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60. Trump has been showing signs of senility for some time

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Wed Nov 29, 2017, 02:06 PM

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New Reports Suggest Trump Might Not Be a Liar at All, But Truly Delusional. [View all] Cattledog Nov 2017 OP

He is batshit crazy. secondwind Nov 2017 #1

I completely disagree with your assessment. chwaliszewski Nov 2017 #29

Scary but plausible get the red out Nov 2017 #2

Only a repub. could Scarsdale Nov 2017 #4

I disagree Louis1895 Nov 2017 #41

100% RePutin lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #45

Putin owns the Republican Party DBoon Nov 2017 #55

Oh, he's a huge liar, and he believes his own lies, Hortensis Nov 2017 #3

Please don't jump all over me, but Scarsdale Nov 2017 #5

I'm not one of those experts, Scarsdale, but that syndrome has a Hortensis Nov 2017 #6

No, he had no signs of that when he was younger. His abnormality is something different. pnwmom Nov 2017 #9

I agree he's had this all his life, adult at least, only Hortensis Nov 2017 #12

No, Nonhlanhla Nov 2017 #19

It's funny, but I have always thought he had a kind of "fetal alcohol syndrome" look about him, smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #42

if he believes things that are demonstrably false he is delusional, i.e., psychotic. tomp Nov 2017 #11

Do you think if Trump's inheritance was a fast-food franchise Hortensis Nov 2017 #14

I repeat: he's rich, president, not in jail. tomp Nov 2017 #26

I think we're mainly just using different terminology. Hortensis Nov 2017 #27

He is such an extreme narcissist that he is psychotic. To him, the only reality that exists pnwmom Nov 2017 #7

This times 10000000000 Dorian Gray Nov 2017 #10

Basically agree except the word psychotic/psychosis. Hortensis Nov 2017 #16

I do think he's out of touch with reality so in that sense, psychotic. pnwmom Nov 2017 #20

Psychotic means CANNOT recognize reality, very different Hortensis Nov 2017 #22

Bingo Boomer Nov 2017 #25

Yep, agree!!! "Dementia is obviously exacerbating Trump's erratic personality, but RKP5637 Nov 2017 #36

Thats it. Hes always been an ... Whiskeytide Nov 2017 #47

Thank you for the explanation pnwmom Nov 2017 #49

I keep wondering if he has had a series of small strokes. My father did and no one but me realized OregonBlue Nov 2017 #50

Outstanding post. Thank you. nt ladjf Nov 2017 #57

On top of all this he said re: N.Korea's ICBM test today, "We will take care of it." PearliePoo2 Nov 2017 #8

Yep, I have a horrible feeling this is not going to end well ... a living nightmare. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #37

New reports? mdbl Nov 2017 #13

it is entirely likely he was a con man but now is becoming delusional Skittles Nov 2017 #15

The comments seem to range from brutal to REALLY brutal. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2017 #17

Has anyone asked Billy Bush lately ? OnDoutside Nov 2017 #18

Dementia spinbaby Nov 2017 #21

I've been saying this for awhile Kaleva Nov 2017 #23

Before he died, my elderly father was like that. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #24

Bullshit. The deplorables are "Truly Delusional" njhoneybadger Nov 2017 #28

Yep, he does know a good portion of the US is off its rocker and uses that to his advantage. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #38

This might be what's qualifying modern leaders... TomVilmer Nov 2017 #30

He is no longer just trolling, but living in Ilsa Nov 2017 #31

He's a liar, period. He is not delusional.He is a malignant narcissist. SummerSnow Nov 2017 #32

I agree. And even if he's only one or the other, he should be out of office. Orrex Nov 2017 #33

k&R SummerSnow Nov 2017 #35

K&R! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #39

Third option is he is a knave. Lies, knows it, and has a malevolent purpose. Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #53

Also true (nt) Orrex Nov 2017 #54

He is deliberately gaslighting and projecting, knowing that some people will believe his lies wishstar Nov 2017 #43

Same difference. Boomer Nov 2017 #62

he may be delusional but he's a liar spanone Nov 2017 #34

Trump has a complex clinical presentation. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #40

This will be the excuse that will let him walk scot-free Wednesdays Nov 2017 #44

Why the hell should we limit the obvious diagnosis? Paladin Nov 2017 #46

How much more evidence do bdamomma Nov 2017 #48

Or both. sandensea Nov 2017 #51

Or, he doesn't know he is President and just reads the lines for his part in a T-V show. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #52

That distinction is almost immaterial... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #56

Nothing stops him being both muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #58

All of the above, one of the above. Does it matter? Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #59

Trump has been showing signs of senility for some time Gothmog Nov 2017 #60

K&R Scurrilous Nov 2017 #61

We can kick this notion around that he is A. Insane/has personality disorder Grammy23 Nov 2017 #63