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WhiskeyGrinder

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19. Criminal does not mean mentally ill, and conflating the two is dangerous.

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Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:53 PM

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The man is crazy. Sane people just don't [View all] Raven Sep 2022 OP

That's what I have been saying. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #1

To be mentally I'll he would not know what he did was wrong. Dustlawyer Sep 2022 #20

Melania and the spawn homegirl Sep 2022 #41

He's not crazy. He's a terrible person who doesn't care. Maru Kitteh Sep 2022 #2

There are terrible people who are sane. He is not. He may have been sane at one time in Raven Sep 2022 #3

I don't buy any insanity claims. wnylib Sep 2022 #34

Absolutely agree. BarbD Sep 2022 #35

Sociopaths are not amenable to therapy. Eyeball_Kid Sep 2022 #36

Yes, a terrible person who has gotten away with it all his life. GoCubsGo Sep 2022 #6

Sane people don't do this stuff. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2022 #7

A true narcissist can be sane, and quite evil. Trump is a true narcissist. NullTuples Sep 2022 #28

I agree. Progressive dog Sep 2022 #9

Both HighFired49 Sep 2022 #15

He has the emotional development of a three year old. Ray Bruns Sep 2022 #17

He's never had a consequence in his life budkin Sep 2022 #4

He is a ruthless sociopath and narcissist. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #5

THIS! happy feet Sep 2022 #32

Evil is the term I would use to describe it liberal N proud Sep 2022 #8

THIS ALL DAY LONG onecaliberal Sep 2022 #23

louder for the people in the back. mopinko Sep 2022 #10

He is not crazy. SamKnause Sep 2022 #11

He can be all the things you've listed and still be crazy. n/t Raven Sep 2022 #12

A "feral creature"... kentuck Sep 2022 #13

"Crazy" just isn't accurate. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #14

+1 iemanja Sep 2022 #22

✔️ Calculating is what he is .... literally all about $$$ live love laugh Sep 2022 #38

I actually don't think that. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #43

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2022 #16

No sense of duty, except to himself. I post the link to a fascinating and chilling interview wiggs Sep 2022 #18

Criminal does not mean mentally ill, and conflating the two is dangerous. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #19

Malignant narcissist. His niece Mary nailed it. mn9driver Sep 2022 #21

I don't know if he's crazy... jcgoldie Sep 2022 #24

They were just things he could use RexLipton Sep 2022 #25

He's gotten away with massive crimes for literally decades, so to him Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #26

He's a malignant narcissist Warpy Sep 2022 #27

NARA didn't ask for help until this year, maxsolomon Sep 2022 #29

They really needed to consider who and what they were dealing with Warpy Sep 2022 #37

Boy. The feral creature is spot on. Joinfortmill Sep 2022 #30

In any other country in this world, no one would have known what he had done. He would have been LiberalArkie Sep 2022 #31

In some countries, that would have happened. ShazzieB Sep 2022 #42

I HOPE the DOJ is. calimary Sep 2022 #33

Tfg YavapaiBlue Sep 2022 #39

It's called entitlement. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2022 #40