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surfered

(8,060 posts)
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:23 AM Jul 7

Trump's Insanity

Musings of a stable genius;

Donald Trump: “Doug Burgum, he was the great governor of North Carolina... He's the Secretary of Energy plus a lot of land.”

(Fact: Doug Burgum was never the governor of North Carolina and is not his Energy Secretary. I can’t explain the “lot of land” statement)

He’s demented.

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Trump's Insanity (Original Post) surfered Jul 7 OP
North Dakota, North Carolina Danmel Jul 7 #1
Insanity is different from dementia. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 7 #2
Sorta like Reagan's second term when Nancy and Donald Regan were runnng the country... brush Jul 7 #3
Ivana is the true tRump whisperer because of a weird part of his incipient insanity: he wants to date her Bernardo de La Paz Jul 7 #4
You think? Seems she's been distancing herself and Kushner snce they got... brush Jul 7 #5
Yes, who wants Cantaloupe guts spraying on you as the Caligula rots and decays. But after, she will have sympathy. . . n Bernardo de La Paz Jul 7 #6
Ivanka. Ivana is the deceased wife buried among the weeds on Trump's golf club. Lonestarblue Jul 7 #7
I wish Ivana had died a widow Marthe48 Jul 7 #8
Fun fact, Ivana is the given name of both of them. Maru Kitteh Jul 7 #21
Correct you are. Thank you. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 7 #24
My thinking is that a committee of republican officials will serve as a buffer... Harker Jul 7 #9
Heehee. Your last paragraph is lkely. Vance will lunge for the driver's seat. brush Jul 7 #12
She has her eye on her payoff, I'm sure. Harker Jul 7 #13
It has to be sooner than the end of his term. Katinfl Jul 7 #10
Criminally insane... ZDU Jul 7 #11
Actually, not. H2O Man Jul 7 #14
My point is... ZDU Jul 7 #15
A criminal, yes. H2O Man Jul 7 #17
He is insane by my definition and ZDU Jul 7 #22
I note that H2O Man Jul 7 #23
He may be sane, but he easily meets my non-clinical definition of "nuts." Harker Jul 7 #16
He meets the H2O Man Jul 7 #18
I love a good Irishism! Harker Jul 7 #19
Yes. Not "at an age", but at a stage. Many people his age do not have the same amount of decline. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 7 #25
You are absolutely right. H2O Man Jul 7 #26
Not only insanity but inanity. Ping Tung Jul 7 #20

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,230 posts)
2. Insanity is different from dementia.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:28 AM
Jul 7

tRump is sub-clinical on both (which runs counter to much DU commentary), but he has definite indicators and is getting worse. Chances are by the end of his term he will be clinical on dementia, and might be clinical on insanity.

brush

(60,652 posts)
3. Sorta like Reagan's second term when Nancy and Donald Regan were runnng the country...
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:45 AM
Jul 7

as Ronald Reagan faded into dementia. Who will step up for the already fading trump as Melania doesn't care and is certanly no Nancy Reagan who had experience as first lady of Calfornia when Reagan was governor there.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,230 posts)
4. Ivana is the true tRump whisperer because of a weird part of his incipient insanity: he wants to date her
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:49 AM
Jul 7

At the end of his term, she will want to ensure that he is taken care of and he will accept some of her care and ministrations.

brush

(60,652 posts)
5. You think? Seems she's been distancing herself and Kushner snce they got...
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 11:20 AM
Jul 7

the billions from the ME.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,230 posts)
6. Yes, who wants Cantaloupe guts spraying on you as the Caligula rots and decays. But after, she will have sympathy. . . n
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 11:25 AM
Jul 7

Maru Kitteh

(30,402 posts)
21. Fun fact, Ivana is the given name of both of them.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 02:30 PM
Jul 7

Of course, one of them is indisposed (or very disposed as it were) right now.

Harker

(16,620 posts)
9. My thinking is that a committee of republican officials will serve as a buffer...
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 01:16 PM
Jul 7

so that they can continue to direct his attention to hateful, draconian issues they think benefit them in their efforts to seize lasting control.

When he becomes insupportable, chosen successors will step onto the bus as Trumpsky gets a good look at the drive train and suspension.

brush

(60,652 posts)
12. Heehee. Your last paragraph is lkely. Vance will lunge for the driver's seat.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 01:24 PM
Jul 7

Melania will be totally out of the picture as she doesn't care anyway.

Harker

(16,620 posts)
13. She has her eye on her payoff, I'm sure.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 01:34 PM
Jul 7

Whichever handlers he trusts at the time he crosses the edge will have a big advantage, but yes, Vance has the title.

H2O Man

(77,418 posts)
14. Actually, not.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 01:43 PM
Jul 7

"Sane" and "insane" are definitions used in the legal system, to serve as a measurement of knowing right from wrong, and the ability to work with a defense attorney. By that standard, the felon is "sane."

Being "sane" does not imply either mental health or mental illness. A person can have a major mental illness, and be competent to stand trial. The felon, of course, does not have a major mental illness. As my 2020 series of interviews with Dr. Bandy Lee document, he is a sociopath, who has numerous factors found in the Cluster B personality disorders.

More, he is at an age where his cognitive skills are declining.

H2O Man

(77,418 posts)
23. I note that
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 02:55 PM
Jul 7

it says, "The use of insane with this meaning can be offensive, although it still has a technical use in law, meaning that somebody is not able to understand that their own actions are wrong or not able to understand a trial process." Which is, of course, what I have been saying. But you are free to use it, despite being exposed to the Oxford dictionary!

Harker

(16,620 posts)
16. He may be sane, but he easily meets my non-clinical definition of "nuts."
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 01:53 PM
Jul 7

Often rendered with colorful modifiers.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,230 posts)
25. Yes. Not "at an age", but at a stage. Many people his age do not have the same amount of decline.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 02:59 PM
Jul 7

Some live much older without anywhere near as much decline.

H2O Man

(77,418 posts)
26. You are absolutely right.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 03:09 PM
Jul 7

At 93 years of age, my aunt was sharp as a tack. She would have made the felon cry in a debate. People have a wide range in terms of mental decline, based upon DNA, life style, diet, excercise, and ways of navigating stress. However, in general, the felon is at the age the decline tends to start. Of course, there are different paces in decline.

Ping Tung

(3,101 posts)
20. Not only insanity but inanity.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 02:05 PM
Jul 7
1
: the quality or state of being inane: such as
a
: vapid, pointless, or fatuous character : shallowness
b
: lack of substance : emptiness
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