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In reply to the discussion: Saying What Must Be Said: The President-Elect is MENTALLY ILL [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)93. Yes.
People with qualifications a great deal more impressive than "I know a lot of people" have for the time being concluded that being being an asshole is not usually indicative of mental illness.
FWIW, mental illness is no more "insulting" than physical illness. You can't run a marathon very well with a broken leg. You can't be a stable President with a broken brain.
Completely off the mark. I am not offended that someone may think mental illness precludes a career in politics. I am offended that mental illness has become a convenient scapegoat for any and all bad behavior.
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Saying What Must Be Said: The President-Elect is MENTALLY ILL [View all]
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
OP
We don't want him to make it to day one. Once he is in office we will end up with Pres Penc
Maraya1969
Nov 2016
#172
He's the only thing standing between us and a full on Christian Taliban regime.
MadamPresident
Nov 2016
#3
I don't know if he is "controllable" or not, but if they was an effort to remove trump
still_one
Nov 2016
#176
I'm not so sure. Pence is a Nazi bigot of the highest order... he scares the living shit out of me!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#130
I don't see Pence leading an overtly brutal fascist takeover of the country
Fast Walker 52
Nov 2016
#183
You are right, they aren't going to do it. Trump is not an idiot, but he is an evil asshole, and
still_one
Nov 2016
#177
George Bush was a "decent guy" who mimicked a woman on Death Row pleading for her life.
Nitram
Nov 2016
#135
I've been suspecting for a long time that Trump has a mild form of schizophrenia.
DetlefK
Nov 2016
#7
I woke up this morning to the news and commentary about yesterday's Tweet-storm and
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#16
I felt the same way - like OMG his mental stability is worse than I thought
womanofthehills
Nov 2016
#117
I have always thought he was more emotionally disturbed than mentally, but I don't know much
world wide wally
Nov 2016
#13
Yeah, me neither. And after Bill Frist's remote diagnostic debacle, I am
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#18
It seems there are a combination of things going on. It ranges from childlike to incoherent, to
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#37
He has traded on his inherited money and his father's reputation to build a con man's ability...
Nitram
Nov 2016
#134
Hmm, that's very interesting. Did the criteria change in any significant way with
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#20
You have captured this feeling of discomfiture far better than I could ever hope
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#188
Just out of curiosity, do you happen to remember the specific historical context
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#56
I wondered if Eisenhower's medical problems as president had been a motivator. I"m not
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#68
I remember reading somewhere, althogh I'll be damned if I can remember where exactly, that
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#189
FDR was the reason for pres. term limits and Wilson & FDR inspired the disability clause.
Yo_Mama
Nov 2016
#118
The problem is he appointed the cabbinet, and he is their only chance for the job.
Nitram
Nov 2016
#76
The Cabinet is full of HIS loons. They don't want to vote themselves out of a job. nt
MADem
Nov 2016
#163
Mental illness would explain delusional thinking, not why Trump was and is so hateful. But
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#27
I think everyone here is a little on edge right now, no matter what they
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#60
You are being extremely defensive, and lashing out at someone who is being kind in response.
Hekate
Nov 2016
#121
I am so sorry to hear about your father's decline and passing. I have never had any
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#67
But I am not making mental illness "a convenient scapegoat for any and all bad behavior."
MADem
Nov 2016
#125
That's not what I said, but it's obvious that you want to be confrontational with
MADem
Nov 2016
#137
If you read the DSM, Trump is definitely mentally ill - he has them all
womanofthehills
Nov 2016
#105
The DSM doesn't make you a psychologist any more than WebMD makes you a doctor.
Act_of_Reparation
Nov 2016
#186
A cult and a coup! I think there's an awful lot going on, manipulative, power grabbers,
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#40
That's a good point and, if true, gives him credit for being a very crafty
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#52
Trump has spent his entire life manipulating people for his own purposes
radical noodle
Nov 2016
#103
It's no wonder he has to have his kids with him all of the time to help him understand events and to
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#28
Those who surround him are following his power but think they can control his madness
Hekate
Nov 2016
#122
Yeah, I'm aware that I'm hardly the first person to voice such concerns. Something about
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#191
Thank you for that distinction. Not being a professional, I lack a lot of the vocaulary
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#49
another response to this:Democrats should take off the gag about GOP vote suppression & vote rigging
yurbud
Nov 2016
#50
That's pretty astute. Makes one wonder how the Cuban Missile Crisis would
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#63
Yeah, I readily take your point. I hesitated before publishing this and
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#194
Step 1 - Have a press who doesn't ignore the obvious - It's almost like they
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2016
#73
The Bill Fristian-style over-the-internet diagnoses made by educated experts
LanternWaste
Nov 2016
#77
Mentally ill or not, he's saying this to counterbalance the clear evidence of election fraud.
byronius
Nov 2016
#78
I read somewhere about a professor using him as a case study for narcissistic personality disorder.
Vinca
Nov 2016
#79
MY wife & I have been saying he's ill since last year.. why it's not absolutely clear to
vkkv
Nov 2016
#83
if it really is alzheimers, as so many suspect, many based on up close knowledge
mopinko
Nov 2016
#86
You get a full physical and a tox screen to be an E-1 in the military--you'd think the Commander
MADem
Nov 2016
#138
Republicans wanted an unfit, ill person in the presidents chair. So easy to dupe a dummy in a bubble
Sunlei
Nov 2016
#89
I'm definitely not qualified, other than from family experience, and that's hardly
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#195
That is a damned good question. I think 1/2 are what Hillary diplomatically
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2016
#197