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Joinfortmill

(19,016 posts)
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 08:12 AM 21 hrs ago

Lawrence: Trump was 'on the verge of outright insanity' in deranged speech to military commanders

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My words: Lawrence goes there. The photos of the Generals are startling in their ability to capture the stunning reality and horror of what they are watching. Lawrence is my hero. I hope he stays on the air after this show. Please watch. 14 min.
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Lawrence: Trump was 'on the verge of outright insanity' in deranged speech to military commanders (Original Post) Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago OP
shithole is already there............................ Lovie777 21 hrs ago #1
I agree. I've always liked Lawrence... hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #2
K and R... brilliant essay. Nt PCIntern 21 hrs ago #3
Not on the verge; he is deep into the delusions of power psychosis William Seger 20 hrs ago #4
Trump was "on the verge" BEFORE JOHN ROBERTS ANOINTED HIM. Miles Archer 19 hrs ago #10
And he's already done the equivalent of making his horse a consul. ananda 18 hrs ago #13
The truth is a formidable defense against censorship. bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #5
Lawrence lays it out starkly what is now plain to see. benfranklin1776 19 hrs ago #6
I saw that earlier this morning. It was even worse than the reports I saw niyad 19 hrs ago #7
So powerful karin_sj 19 hrs ago #8
He goes light on the theatrics and just calmly and rationally walks through it Miles Archer 19 hrs ago #11
Yes. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #19
Lawrence was great last night LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #9
Kick dalton99a 19 hrs ago #12
Bravo! peggysue2 18 hrs ago #14
Lawrence was being nice when he said dumpie looked sleepy KS Toronado 18 hrs ago #15
. . . niyad 17 hrs ago #16
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe 15 hrs ago #17
TY I dumped YT TV a few months ago before they forked over $ GreenWave 10 hrs ago #18
everyone should watch the whole bizarre thing blubunyip 7 hrs ago #20
Knr UTUSN 4 hrs ago #21

hlthe2b

(111,534 posts)
2. I agree. I've always liked Lawrence...
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 08:20 AM
21 hrs ago

(I do listen to Keith Olbermann's podcast, and it pains me to hear him repeatedly go after LO. I know they had some tangles in the past, but damn, get over it.)

William Seger

(11,839 posts)
4. Not on the verge; he is deep into the delusions of power psychosis
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 08:37 AM
20 hrs ago

Although his malignant narcissism and sociopathy are textbook-level extreme, those are considered to be personality disorders, not mental illness. However, power psychosis is a mental illness caused by having too much unchecked power, characterized by delusions of grandeur and paranoid delusions of persecution that make it impossible to deal rationally with reality.

Miles Archer

(20,337 posts)
10. Trump was "on the verge" BEFORE JOHN ROBERTS ANOINTED HIM.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:19 AM
19 hrs ago

Trump's sole objective during Biden's term was to keep kicking the legal can down the road in order to stay out of prison.

And part of that gambit was demanding that the SCOTUS grant him "total immunity." When they complied, Trump was no longer "ON THE VERGE" of ANYTHING. He was off the rails, just like that opening scene in Harrison Ford's "The Fugitive" movie.

ananda

(33,441 posts)
13. And he's already done the equivalent of making his horse a consul.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:39 AM
18 hrs ago

He does it by giving official power and duty to others
who are equally insane and stupid in different ways.

He's Caligula on steroids.

bucolic_frolic

(52,568 posts)
5. The truth is a formidable defense against censorship.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:06 AM
20 hrs ago

'Thugs don't want to call attention to the facts presented there.

benfranklin1776

(6,960 posts)
6. Lawrence lays it out starkly what is now plain to see.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:40 AM
19 hrs ago

The would be emperor no longer has any functioning cerebral cortex. 🤬

niyad

(127,630 posts)
7. I saw that earlier this morning. It was even worse than the reports I saw
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:47 AM
19 hrs ago

yesterday. It cost us millions for this shitshow so he and kegsbreath could threaten the generals, admirals and their staffs, because that threat was the whole point.

It was almost pathetically amusing to listen to him explain why he is so careful and slow on the stairs. Hated Obama for bounding, maligned Biden for not bounding. . and the military brass is sitting there stunned.

karin_sj

(1,259 posts)
8. So powerful
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:06 AM
19 hrs ago

Lawrence is in a class by himself with the way he presents the truth about the insanity of the orange monster and the complete and utter capitulation and cowardice of the Republican Party. I wish more people in the media were like him, especially the newspapers and other news outlets.

Miles Archer

(20,337 posts)
11. He goes light on the theatrics and just calmly and rationally walks through it
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:25 AM
19 hrs ago

None of the CRINGE-WORTHY Ari Melber stuff, where he's doing OK, then interjects rap lyrics to remind you that he's "street."

yellow dahlia

(3,224 posts)
19. Yes.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 08:48 PM
8 hrs ago

A Lawrence opening soliloguy has a terseness of tone and eloquent style that is unmatched.

peggysue2

(12,191 posts)
14. Bravo!
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:43 AM
18 hrs ago

Tell it like it is because the bulk of our MSM has shirked its responsibility.

Donald J. Trump, the sitting President of the United States, is a raving lunatic.

KS Toronado

(21,411 posts)
15. Lawrence was being nice when he said dumpie looked sleepy
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:46 AM
18 hrs ago

I watched over a half hour of dumpie's speech yesterday, I thought he looked STONED on
something, his eyes were barely open just little slits. IMO he was STONED on something.

GreenWave

(11,707 posts)
18. TY I dumped YT TV a few months ago before they forked over $
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 07:10 PM
10 hrs ago

But I was unable to see Lawrence until now.

blubunyip

(251 posts)
20. everyone should watch the whole bizarre thing
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:02 PM
7 hrs ago

--If you can stand it. The spectacle of the demented Disaster in Chief and his manic wind up toy boy --scolding, insulting, threatening the top brass of the US military-- wow, amazing! And OMG the implications for the rest of us, and the world, if the military can be coerced to turn against US citizens. When will people face the fact that the criminally insane are driving this bus off a cliff?

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