Opinion: What is Donald Trump's mental state?

[fredwiggy]

22 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

No, celebrities often lose fortunes listening to their advisors. Besides real estate, he engaged in a number of other profitable ventures.

 

 

But you were of course wrong, boring your family like that, as you are now. Exactly what the USA needs is a successful businessman to introduce some common sense, and esp. fiscal common sense, into the gov't. He was hardly perfect and hopefully has learned from previous experience, but still things were better under Trump. That's really the bottom line.

 

Too bad Ross Perot didn't make it back in the day. 

Actually I'm right about him, as are others more informed. He's only successful because he had millions to start with. Only a complete moron couldn't make more money if they had that much of a start. Trump had some of the best investment people around him. Not a hard thing to profit under those wings. History has proven how disturbed he is, and even now some of my family are beginning to see the error in their ways. Some are gullible and believe he's better then he really is. The bottom line is he's one of the worst presidents we've ever had, and he belongs in jail.

 

 

 

 

[candide]

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Just as well I'm not MAGA then as I do support Trump, but only because it looks like he is the only thing standing between the rest of the world and the forces of darkness led by Biden's puppet masters.

 

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Whoever told the Dems that putting 91 indictments on Trump right at the start of the election cycle was a good idea must have been a secret Trump supporter, because every time he is indicted for something he apparently gets more popular!

 

If the Dems don't want Trump to win, they need to have a better candidate than Biden, with that awful Harris woman waiting to take over as POTUS when Biden falls over and breaks his neck, or gets taken away by the men in white coats.

You're "not a MAGA" but you write your posts with MAGA conspiracy theories! 😀

[xylophone]

30 minutes ago, BigStar said:

No, celebrities often lose fortunes listening to their advisors. Besides real estate, he engaged in a number of other profitable ventures.

 

Like these you mean.........LOL, the guy couldn't run an ice cream cart!!!! His mental state has been in decline for some years now and is getting worse!

 

TRUMP HAS FILED FOR SIX BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES and has had many failed businesses:-
The Trump Taj Mahal in 1991 
Trump Castle Hotel & Casino in 1992 and Trump Plaza Casino 1992
Trump Plaza Hotel 1992 
Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts in 2004
Trump Entertainment Resorts in 2009

Not forgetting many other failed businesses…..
Trumped!, Trump Steaks, Trump Network, GoTrump, Tour de Trump, Trump Airlines, 
Trump Vodka, The New Jersey Generals, Trump Mortgage, Trump: The Game, Trump Magazine, Trump Ice and not forgetting Trump University!!

 

Edited April 9 by xylophone

[nauseus]

24 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I have a feeling he’s going to be otherwise engaged.

 

That might turn out be. But the idea of policy reversals is already popular.

[scorecard]

22 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

But is he better than the geriatric the USA currently has?

Sadly NO.

[Captain Monday]

23 minutes ago, candide said:

No. It's even if he's not elected, "he won the election because the election has been rigged". It's the line of thinking which is collapsing the country.

Yes, should be interesting

He said in 2016 it was rigged so he would lose despite the polls. Then to everybody's surprise (besides perhaps Michael Moore),  Trump won Then in In 2020 he said it he could lose only if it had been would be" rigged" Trump Lost, resulting in the insurrection

What will Trump say when he wins in 2024?

 

Nothing has changed about the electoral system

Trump: ‘The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged'

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512424-trump-the-only-way-we-are-going-to-lose-this-election-is-if-the/

 

 

[jollyhangmon]

2 hours ago, transam said:

Is it OK for an idiot to call others idiots, hmmmm.........?    🤔

 

... yeah, nah, this one's got special allowance, after all she almost  went to 'Nam, 555555555555555555 ...

 

[BigStar]

29 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

It has to do only with this vile mans complete hypnosis of the MAGA base.

 

Nonsense. Over 70% of the public think the country's heading in the wrong direction--under Biden. Trump's higher overall favorability reflects the disaffected former Biden supporters as well and traditional Dim demographics.

