that's all legit, and he really has the smoking gun to win him the election. All they really have are old pics of Hunter partying and maybe passed out.

I think it's pretty easy to determine if a laptop actually ever belonged to someone. Faked emails on there won't stand up to any analysis.

[nature-lover]

1. Well, when you can't run on your record this is all you have. New chant, "Make it up!"

[procon]

2. Trump is so impressionable he will believe any

negative info he hears about his opponents and critics. He's as gullible as a child in falling for the latest conspiracy theory or the popular fake news lead being pushed by the rightwing media.

If he sees something on TV or reads it on the internet that seems to be proof enough to make him a true believer. Scares me to think about the motives and agenda of the people in power (domestic and foreign) who create and distribute this toxic propaganda to millions of low info voters who also support Trump's brand of insanity.

[brewens]

3. Trump is Moe on the Simpsons, but nowhere near as good of a businessman. He falls for it

every time.

[WyattKansas]

6. Or Dale on the King of the Hill cartoon, except Dale is so much cooler in his own way.

Always believing the conspiracy crap.

On edit: I think Dale is much more intelligent than tRUMP too.

[RockRaven]

4. Trump's grasp of epistemology is worse than most children...

I'm fairly convinced that if you asked Trump to explain how to tell if something is true or not -- and you could force him to actually answer the question -- you would get an answer that most junior high students could best.

When you spend your entire life marinating in purposeful deceit, you end up with degraded abilities like Trump and his kids.

[myccrider]

5. With his personality disorder,

and how severe his iteration of the disorder is, I’m not sure Trump is always capable of distinguishing reality from what’s inside his head. When he claims that he didn’t say or do something that he’s been filmed doing/saying, I think he mostly convinces himself that his denial is the truth.

His spawn seem to be products of a really twisted, distorted upbringing, much as Trump himself was. I could almost feel sorry for them, except none of them seem to have natural consciences at all. All are grifters. Well, we don’t know about Barron, yet, but I don’t have high hopes.

Trump had siblings who didn’t turn out as effed up as he is, so it’s not automatic with a crappy childhood.