Donald Trump Is Mentally Unhinged

[babylonsister]

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2020/05/donald-trump-is-mentally-unhinged/

Donald Trump Is Mentally Unhinged
Kevin Drum


In the past few days Donald Trump has:

Cranked up the volume on his pointless cold wars with China and Iran
Turned mask wearing into a culture war campaign issue
Accused a TV host of murdering an intern
Declared war on voting by mail
Insisted that James Comey and a variety of others should be in jail
Pushed an absurd “unmasking” non-scandal
Insisted that Barack Obama personally led a spying campaign against him
Retweeted a video saying “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat”
Retweeted QAnon conspiracy theories

All of this has happened in the midst of an enormous pandemic which should be occupying all his time. Instead he’s virtually ignoring it because he can’t figure out what to do aside from handing it over to his son-in-law and then hauling out his iPhone to tweet about something he heard on Fox & Friends.

Is Trump mentally unstable? I don’t know. But he’s sure not mentally all there, is he? What kind of leader decides he can just shut his eyes to a deadly pandemic and instead spend all his time plotting revenge on enemies both real and imagined? Only a mentally deranged one. When will the Republican Party finally realize just what kind of trouble they’ve gotten us into?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. This is news?

[babylonsister]

5. Nah, just your daily reminder.

Doesn't matter what the distractors are, he's nuckin' futz.

[Brainfodder]

2. Capt. Obvious has spoken?

[roamer65]

3. If you have a leader advocating GENOCIDE, they need to removed from office IMMEDIATELY.

Otherwise we will soon be in the same situation as Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

[smirkymonkey]

9. +1000

[Thomas Hurt]

4. The press has a hard time calling him the pathological liar he is...

what makes anyone think they are going to call him mentally, morally and emotionally stunted to his face.

[gibraltar72]

6. Whoa hold the presses.

[Newest Reality]

7. That would be imporant news...

That would be important news for those who are just coming out of a very long coma, although it might be a bit much and should be given in doses lest the person think they have gone totally insane.

[Initech]

8. He got bored with the pandemic and is moving on to his next wacky adventure.

[lunasun]

10. He is an asshole. He is very stable at being an asshole . 38%/ US wishes they could be as big and

consistant at being an asshole as he and all his hired goons who tweet for him are
Without his followers and party backing he could not act like this for long but the worshippers are here and the party won’t budge imo

[certainot]

25. his most important and loudest supporter is dying of stage 4 lung C and he and the GOP and

the ad industry are worried about the future of the talk radio

it's the only unique advantage republicans have and if democrats knew that they could take advantage of it and destroy rw radio. that would make the party budge. many of these cons lick trumps private parts because he's got limbaugh policing 1500 radio stations and intimidating stragglers who might think of voting dem. limbaugh also leads the trump excuses and will cover for their licking of trumps privates. without that advantage many republicans would know they would have to dump trump or lose even more elections.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. You must focus on what is important to America ...

[Stuart G]

13. Thank You for posting..K and R no text.

[denem]

15. trump was not hinged in the first place

he's always been an untethered gate twisting in the four winds

[Mr. Ected]

16. The people that love him, voted for him and defend him at every turn

Are very pleased with these deviations from normal decorum. Let's hate on them as much or more than Trump. He's their reflection in the cosmic mirror. And damned if our country isn't chock full of them.

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. Oh, the bubbas are fully aware of what they've gotten us into.

Most have lashed themselves firmly to the masts of the Pequod. Some are tangled in the lines attached to Moby Don. And a few are gently trying to undo the knots so they can swim away, hopefully unnoticed by the Great White Whale.

But to a man (or woman), their only concern is their own survival. Other than that, they don't give a damn one way or the other.

[calimary]

20. THIS. For the most part, anyway.

I doubt that some of them are that self-aware, that they understand "what they've gotten us into."

They're just as impulsive as he is. All they know is what they want RIGHT THIS INSTANT! I doubt it's occurred to them that what their actions are aiming for is TOTAL FUCKING ANARCHY!

