Do you now see a clear link between Trump’s recent behavior and mental illness?

[msc545]

[lightbulb27]

He seems the same over long period of time, don't see deterioration... not quickly. Handles a tremendous load... fairly consistently.

But that doesn't remove mental illness, he's always been a "certain" personality and demeanor which is "not good". We are getting the fruits of that.

What used to happen behind back doors and gradually, now happens in public, that's another element. This admin communicates a lot and immediate and public with sticks and carrots, and a lot of changing directions. That's not how govt usually works for good reason.

That is personality, I don't necessarily see it as mental illness. But I'm not a trained professional to even judge that.

I know someone else whose mind works similar, I wouldn't say they are mentally ill. I would say that is whom they are.

That [his personality] is why I did NOT vote for Trump the first time around. But I did vote for him 2nd time around given the awful option provided. My life be more "normal" under Kamala.

[Sevenpointfive]

i thought he was in better shape but he looks awful and needs to be in a retirement home not making executive decisions. i don't even care if he passes 100 mental acuity tests. he's too old and we need to cap our politicians at 55. same with judges.

[goaded]

I'd love to know what you think about that age limit in 10 years time.

[Sevenpointfive]

@goaded in my scenario retirement age would be 55. so, unless it's someone's personal company or something no one should be working past 55

[goaded]

What do you think people will do with a lifetime of "retirement"? 25 years is a very long time.

Slowing down in fields like the law and politics is largely made up for by experience, and while I agree there should be an age limit, I think it should be much higher than 55. I'd also like it to be socially imposed, not by law. The system where incumbents have an advantage should be disrupted.

[msc545]

@goaded I agree with you. I have colleagues in their 80s and 90s who are as competent and bright as any 30-year-old.

[RandomGirl42]

I'm not really sure but it's kinda' funny 'cuz my therapist usually asks me that same question but she changes "Trump's" to "Your".

Next time she asks me that I will point out her mistake all this time.

[Anonymous]

Donald Trump has been a narcissist for a long time. Didn’t Donald Trump also used to claim the Emmys was rigged because he show the apprentice never won an Emmy.

[msc545]

Donald Trump has discovered the power of the completely unsupported accusation and in using it over and over and over again, he has realized his fortune in many ways. The obvious intellection way repellent. Nature of this strategy seems to escape a lot of people unfortunately.

[msc545]

This is the strategy of the mentally ill who in their illness except and embrace such departures from reality as being reality itself. When the laws come crashing down of course they are nowhere to be found.

[Opinion Owner]

He is overweight too. His mind and body is both sick.

[NathanDavis]

I'm definitely not qualified to say "he has this or that" like that, no

however, it's been always very very clear to me just how "easily" he has it to constantly lie and contradict himself to the point in which he can make "everyone" to just put up with it and take it

which is exactly why... he was cherry-picked by those in power, to be the puppet that he is

but, like I said... I don't know if it is an absolute control of shame/remorse... or an absolute lack shame/remorse

either way... it's definitely mental

but then again... what does that say about everyone else, us... America

whether we voted for him or against him (or didn't vote at all) we just take it as "yeah, this is us and this is how it is going to be)

we have to be mental too... somewhat

[ohsheeT]

It could be mental illness in so many different directions in different ways because it is but it's also because he's smart and he's on an agenda the things that he's doing he's doing deliberately to take us to a place where this has been planned for a long time it's to demobilize Americans to get us under control and under their thumb and it's starting to happen

[Danzigdawson]

Deep-rooted, corrosive stupidity and unchecked mental illness are what trump's grain-of-sand sized brain has been steeped in during his whole life... and now, add dementia to the mix.

[Cyfris]

Nope. Not even close. He seems pretty consistant. I hope I am that with it at his age. Quite impressive really.

[msc545]

It's consistently inappropriate and clumsy and difficult and irritable and angry. Other than that, yeah, you're right.

[NoDecision]

I have no idea what he has. He is a great actor.

[msc545]

I'm sorry to tell you that it's not an act and he's not an actor. He's a mentally ill person. It's different.

[NoDecision]

Wouldn't surprise me, as the list of what he is seems to be a long one.