 

38 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

without the long history of fraud, crimes, scandals and constant flood of blatant lies.

 

That would be when people like yourself stop the lies and banana republic political lawfare for imagined crimes and concocted scandals for political reasons. Go after the Bidens, man. 

 

40 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

Remember how he was absolutely vilified by nearly the entire slate of GOP stalwarts in 2016?

 

Well, duh. What else they gonna do to try to get themselves elected? Happens every 4 years. Note how the leftist media's keeping RFK Jr.'s negative comments about Biden all quiet.

 

43 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

This is pure power politics where the ends justify the means.

 

Biden's certainly doing all he can in that regard. Got the Deep State (new job security), media, tech, and the schools all workin' for him. Paying off the students anyway after SCOTUS whacked him. Working on the illegal aliens demographic factor. Trump's dealing with leftist thugs now who've taken the gloves off. He'll have to get a lot tougher if he does get in. In the meantime, adopt the new Dim vote-rigging, you know, ballot harvesting, mail-in votes, etc. 

 

 

 

 

[Captain Monday]

28 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

At least Trump ralies are actually attended.

Attendance not so good lately. He needs new material. Maybe get an actually policy platform going instead of build a wall, deepstate, witch hunt, "drill baby drill " and devising silly names for his rivals. 

 

Trump had 1.5 million people at his inaugural blowing Obama crowd size out of the water. SAD

[soalbundy]

On 4/8/2024 at 6:52 AM, george said:

 

What is Donald Trump's mental state? I direct the question primarily to those working in psychology, psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, etc., and prefer serious and professional answers. I don't work as a psychologist, but I've studied this for many, many years and have a great interest in the dark triad.

 

In my opinion, Donald Trump is a classic, standard, extroverted Narcissist. He may have traits of Psychopathy and Machiavellianism as some others have suggested, but these traits are then quite weak/latent, and I'll explain why.

 

If Donald were a psychopath, he wouldn't have been emotionally invested, wouldn't have shot himself in the foot time and time again, wouldn't have displayed irrational behavior, and wouldn't have been so "stupid" in his excuses. His behavior is not like that of a real psychopath. Let's say hypothetically that he was one: He would have been so good at keeping up appearances that no one would have suspected him. He would have behaved more like Biden or Obama (neither of whom are psychopaths) and played a role that allowed him to be liked and respected.

 

I can say straight away that real psychopaths would have felt insulted to be lumped together with Trump. He's far too impulsive, confirmation-seeking, and obvious in his actions. He may very well have psychopathic traits, but not nearly enough to warrant a diagnosis.

 

Machiavellian. The same goes here. He would have been much more strategic and cautious in his statements and excuses. A Machiavellian doesn't need to be psychopathic, narcissistic, or lacking in empathy, just very good at playing the political game, which he isn't.

 

Finally, the Narcissist. He shows very clear signs of being an extroverted/malignant narcissist. The extreme need for affirmation, his painted picture of himself, his appearance, and his traits, his incoherent gaslighting and catchphrases, his inability to understand when he has said something inappropriate, and above all - his impulsive and tone-deaf Twitter rants.

 

When he lost the election, there was extreme dissonance in his brain because reality didn't resonate with his inner worldview, and it happened in front of the whole world, all leaders, all the people he depends on for confirmation. He simply felt humiliated, especially when he failed to regain power. Think of a version of a narcissist who has been exposed at work or at home and then fails to manipulate his way back and loses everything.

 

A huge blow to the fragile ego built on subconscious insecurity and inferiority complex. The way he refused to admit Biden's victory and tried to change reality with his will indicates that he already lives in a fantasy and overestimates his abilities. His narcissistic ego simply couldn't handle losing and will probably now end up in a nervous breakdown or psychosis.

 

After this, he will recover as soon as he refills his attention and affirmation carafe. He will probably continue with his rants somewhere else and constantly criticize Biden and other politicians. He will never change. The only thing I can see is if the psychosis becomes so intense that he can't mentally come back, but I doubt this.

