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In reply to the discussion: Trump's inability to write is NOT a sign of dementia. It's a sign of something worse. [View all]klook
(12,151 posts)19. This is my take. He's not insane.
Hes had so many people sucking up to him his whole life, lived a life of such privilege and wasteful luxury, treated so many people as appliances for his use, that he is incapable of normal communication or interaction with human beings.
The expression total fucking asshole seems inadequate to describe Trumps utter dissolution and depravity. Insanity, though? That would be letting him off the hook for behavior that while deeply habitual could be overcome by someone with an ounce of compassion or empathy.
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Trump's inability to write is NOT a sign of dementia. It's a sign of something worse. [View all]
DetlefK
May 2019
OP
To it show that he's just a dumb fuck who was too lazy in school to learn basic things...
brush
May 2019
#29
The way I see it is that trump is allowed to be what he is because of his base. People who are
wasupaloopa
May 2019
#3
I think it is more that he's had so many people sucking up to him in his life that
demigoddess
May 2019
#28
"My Daddy gave me lots of money, so I called myself smart and just ignored school"
struggle4progress
May 2019
#21
His drooling base adores all of this about Trump. That's how "those people" are...nt
Progressive Jones
May 2019
#30