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kentuck

(115,407 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:12 PM Sep 2024

Trump has always been crazy but...

I have never seen him more "off the rails" than in the last 2 or 3 days. He has totally lost it. He cannot control his anger. His name-calling is worse than ever. "Presidential" is not an adjective to describe him.

It is not a problem that people should continue to overlook. He is dangerous and delusional. It is tragic that the Republican Party chose him to be their standard bearer and their candidate for the presidency. He is totally incompetent.

There is no more cover for him. He sees all the polls and he knows that he will likely lose the next election and he is too weak to handle it.

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Trump has always been crazy but... (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2024 OP
It hasn't kept him from going insane lame54 Sep 2024 #1
I see the Waylon connection... kentuck Sep 2024 #2
He's already insane. That's the whole problem from the beginning. The gop is too cowardly to police their own SWBTATTReg Sep 2024 #17
The R party does have an identity, it is Authoritarian Christo-Facism Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #20
But with idiot supporters who display Kalifornia9 Sep 2024 #44
Or embarrassment Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #52
Yet, the media continues to sane wash his appearances... getagrip_already Sep 2024 #3
I think you are right. kentuck Sep 2024 #9
So...has the corporate media explained Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #23
Entomology Cirsium Sep 2024 #29
Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist JoseBalow Sep 2024 #38
All of that Cirsium Sep 2024 #40
I love the term sane washing. It's perfect. Funtatlaguy Sep 2024 #27
The Fear Is That if One Network Starts Covering Him Accurately, NonPC Sep 2024 #35
Sanewashing Kalifornia9 Sep 2024 #46
At the rate he's going he will implode on live tv kimbutgar Sep 2024 #4
Was expecting him to implode into a drooling mass right about now bedazzled Sep 2024 #16
The sooner, the better! ShazzieB Sep 2024 #30
Here's a scenario that might convince more undecideds. llmart Sep 2024 #32
It might work. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #37
I fear the opposite efcect. PikaBlue Sep 2024 #51
Hey, let them do it. llmart Sep 2024 #57
They can fact check him all they want, but no one has the courage to go THERE. Boomerproud Sep 2024 #41
We don't want him out of the race--- lastlib Sep 2024 #45
Agree 1000000%! ShazzieB Sep 2024 #53
Not sure. That seems to increase his appeal in some perverse way Evolve Dammit Sep 2024 #55
and that's why his minions, shoot, shouldn't say minions, I love them....so his followers a kennedy Sep 2024 #5
they'll still sane-wash him Skittles Sep 2024 #6
Trump should wear his jammies for press conferences & prep the insanity defense bucolic_frolic Sep 2024 #7
Ala 'Mob Boss' Vincent Gigante, attempting to avoid prosecution. Siwsan Sep 2024 #13
How'd That Work Out For The Chin? ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #19
No matter how aberrant he behaves, his cult will never abandon him Siwsan Sep 2024 #8
Yes, they will continue to support him... kentuck Sep 2024 #11
X 1000 Evolve Dammit Sep 2024 #56
Tick tock motherfu*ker... EarthFirst Sep 2024 #10
Judge Chutkan is definitely on his mind...(what she might decide to release of Smith's revised charge document) hlthe2b Sep 2024 #12
I'm sure that there is evidence he doesn't want in the public domain. kentuck Sep 2024 #15
Its already been revealed generally ScratchCat Sep 2024 #49
He's spiraling down the drain. Good riddance! surfered Sep 2024 #14
I'm tuning in bdamomma Sep 2024 #18
I'd love to see her hired by the Harris campaign Funtatlaguy Sep 2024 #28
They're rewriting psychology books because of him. And not in a nice way. usonian Sep 2024 #21
The felon is also bdamomma Sep 2024 #31
Let's hope that the screamingly obvious starts to sink in the "collective unconscious" usonian Sep 2024 #33
Take a number. calimary Sep 2024 #42
You think he's nuts now? Wait until after the first reports on mail-in and early voting ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #22
He often talks of HIS Vietnam...... DENVERPOPS Sep 2024 #25
Just a note about the election DENVERPOPS Sep 2024 #24
AG Holder-"I think it's both projection on his part, but also an indication of again that cognitive decline" LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #26
I saw this post headline and thought it was gonna be something like... Montauk6 Sep 2024 #34
Cognitive dissonance . . . Aussie105 Sep 2024 #36
He knows getting elected is his only chance to stay out of jail Mysterian Sep 2024 #39
and most except his cult Roc2020 Sep 2024 #47
Forty, fifty years ago, Trump would have been an involuntary hold in a mental hospital. He wouldn't be celebrated. mucholderthandirt Sep 2024 #43
true, and I suspect he knows there is something about to come out... Trueblue Texan Sep 2024 #48
They have sworn statements from every aide ScratchCat Sep 2024 #50
Agent Orange is in meltdown mode peggysue2 Sep 2024 #54

SWBTATTReg

(26,257 posts)
17. He's already insane. That's the whole problem from the beginning. The gop is too cowardly to police their own
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:53 PM
Sep 2024

ranks or candidates, from being too weird or worse for most American voters.