 

 

-- QUORA.COM 2024-04-07

Josephine Dahl

You forgot the onset of dementia.

[BigStar]

32 minutes ago, xylophone said:

TRUMP HAS FILED FOR SIX BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES and has had many failed businesses:-

 

Very common for entrepreneurs in the business world, sometimes for restructuring reasons. They don't need to succeed in everything, just as a stock market trader doesn't. Most trades can be, and often are, unprofitable. It's the few winners that create the wealth. Your point doesn't really mean anything to the experienced in entrepreneurship,  but most people aren't, so it's a great Dim talking point.

Edited April 9 by BigStar

[candide]

3 hours ago, frank83628 said:

there is if you have a sense of humour, some people should take the poles out their arses and lighten up!

there isn't Democracy in the US, there is the Biden regime, look how they want to censor free speech, attacking anyone that speaks out against them, trying to remove Trumpo from the ballot, everything thing they accuse DJT of they are already doing. you just don't see it because you're part of it!

B.S. conspiracy theories again. Trump did what he did. The Dems did not make it up.

Give me 11,800 votes, the fake elector plot, Trump hiding documents and lying about it, etc... it's not made up.

Edited April 9 by candide

[Captain Monday]

4 minutes ago, BigStar said:

That would be when people like yourself stop the lies and banana republic political lawfare for imagined crimes and concocted scandals for political reasons. Go after the Bidens, man. 

 

 

 

Someday people like yourself have to decide. Whether Joe Biden is a dotard being spoon-fed oatmeal in a basement,  or this criminal mastermind. A man so devious his crimes cannot even be described, let alone be formally charged by his most determined rivals. 😉

He can't be both.

[Brian Hull]

Trump is a Big Star. Let us hope he implodes into a Black Hole, never to be heard from again.

[candide]

39 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

Yes, should be interesting

He said in 2016 it was rigged so he would lose despite the polls. Then to everybody's surprise (besides perhaps Michael Moore),  Trump won Then in In 2020 he said it he could lose only if it had been would be" rigged" Trump Lost, resulting in the insurrection

What will Trump say when he wins in 2024?

 

Nothing has changed about the electoral system

Trump: ‘The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged'

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512424-trump-the-only-way-we-are-going-to-lose-this-election-is-if-the/

 

 

Actually, even after winning the 2016 election, he claimed the 2016 election had been rigged because he was pissed off that Hillary won the popular vote. He even created an investigation commission, which went nowhere, as all other GOP committees! 😀

[candide]

20 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

Someday people like yourself have to decide. Whether Joe Biden is a dotard being spoon-fed oatmeal in a basement,  or this criminal mastermind. A man so devious his crimes cannot even be described, let alone be formally charged by his most determined rivals. 😉

He can't be both.

You're not expecting any coherence in the MAGA parallel universe, are you?

[scottiejohn]

5 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Nothing I say is baseless. 

Everything Nothing I say is baseless. 

[Thingamabob]

On 4/8/2024 at 11:05 AM, Tug said:

I’m fascinated by foreigners who are gobsmacked by Donald trump and are so delusional they can’t see what he is and the threat he represents nor can they understand the deep concern that lucid Americans have and are doing to protect their country hope that helps tho I doubt it 

As a foreigner it seemed to me that things were more peaceful world-wide during Trump's presidency.

[impulse]

45 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

Someday people like yourself have to decide. Whether Joe Biden is a dotard being spoon-fed oatmeal in a basement,  or this criminal mastermind. A man so devious his crimes cannot even be described, let alone be formally charged by his most determined rivals. 😉

He can't be both.

 

Biden's former White House stenographer for 6 years figures it was the latter.  The Hur report would have you believe it's the former.