[msc545]

It is several combined conditions, all of which are very bad. Bad for him and bad for everybody around him. Also bad for our country unfortunately.

[NoDecision]

I know, if you cross him or piss him off he won't forget it or you.

[msc545]

He also has what appears to be a more or less fixed enemies list. That is people and things that he is determined to destroy because he thinks that they are out to get him. I think the list can be added to, but I'm not sure that anybody can be removed from it. To the extent that this represents paranoid thinking it is a mental illness.

[NoDecision]

Well one thing for sure. He bragged about stopping 8 wars, but then started one and never stopped the Ukraine fiasco.

[msc545]

Those things are also true.

[888theGreat]

He is talking to dead Presidents now. When asked which, he said I can't tell you.

[Kelly6]

@msc545 You can't fix a cult.

They will only point to someone else as,

Others have mental illness, so what's wrong if trump has! 😆

[msc545]

You cannot fix a cult, and actually you cannot fix many forms of mental illness, personality disorders being most prominent among that group. Personality disorders are resistant to treatment and are particularly pernicious and dangerous, for the most part, particularly the kind that he has.

[Kelly6]

@msc545
True

[loveslongnails]

I must be clairvoyant because I saw that about 10 years ago. LOL

[msc545]

That is not being clairvoyant. That is being smart and paying attention.

[loveslongnails]

Eh, it was always really obvious if you ask me, right? I mean, it's not like you had to be a Rhodes scholar to know what bullshit sounded like when you heard it. LOL

[msc545]

It's not that it's just BS. It's far more serious than that.

[loveslongnails]

It is now.

[msc545]

Yes, it is down.

[Jeff51]

You just don't like him. Your asking lots of questions about him. Non of us here at gag know anything. Why don't you ask him?

[msc545]

Well I can see that you apparently don't know anything about him or anything about the subject. And that's okay nobody's expecting much of you. Conversely, many of us know many other things both about him and about mental illness, and that is really the purpose of this question. If you don't feel confident to answer it, that's okay, we understand.

[Snakeyes7]

No, I see a desire to crush our enemies after putting up with their shit for decades.

[msc545]

So you think Trump's behavior is normal or it just doesn't matter?

[Snakeyes7]

It isn't normal, but it should be. We should have learned from Neville Chamberlain that negotiating with nations that desire dominance over you is a terrible idea. Bill Clinton and Barack Obama either thought they could do that or they straight up sided with the Iranian regime which makes them traitors.

[msc545]

What about his behavior that has nothing to do with other countries? What do you think about that?

[Snakeyes7]

I wish he went harder domestically actually. At his rate I hear we are only deporting 400k illegals per year out of the 30 million.

[msc545]

Well, besides just the illegals, don't you want all the non-whites deported anyway?

[Snakeyes7]

No I don't. I have no idea where you are getting that.

All I am asking is for those who want to immigrate here, i dont care where from or what skin color, need to earn it. But apparently not evading immigration policy, killing, raping or stealing our tax money is too much to ask of them.

How many more times do I need to say it? If you are deriving race from this then it is you who needs help, not me.

[msc545]

Of course you deny it because you're ashamed of it, as you should be. That does not mean that race is not at the top of your agenda.

[Snakeyes7]

Can you think of a better argument other than "thats what a racist would say," because it isn't a valid one.

[msc545]

Sorry to disappoint you, but you are not the person who determines what is and isn't a racist thing to say in this particular instance. This is my question; I determine it.

[slatyb]

Now? Since 2016 or earlier.

[goaded]

Just now? Ask me five or ten years ago.

[Jennz6]

Trump is very bright

[msc545]

Yes, you can tell by all the good decisions he makes and his great insight and judgment.

[Jennz6]

@msc545
It’s called TDS

[msc545]

There is no such thing.

[msc545]

If I've misunderstood you when you were saying he's deranged, I don't disagree with you about that.

[Danzigdawson]

@msc545 Maybe she meant TDS as in Trump's Dumbshit Strategy

[msc545]

@Danzigdawson I guess anything is possible, although that is a nice variant on it.

[Cidknee]

No. 🫤

[msc545]

So what is it that you do see?

[beefcakebradybatson]

YA THINK?