In turn, the gop has lost its identity and far more. This is going to cost them major time this year in the Nov. 2024 elections. I even would go so far that downstream elections have been negatively impacted by djt remaining in the election despite his age (and clearly showing major signs of it).

That's okay, I wouldn't mind a clean sweep of Congress, the presidential election, and then we would also have the ability hopefully to address the lopsided Supreme Court and its lopsided rulings.

Kalifornia9

(57 posts)
44. But with idiot supporters who display
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 11:28 AM
Sep 2024

Bloody eared Trump sign with the caption "You can't kill freedom!"

However just a couple weeks ago that sign disappeared from that neighbor's house and the bumpersticker sloppily scraped from the bumper...
may have been vandals though.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
3. Yet, the media continues to sane wash his appearances...
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:18 PM
Sep 2024

They explain what he meant to say, as they see it, rather than what or how he actually said it.

Those not paying close attention only hear relatively normal, if not actually interesting, stories.

Those stories bear zero resemblence to the truth.

kentuck

(115,407 posts)
9. I think you are right.
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:31 PM
Sep 2024

They don't even report on his criminal record anymore, let alone his mental incapacity.

Farmer-Rick

(12,667 posts)
23. So...has the corporate media explained
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:24 PM
Sep 2024

Why Trump said that 2 years ago there wouldn't have been a fly at his podium? Not referring to a time when he was president, not remembering the fly around Pence during his debate.

And where did he think he got the super power to kill all flies that might bother people at podiums? Was there a fly at his podium?

Just wondering if you saw or heard what the corporate media was sane washing that comment into?

Or did they just ignore it like when Trump clearly explained to a group of conservative Christians that he's NOT Christian?

Cirsium

(3,943 posts)
29. Entomology
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:44 PM
Sep 2024

Entomology is just one of the many, many subjects about which Trump knows more that anyone else does.

NonPC

(405 posts)
35. The Fear Is That if One Network Starts Covering Him Accurately,
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 06:07 PM
Sep 2024

Then the dam breaks and it's over.

All of the 4 major networks -- their ratings and revenues will plummet, as Trump slides into dementia and oblivion and history.

As for America avoiding the fascist Republican Party for taking over and revoking democracy -- that's a nice byproduct -- but not because the networks promoted it.

kimbutgar

(27,248 posts)
4. At the rate he's going he will implode on live tv
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:22 PM
Sep 2024

I see him having a major meltdown where he’s says something that will piss and turn off a lot of people!

It’s coming!!!!!

bedazzled

(1,885 posts)
16. Was expecting him to implode into a drooling mass right about now
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:41 PM
Sep 2024

Hope he goes critical mass in 3 weeks or so...

ShazzieB

(22,591 posts)
30. The sooner, the better!
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:59 PM
Sep 2024

I don't know what he would have to do that would force the mainstream media to acknowledge that there's something seriously wrong with him, but I wish it would happen already.

I don't want him to be out of the race necessarily. I just want something that's bad enough to wake up all the undecided fence sitters who just can't seem to make up their poor little minds whether to choose the big juicy steak or the bowl of putrifying garbage. (And yes, I AM getting really tired of waiting for them to see reality, why do you ask? )

llmart

(17,623 posts)
32. Here's a scenario that might convince more undecideds.
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 05:13 PM
Sep 2024

It would be Donnie going on and on about how we've been lying about how he wears Depends and to prove it he'll pull down his pants and show us.

Ya think that would do it? 'Cause I wouldn't put it past him.

ShazzieB

(22,591 posts)
37. It might work.
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 07:00 PM
Sep 2024

At this point, I'm honestly afraid to guess what would work for sure. He's already done so many things that should have finished him off that I've given up on trying to predict what actually will.

PikaBlue

(495 posts)
51. I fear the opposite efcect.
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 12:07 PM
Sep 2024

His supporters would all go around bare butt to "show" their solidarity.

llmart

(17,623 posts)
57. Hey, let them do it.
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 01:58 PM
Sep 2024

Show the world what "asses" they are, but only if they wear some Depends also.