 

McCormick courageously identifies US government officials who assisted Joe Biden in his evil schemes, including then president Barack Obama. And McCormick names the journalists who continue to cover for the Obama–Biden corruption. Despite all the evidence, he has not yet been asked to testify under oath about what he saw. That’s why he’s written this book.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Impeach-Imprison-Joe-Biden/dp/B0CQRKXVFH

But give it time...   They've gathered enough evidence in the Hur report and the impeachment investigation to hang the guy.  But they can't prosecute a sitting president, and impeaching him would result in an even worse disaster with President Harris.  (I shuddered even typing that).  Let's see what happens when he's citizen "The Big Guy".  I would note that the Hur Report just recommended not prosecuting the guy.  It doesn't exonerate him, or preclude the next Justice Department from picking it back up.

 

Here's the Hur Report:  https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf

 

And here's the Impeachment Investigation: https://oversight.house.gov/landing/biden-family-investigation/

 

(because, apparently you need a link to slam Biden, while you can make up whatever you want about Trump)

Edited April 9 by impulse

[CM Dad]

On 4/8/2024 at 10:56 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Somehow I don't think that sort are interested in posting on AN, though the posts of some persons certainly provide the mother lode for a psychology thesis.

 

I'm more interested in the psychology of those on here with TDS and consumed with hatred for a man that they don't know. I mean they are so obsessed with him so much that they just can't stop writing about him, even on threads with absolutely nothing to do with him. I'm sure that sometimes we have entire pages that are solely about Trump. Even the media love Trump as they write so much about him. Sometimes it seems that the only game in media life is writing about Trump. For sure CNN need him given their apparent drop off in viewers after he lost the election.

 

If I were going to do a study on the psychological aspect of Trump mania, it would be on the use of psychology to try and destroy Trump's image, by the very subtle and clever propaganda that is utilised against him.

 

Luckily for Trump, he appears to have a very thick skin, or else he really is a narcissist and loves the attention, regardless of for or against. He certainly appears to thrive on it.

Thick skin?  Really?  He is an immature crybaby and resorts to name-calling and bullying every time anyone says anything about him that his tiny brain considers negative.  He is an extremely thin-skinned demented piece of excrement.

[candide]

3 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Biden's former White House stenographer for 6 years figures it was the latter.  The Hur report would have you believe it's the former.

 

McCormick courageously identifies US government officials who assisted Joe Biden in his evil schemes, including then president Barack Obama. And McCormick names the journalists who continue to cover for the Obama–Biden corruption. Despite all the evidence, he has not yet been asked to testify under oath about what he saw. That’s why he’s written this book.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Impeach-Imprison-Joe-Biden/dp/B0CQRKXVFH

But give it time...   They've gathered enough evidence in the Hur report and the impeachment investigation to hang the guy.  But they can't prosecute a sitting president, and impeaching him would result in an even worse disaster with President Harris.  (I shuddered even typing that).  Let's see what happens when he's citizen "The Big Guy".  I would note that the Hur Report just recommended not prosecuting the guy.  It doesn't exonerate him, or preclude the next Justice Department from picking it back up.

 

Here's the Hur Report:  https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf

 

And here's the Impeachment Investigation: https://oversight.house.gov/landing/biden-family-investigation/

 

(because, apparently you need a link to slam Biden, while you can say whatever you want about Trump)

Sure! There's no impeachment because they are afraid of Harris becoming President, not because they don't have any evidence.

Typical MAGA reasoning. (well, should I call it "reasoning"?)

 

FD-1023 anyone?

[frank83628]

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

Like these you mean.........LOL, the guy couldn't run an ice cream cart!!!! His mental state has been in decline for some years now and is getting worse!

 

TRUMP HAS FILED FOR SIX BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES and has had many failed businesses:-
The Trump Taj Mahal in 1991 
Trump Castle Hotel & Casino in 1992 and Trump Plaza Casino 1992
Trump Plaza Hotel 1992 
Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts in 2004
Trump Entertainment Resorts in 2009

Not forgetting many other failed businesses…..
Trumped!, Trump Steaks, Trump Network, GoTrump, Tour de Trump, Trump Airlines, 
Trump Vodka, The New Jersey Generals, Trump Mortgage, Trump: The Game, Trump Magazine, Trump Ice and not forgetting Trump University!!

