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MineralMan

(146,284 posts)
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 01:24 PM Sep 2016

Not only does Donald Trump not tell the truth,

I doubt that he even knows the truth most of the time. He seems not even to be able to remember which positions he has taken in the past, and seems to just wing it each time, as though he'd never even thought about a question before.

He is not a smart man.

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Not only does Donald Trump not tell the truth, (Original Post) MineralMan Sep 2016 OP
Man,that is the truth. Wellstone ruled Sep 2016 #1
Pathological liars often cannot remember MineralMan Sep 2016 #2
Yes,they do not remember what they have said in the past. Wellstone ruled Sep 2016 #5
Constant self contradiction is very characteristic Hortensis Sep 2016 #9
Yup! MineralMan Sep 2016 #11
Cunning and manipulative. guillaumeb Sep 2016 #3
This. You only have to remember the truth once. Arkansas Granny Sep 2016 #6
But Trump voters, or some at least, appear to want to believe that his vague guillaumeb Sep 2016 #7
It's caled willful ignorance. Arkansas Granny Sep 2016 #13
he increases his net worth every time you talk to him. unblock Sep 2016 #4
Posted earlier by N2doc Gothmog Sep 2016 #8
15 Must-Serve Recipes for Word Salads MineralMan Sep 2016 #10
He is also not a mentally competent man. I suspect he suffers from early tblue37 Sep 2016 #12
Donald is nothing but a conman through and through CJohnson_LS Sep 2016 #14
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. Man,that is the truth.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 01:28 PM
Sep 2016

Con Job has totally assumed a self created Reality TV Character. This dude has some real mental health issues going. Mark Burnett created a real douche bag this time.

MineralMan

(146,284 posts)
2. Pathological liars often cannot remember
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 01:30 PM
Sep 2016

what they've said in the past. They lie, even when it doesn't benefit them to lie. Many are simply incapable of telling the truth, because they don't recognize it.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Yes,they do not remember what they have said in the past.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 01:40 PM
Sep 2016

Trump is able to remember jingoism's he created or someone told him. Certain phrases seem to repeat themselves when ever he opens his mouth. One troubled dude.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. Constant self contradiction is very characteristic
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:52 PM
Sep 2016

of his type of disorder. Aside from very deliberate lies, he's so superior to everyone else that, generally speaking, he knows whatever he says is correct when he says it.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
3. Cunning and manipulative.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 01:30 PM
Sep 2016

In 33 years as a Union Representative, I always advised the people that I represented to tell the truth. It is easy to remember because it actually happened. Rarely can someone lie well because lies require a rewriting of reality to support the lie.

But Trump's advantage is that he is speaking to people who desperately want to believe that he does have the answers. So his inconsistencies are not important to his true believers.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
7. But Trump voters, or some at least, appear to want to believe that his vague
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 01:42 PM
Sep 2016

promises and assurances constitute an actual plan. Trump knows and takes advantage of this willingness to believe.

unblock

(52,178 posts)
4. he increases his net worth every time you talk to him.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 01:31 PM
Sep 2016

as long as he gets away with it, he'll just keep lying bigger and bigger. why not?

tblue37

(65,273 posts)
12. He is also not a mentally competent man. I suspect he suffers from early
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 05:54 PM
Sep 2016

stage dementia.

He might have had a small stroke, or he might have early stage Alzheimer's (his father had Alzheimer's).

He has always had disgusting opinions and attitudes, and he has always behaved deplorably, but these days he has no filter at all. I keep thinking of Sophia on The Golden Girls, whose stroke left her with no filter at all so that she said any outrageous thing that came to her mind.

Of course, it is appalling that so many Americans are so enchanted by the blatherings of someone who cannot prevent himself from spouting things that are simply not said out loud in a civilized society.

 

CJohnson_LS

(52 posts)
14. Donald is nothing but a conman through and through
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 08:01 PM
Sep 2016

Just look at how many of his businesses have gone bankrupt over the years. He knows NOTHING about business or politics. And people in this country actually want this guy to be our next president? Good God! Trump will do more damage in his 1st year of office than GWB did in 8 years.

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