Prospective employers may want to know what they're getting if they try to get a job.

Boomerproud

(9,292 posts)
41. They can fact check him all they want, but no one has the courage to go THERE.
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 09:00 PM
Sep 2024

They also won't tell the truth about his supporters. Goodnight.

lastlib

(28,277 posts)
45. We don't want him out of the race---
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 11:29 AM
Sep 2024

We want him to stay in and get BEATEN so BADLY that he takes the whole GOPee down with him. And the horses they rode in on. I want a landslide of epic historical proportions that makes Harris look like FDR, ie, invincible.

a kennedy

(35,995 posts)
5. and that's why his minions, shoot, shouldn't say minions, I love them....so his followers
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:23 PM
Sep 2024

love him, he is off the rails, not like a politician, he’s his own man, ya know, the great business man. they love him for it his vulgar language, and his stupid “facts”, (lies). 🤬 🤬 🤬

Skittles

(171,717 posts)
6. they'll still sane-wash him
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:23 PM
Sep 2024

I think even more sickening is he is pimping digital trading cards and watches WHILE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT - seriously, WTF.

bucolic_frolic

(55,143 posts)
7. Trump should wear his jammies for press conferences & prep the insanity defense
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:25 PM
Sep 2024

The Full Monty is the only way to wrap this up in style

Siwsan

(27,834 posts)
13. Ala 'Mob Boss' Vincent Gigante, attempting to avoid prosecution.
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:34 PM
Sep 2024

Of course, that kind of behavior works for only so long. We could ask Vincent, but he died in prison.

ProfessorGAC

(76,706 posts)
19. How'd That Work Out For The Chin?
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:59 PM
Sep 2024

Went to prison anyway!
And, so did the guy who was pretending to be the family boss.

Siwsan

(27,834 posts)
8. No matter how aberrant he behaves, his cult will never abandon him
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:30 PM
Sep 2024

Him getting away with it, his entire life, enables and encourages them to act the same, if not worse.

kentuck

(115,407 posts)
11. Yes, they will continue to support him...
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:34 PM
Sep 2024

But no one should enable them in their aberrant behavior.

EarthFirst

(4,153 posts)
10. Tick tock motherfu*ker...
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:31 PM
Sep 2024

…the pressure is continuing to mount.

His inevitable implosion is careening towards a beautiful disaster.

37 days…

hlthe2b

(113,973 posts)
12. Judge Chutkan is definitely on his mind...(what she might decide to release of Smith's revised charge document)
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:34 PM
Sep 2024

kentuck

(115,407 posts)
15. I'm sure that there is evidence he doesn't want in the public domain.
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:38 PM
Sep 2024

The clock is ticking down.

ScratchCat

(2,740 posts)
49. Its already been revealed generally
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 11:54 AM
Sep 2024

The evidence includes sworn statements from every one of his aides that they told him, and that he was aware, that there was no massive, widespread fraud that changed the outcome of the election. They have statements from all of them. This 100% proves he is a pathological liar and was lying to the American people and continues to lie to his supporters to this day. RW talk radio even admits this(that the entire point of SCOTUS getting involved was to prevent this evidence from being presented to Republican voters prior to the election). The entire jig is up when its presented in court that he knew there was no fraud and that he has continued to lie.

bdamomma

(69,532 posts)
18. I'm tuning in
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:56 PM
Sep 2024

to Ask Mary Trump Anything on her You Tube Media station. She's a calming voice when she describes her out of control felon uncle.


Funtatlaguy

(11,878 posts)
28. I'd love to see her hired by the Harris campaign
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:40 PM
Sep 2024

as an Advisor. She knows the best ways to gig Trump that upsets him the most.

bdamomma

(69,532 posts)
31. The felon is also
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 05:11 PM
Sep 2024

projecting calling VP Harris has cognitive mental issues, He's out of control.

I hate the felon.

usonian

(25,332 posts)
33. Let's hope that the screamingly obvious starts to sink in the "collective unconscious"
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 05:31 PM
Sep 2024

Barry Goldwater style.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)
22. You think he's nuts now? Wait until after the first reports on mail-in and early voting
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:14 PM
Sep 2024

Those are gonna be skewed D anyway, so they will feed into his 'they're cheating' fixation and he will descend further into Syphilitic Dementia (wounds from his personal Vietnam coke binges at Studio 54 can linger, you know).

