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Part of me thinks he has got to be an act. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #1
But how could he fake it for so long and so well? jberryhill Aug 2015 #3
I thought it was theatrical art, but not now. I think he's in it for the long haul. TheBlackAdder Aug 2015 #15
He's a businessman and he has a business plan to secure the WH. He's a smart cookie, the buffoonery RKP5637 Aug 2015 #22
I hope he secures the GOP nomination, to get smoked in the General. TheBlackAdder Aug 2015 #28
It's definitely added a different twist to it all. I can't see him winning the general. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #29
He almost certainly has a personality disorder called narcissism. Nowadays, a psychiatrist would probably say pnwmom Aug 2015 #19
It would be horrible to see him as president in tense negotiations with say, for example, Putin. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #23
The clash of two narcissists would be titanic. What a scary thought. n/t pnwmom Aug 2015 #30
More rocktivity Aug 2015 #31
What allows some of these narcissists to hide in plain sight pnwmom Aug 2015 #32
Options 1 and 2 aren't mutually exclusive. (n/t) LAGC Aug 2015 #2
Depends on interpretation jberryhill Aug 2015 #5
He's a troll, a plant, and a Frankenstein monster all wrapped up in one. LAGC Aug 2015 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author guillaumeb Aug 2015 #4
Yeah, I'm beginning to be torn between those two theories frazzled Aug 2015 #6
But you find yourself saying things like; jberryhill Aug 2015 #10
Don't make my head hurt frazzled Aug 2015 #14
I think Trump is there to make the other crazies look reasonable. CrispyQ Aug 2015 #7
No he is saying exactly what the GOP bases wants to hear. Rex Aug 2015 #9
Exactly what is going on! He's the idea republican candidate, he has all the hallmarks of RKP5637 Aug 2015 #26
I think he's for real. He does exaggerate his opinions to get attention, though. reformist2 Aug 2015 #11
Yep! Exactly! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #27
So is he. rug Aug 2015 #12
He's not more an act than Huckabee (whose clearly running for a FoxNews hosting gig and not running Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #13
The Trump phenomenon is interesting Hydra Aug 2015 #16
Of course, bvf Aug 2015 #17
I don't know it matters Matrosov Aug 2015 #18
Andy Kaufman lives!! C_U_L8R Aug 2015 #20
Its Goldwater 2.0, or Goldcombover 1.0 ericson00 Aug 2015 #21
I think he's making Jeb and Walker look madville Aug 2015 #24
I have asked some people who encoutnered Trump in real life Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #25
I think its mostly an act? ram2008 Aug 2015 #33
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