 

still a billionaire...and you are.....?

[frank83628]

16 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

As a foreigner it seemed to me that things were more peaceful world-wide during Trump's presidency.

apart from the screaming liberals, it was!😎

[candide]

You can guess that MAGA folks are short of any valid argument when they start to post that you are earning less than Trump!  😀

[xylophone]

58 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Very common for entrepreneurs in the business world, sometimes for restructuring reasons.

Reminds me of a song from Journey......"Don't stop believing"  because your reply shows the warped MAGA mindset to twist trump failures into a "win".

[riclag]

8 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Biden's former White House stenographer for 6 years figures it was the latter.  The Hur report would have you believe it's the former.

 

McCormick courageously identifies US government officials who assisted Joe Biden in his evil schemes, including then president Barack Obama. And McCormick names the journalists who continue to cover for the Obama–Biden corruption. Despite all the evidence, he has not yet been asked to testify under oath about what he saw. That’s why he’s written this book.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Impeach-Imprison-Joe-Biden/dp/B0CQRKXVFH

But give it time...   They've gathered enough evidence in the Hur report and the impeachment investigation to hang the guy.  But they can't prosecute a sitting president, and impeaching him would result in an even worse disaster with President Harris.  (I shuddered even typing that).  Let's see what happens when he's citizen "The Big Guy".  I would note that the Hur Report just recommended not prosecuting the guy.  It doesn't exonerate him, or preclude the next Justice Department from picking it back up.

 

Here's the Hur Report:  https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf

 

And here's the Impeachment Investigation: https://oversight.house.gov/landing/biden-family-investigation/

 

(because, apparently you need a link to slam Biden, while you can make up whatever you want about Trump)

Some things never change, despite the lighting strike absence.

The most damaging evidence out of the oversight hearings.

2 IRS criminal investigators turning Whistleblowers  and exposing the corruption & cover up by the bidens & the feds which took many weeks to hit the news and 
Bobulinskis hearing!

 

The latter which never even landed here.

 

[BigStar]

1 minute ago, xylophone said:

Reminds me of a song from Journey......"Don't stop believing"  because your reply shows the warped MAGA mindset to twist trump failures into a "win".

 

No, your warped mindset predictably ignored my open recognition of his failures. The problem for you is simply that they weren't ALL failures as you need to believe. 🙂 

[candide]

4 minutes ago, riclag said:

Some things never change, despite the lighting strike absence.

The most damaging evidence out of the oversight hearings.

2 IRS criminal investigators turning Whistleblowers  and exposing the corruption & cover up by the bidens & the feds which took many weeks to hit the news and 
Bobulinskis hearing!

 

The latter which never even landed here.

 

The IRS WB testified that Joe Biden was corrupt? That's new!

Can you quote the part of their testimony in which they state that Joe Biden was corrupt?

[impulse]

20 minutes ago, candide said:

Sure! There's no impeachment because they are afraid of Harris becoming President, not because they don't have any evidence.

Typical MAGA reasoning. (well, should I call it "reasoning"?)

 

FD-1023 anyone?

 

3 reasons, actually.  

 

1) Impeachment is a political process, and they could have video of Joe walking across the Whitehouse lawn with a bloody machete in one hand and a severed head in the other, and the Dems still wouldn't vote to remove him from office.

 

2) Kamala Harris.  Best insurance a president could hope for if impeachment were a possibility.  Like, if he knew he was telling campaign porkies about influence peddling and figured the truth would come out while he's in office.

 

3)  Even if they did manage to remove him from office, Kamala could pardon him (a'la Ford/Nixon).  Wait for a new president to prosecute him as a private citizen and I doubt a pardon is in the cards.

 

Makes no sense to actually impeach him.  But it makes a lot of sense to use the subpoena power of a House Impeachment investigation to compel witnesses and demand records.

 

 

Edited April 9 by impulse

[Rimmer]

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