Is it possible that Trump is "acting"'insane to avoid prison?

[Under The Radar]

How can a man that has engineered imaginary scandals of other people for years, fairytales of his own wealth and fantasies about his intellectual strengths fall for such obviously ridiculous stories and conspiracies of his returning to office?? He must be faking it all and it would convenient condition to have during sentencing for his criminal past which he will soon face.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Nah, he's always been like that.

Ask any New Yorker.

[Under The Radar]

2. Good thing his trial will be in NY then

[Blue Owl]

3. Trump's Fatass Fantasy Camp

Now enrolling!

[Ocelot II]

4. No, he really is crazy.

And "faking" crazy wouldn't do him any good anyhow because the insanity defense hardly ever works (you have to be so psychotic you don't understand the nature of your acts) - not that he'd ever let his lawyers raise it because he clearly does not believe he's crazy.

[Thomas Hurt]

5. He may be a malignant narcissist or a psychopath but he is not incompetent to stand trial.

[tulipsandroses]

6. Our prisons are filled with people with mental illness.

He can join the rest of them. The justice system rarely lets mental illness stand in the way of throwing your ass in prison.

[The Wizard]

7. A stint in Butner, NC

will get his mind right.

[jaysunb]

8. Does Vinny "The Chin" Gigante ring a bell ? nt

[pandr32]

9. It didn't keep him from being POTUS

[Progressive Jones]

10. He very well could be. He's a conman. They work all the angles. nt

[TDale313]

11. At this point, I think he's legit delusional

I used to think he was just fleecing the rubes… but I’ve kinda shifted on that.

[Skittles]

12. he is a narcissist who is breaking down because his ass got WHOOPED

he just CANNOT HANDLE IT

this is the one situation he cannot sue, lie, steal, bully, con his way out of

FUCK HIM AND HIS BRAIN-DEAD SUPPORTERS

[Marie Marie]

19. +1000

[Irish_Dem]

13. He is a sociopath. Anything is possible.

I wouldn't rule out that he is faking it.

[IcyPeas]

14. Everything he is doing is for $$$$

Insane, stupid, conman, saying things he knows are lies, whatever brings in the dough, he'll do.

[unblock]

15. If he is, he's acting the wrong kind of crazy

He's not acting like someone who is not competent to stand trial.

He's acting like someone who would understand the accusations and the proceedings. And not like it and try to cheat his way out of it, but that only proves he's not unfit to stand trial.

[Brother Buzz]

16. Sometimes, there are places worse than prison

[RockRaven]

17. It won't work. He clearly knows which of his actions are illegal because of the effort he makes

to hide them.

I'm sure his lawyers will try -- because his lawyers always try everything especially things which lead to delays -- but if he avoids prosecution or conviction it won't be because he succeeded in arguing incompetence or insanity.

[GoCubsGo]

18. It's possible, but I don't think this is acting.

What you're seeing is standard behavior exacerbated by panic and desperation. By all accounts, his goose is cooked. He and his toadies are riling up the cult in hopes of another attempted coup in order to keep their asses out of prison.

[BlueTsunami2018]

20. No. He knows how to play to his crowd.

He’s not crazy or stupid, he’s evil.

[JustAnotherGen]

21. No

The Predecessor is too vain for that.