They're the "nobody tells ME what to do" crowd.

And I'm sorry to have to break it to them, but that's what we have government for. That's what we have police departments for. That's what we have fire departments for. That's what we have poison control for. That's what we have hospitals and doctors' and dentists' office visits - and dietitians and physical therapists and veterinarian visits for. That's what we have red-yellow-green stop 'n' go lights at intersections for. That's what we have a vehicle code for. That's what we have traffic control people out there with signs to "SLOW" or "STOP" when they're fixing the road and have things choked down to one-lane-only and have to manage two-way traffic, for Pete's sake. That's what we have instruction manuals for. That's what we have doctors' instructions for - when you get a prescription filled, that's what we have pharmacists for, who confront you when you're paying for your prescription, to ascertain that you understand the FUCKING INSTRUCTIONS before you take your meds and head for home. That's what we have fitness clubs, personal trainers, and exercise classes for. That's what we have teachers and professors and ministers and church leaders for. Hell, that's what we have the fucking Food Network for! To tell you what to do to fucking COOK something properly, forcryingoutloud!

If they want to live a "nobody tells me what to do" life, then they need to find their own island to live on, set up their own island nation, and live there. And I'd bet they'd want to dictate what to do to everybody who dared to try to settle on THEIR island.

They don't call it Dumbfuckistan for nothing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. Thank you for your righteous rant, my dear calimary!

Perfectly said!

[jalan48]

18. Maybe unhinged or the power of the Presidency has gone to his head.

[0rganism]

19. distract to divide

there's a method to the madness

every item on that list is a divisive distraction

Trump wins when he can split us up so only his followers have a unifying framework

[Andy823]

21. When will the Republican Party finally realize just what kind of trouble they've gotten us into?

Thats a good question. I for one don't see them ever doing anything about it, since the already showed they won't remove him because of his crimes.

I also believe he has dirt on most of them, or Putin does, and they are so scared he will expose that dirt if they dare to anger him.

I know what a narcissist is like, my wifes sister in law was a narcissist and I saw how she got dirt on people and used it against them. Many times she would get others to do things that she knew would compromise them, but like trump she had a way of getting people to listen to her bad advice.

Lindsay Graham is a perfect example. He bashes trump constantly and then one golf game with trump and he became another butt kisser, a mean that just doesn't happen for no reason.

What has to be done by republicans is to realize trump has not only destroyed their party, are relationship with allies, but now is destroying the whole country. They could do the right thing and fess up to the blackmail and keep the country from getting worse, but I just don't think they will! They would have to put country over trump.

[lastlib]

23. I think/hope they will wake up to a good hint on Nov.4th....

A two-by-six across the forehead is a great informer.

[Mr.Bill]

24. When they start losing money or their seats in Congress.

The latter started to happen in 2018.

Look at it this way. If you had a job where every day you opened your mail, it was all envelopes filled with hundred dollar bills. Most people would do everything they had to do to keep that job.

[Paladin]

22. "Only a mentally deranged one."

I guess we're doomed to restate the painfully obvious until enough people realize it and take action. History is going to be viciously unkind to us, for letting things get this bad, and for letting it stay that way for so long.

[extvbroadcaster]

26. Of course he's mentally unwell

Trump is the poster boy of somebody that needed help and treatment and never got it. His wealth and positions have made him escape the types of ruin that a normal person would suffer from such bizarre behavior.

[BrightKnight]

28. water is wet - nt

[Cha]

29. Bookmarked, KR..

Cranked up the volume on his pointless cold wars with China and Iran
Turned mask wearing into a culture war campaign issue
Accused a TV host of murdering an intern
Declared war on voting by mail
Insisted that James Comey and a variety of others should be in jail
Pushed an absurd “unmasking” non-scandal
Insisted that Barack Obama personally led a spying campaign against him
Retweeted a video saying “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat”
Retweeted QAnon conspiracy theories

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