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CentralMass

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26. I find it very hard to convince myself that this won't happen.

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Wed Dec 16, 2020, 11:48 PM

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I'm firmly convinced that the orange asshole is a psychopath [View all] Javaman Dec 2020 OP

Little kids will be reading about this in their history books kskiska Dec 2020 #1

The Nuclear Football. pdxflyboy Dec 2020 #2

Yeah, this is what worries me in the next 35 days dutch777 Dec 2020 #23

Some of us, for a couple of years DENVERPOPS Dec 2020 #34

There's no such diagnosis. It's called Anti-Social Phoenix61 Dec 2020 #3

I still call him a psychopath because I'm not a doctor Javaman Dec 2020 #5

Me Neither The Roux Comes First Dec 2020 #15

Dail 911, no wait, order a seal team strike! denbot Dec 2020 #25

She's referred to him as a sociopath. miyazaki Dec 2020 #24

No, It's All Bluster sfstaxprep Dec 2020 #4

All Bluster Arne Dec 2020 #11

He's still crazy though. The fact that he's still saying he won... brush Dec 2020 #21

I've been saying that since the day he was inaugurated. Initech Dec 2020 #6

I agree that he's a psychopath... dixiechiken1 Dec 2020 #7

When cornered they can be quite dangerous. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #8

"you can not rationalize with a psychopath." - Sorry but that just isn't true. PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #9

Have you read up on the disorder? Javaman Dec 2020 #14

Being "rational" has noting to do with giving "zero fucks if they don't get what they want". PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #27

Yes. A highly functioning psychopath is not psychotic, My Pet Orangutan Dec 2020 #40

he is.. he's proven it over Cha Dec 2020 #10

I'll just leave this here.. denbot Dec 2020 #12

Yup dead in nt Javaman Dec 2020 #16

I work in the mental health facility bdamomma Dec 2020 #13

Exactly Javaman Dec 2020 #17

Extreme narcissists shouldn't be put in charge of anything critically important. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #28

And WE knew that in 2016. But look how many people didn't. soldierant Dec 2020 #39

I just bdamomma Dec 2020 #43

We've survived this far. Hoyt Dec 2020 #18

True but we are at the end game now Javaman Dec 2020 #19

Hitler in the bunker took himself out. trump is through. Hoyt Dec 2020 #20

He probably can't get a permit to do anymore rallies. LuvLoogie Dec 2020 #22

I find it very hard to convince myself that this won't happen. CentralMass Dec 2020 #26

I tend to agree that his is a case of being a Malignant Narcissist. Solly Mack Dec 2020 #29

Malignant narcissism has a lot of overlap with psychopathic or sociopathic personalities Warpy Dec 2020 #31

That need for attention marks him best. Because he seeks it at all costs. Solly Mack Dec 2020 #36

If he wants to try something it would seem he would do it when the Congress is out of town for jalan48 Dec 2020 #30

Where's James Bond when we need him? JohnnyRingo Dec 2020 #32

Can you picture Trump walking out of the WH? Tiger8 Dec 2020 #33

No. Demobrat Dec 2020 #35

I'm with you. Silver Gaia Dec 2020 #38

It all depends on who "has his ear." Tiger8 Dec 2020 #45

Yes, we hate him and he hates us... Tiger8 Dec 2020 #44

He ain't gonna start a war - bad for business. My Pet Orangutan Dec 2020 #37

Malignant narcissism of the paranoid sociopathic summer_in_TX Dec 2020 #41

I don't know if this is a comfort to you, but I don't believe he's willing to burn himself down, too herding cats Dec 2020 #42