He may call for things like shutting down the mail entirely.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
25. He often talks of HIS Vietnam......
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:30 PM
Sep 2024

as an all out effort to avoid STD's........I wonder where he got rubbers that tiny????????? Maybe he just cut the little finger off of a latex surgical glove.????????? Fifty years ago, my ex would say, describing a man like Trump:

" He's got a massive TWPC...Teenie Weenie Peenie Complex"

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
24. Just a note about the election
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:24 PM
Sep 2024

I would bet that every last group of RepubliCONs, is in an all out scramble to try and figure out a way to use the Hurricane's damage in 4-5 red states to derail, postpone, corrupt, and delay the election using any and all nepharious means their think tanks can dream up.......AND, you can bet your sweet bippie, the USSC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of this quasi RepubliCON Party will back them up regardless..........

Katie Bar The Door

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,870 posts)
26. AG Holder-"I think it's both projection on his part, but also an indication of again that cognitive decline"
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:35 PM
Sep 2024

TFG's latest comments on Kamala Harris show both a cognitive decline and projection


Montauk6

(9,339 posts)
34. I saw this post headline and thought it was gonna be something like...
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 06:05 PM
Sep 2024

... have you seen his buddy Roseanne Barr lately?

Aussie105

(7,926 posts)
36. Cognitive dissonance . . .
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 06:31 PM
Sep 2024

The GOP desperately wants a strong leader, one with clear vision, strength, and mental stamina, someone who appeals to mainstream America, a leader who can lead them to victory in any election.

They have been looking for such a leader for a very long time.

But the GOP being the party that attracts freeloaders, con artists, 'I am here for ME!' types, Trump is the best they can do.

If you squint real hard, you will see that Trump is the leader the GOP has been hoping for.
But the GOP is feeling uneasy, cognitive dissonance at work. Things don't feel quite right.

If your vision isn't clouded, you will see Trump for what he is. A sad old man, delusional, incoherent, showing the signs of mental decay and paranoia more and more each day.

I recognise the signs . . . when I was 15, decades ago, I had a weight problem.
Doctor prescribed the currently popular drug, now known collectively as speed, ie amphetamines.
I got heavily into the paranoia, word salad, developing new ideas by joining unrelated information together and thought it was a sign of intelligence, things common to long term speed addicts.

But I did lose weight. Along with my mind.

Anyhow . . .
Trump isn't the problem, he is the tip of the iceberg, a symptom of the GOP disease - his enablers and the whole GOP mindset are the problem.



Mysterian

(6,486 posts)
39. He knows getting elected is his only chance to stay out of jail
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 07:32 PM
Sep 2024

or be forced to flee to Russia. He's a cornered rat.

Roc2020

(1,787 posts)
47. and most except his cult
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 11:34 AM
Sep 2024

knows that. ironic that trump putin and Israel bibi are pretty much cornered rats. all of them are desperate dangerous and do damage. Interesting and sobering to watch what happens to all three.

mucholderthandirt

(1,783 posts)
43. Forty, fifty years ago, Trump would have been an involuntary hold in a mental hospital. He wouldn't be celebrated.
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 08:19 AM
Sep 2024

The media wouldn't have been propping him up as if he were a viable presidential candidate. None of these crazy MAGA people would be around, spouting nonsense, threatening the country.

Thank you, Ronald Reagan. Ya done good, you stupid piece of crap. Remember how people treated FDR, because he had polio? At least he had a working brain, and a heart big enough to fight for regular Americans.

Trueblue Texan

(4,468 posts)
48. true, and I suspect he knows there is something about to come out...
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 11:40 AM
Sep 2024

...in Jack Smith's latest work that he has tried to keep covered up. He is at the last stop before he goes completely over the rails to clinically insane.

ScratchCat

(2,740 posts)
50. They have sworn statements from every aide
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 11:58 AM
Sep 2024

That they told him, and that he was aware, that there was no widespread, massive fraud that could have changed the outcome of the election. It's all over at that point. There is no defense for him left. Its that simple. This is what voters need to know prior to the election and what the Republicans wanted under court seal until the election was over. Its one thing to say "we all know they told him that". To have the statements out that can now no longer be disputed with silence is the nail in the coffin.

peggysue2

(12,533 posts)
54. Agent Orange is in meltdown mode
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 01:32 PM
Sep 2024

He's getting exponentially worse as we head into the stretch. The polls, the small rallies, reduced donations, Judge Chutkan and Jack Smith breathing down his neck. It's all catching up and Trump's ability to handle the reality of things is deteriorating.

Time to take out the trash! Time to put an end to the insanity.

Vote. Vote. Vote.

Agent Orange and his campaign are falling apart. He knows it and we know it.

It's all about turn out now.

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