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Trump isn't mentally ill it's far worse | Opinion by Thomas Meisenhelder - Alternet via MSNThe majority of those with a mental illness are simply ordinary folks. In any given year 20% or more of the population has a mental health diagnosis. Therefore, at any given time, there are millions of people with a mental health condition making positive contributions to their communities.
Repeating time and time again that Donald Trump is crazy not only negatively affects the mentally ill but also seriously misunderstands the man and his policies.
Donald Trump is not crazy, he is evil. The America Heritage Dictionary definition of evil has three components. The first one is that evil means morally bad or wrong. The list of the immoral acts of (donOLD Trump) is too long to be included listed completely here, but consider just a sampling: participating in Jeffrey Epsteins abuses, illegally detaining and deporting veterans, children, and others; using charitable donations for personal desires; separating innocent children from their families; fomenting racism and racial hatred; ridiculing the disabled; daily misogyny; supporting white supremacy; inciting violence; lying for personal gain; harming the lives of LGBTQ+ people; taking food and medical care from children and their families; and the list goes on and on.
dalton99a
(95,190 posts)Grim Chieftain
(2,006 posts)FHRRK1
(118 posts)Trump is losing his mind, he has dementia. NO! The evidence points to that he is an Evil POS.
Fetterman is given a pass because of a stroke. NO! The evidence points to he is an opportunistic asshole.
Garland is not to blame, NO! The evidence points to he was a weak AG at best.
Republicans are really good at burying opponents, I'm not saying become them, but learn a bit of sociology from them. When someone needs a good beat-down, beat their ass down. Don't apologize, don't have guilt, they needed a beat-down.
pnwmom
(110,321 posts)AZ8theist
(7,615 posts)He speaks at a 4th grade level.
He cannot put 2 coherent sentences together.
He has no rudimentary knowledge of world geography.
His college professor said he was the dumbest student he ever had.
His niece claimed someone took his SATs for him
He's a pathological liar, to the point of believing his own absurdities.
Worse still, he's obviously suffering from dementia.
All one has to do is READ the transcript of any of his speeches to realize this man-baby is an idiot.
The list goes on and on. So, NO, he is NOT some sort of "genius".
HE'S A MORON.
NJCher
(43,491 posts)As a higher ed instructor for decades, I know intelligence when I see it. He is bereft of it.
pnwmom
(110,321 posts)Whip-poor-will
(497 posts)He uses and threatens violence and death and is unrepentant in doing so.
What we are experiencing is violence to our understanding of our constitutionally run government.
The FBI has the clues ,in the fun films from their raids, him and his best friend jeffery made that he's a RAPIST loves raping and isn't
going to stop himself.
B.See
(8,822 posts)It's called PRIVILEGE.
PLENTY OF US have always seen him for exactly what he is and he is NOT a genius in ANY way - he fools STUPID people, while others give him a pass because his name and wealth come in handy.
mopinko
(73,908 posts)he just targets anything and everything. he shoots himself in the foot daily.
Grim Chieftain
(2,006 posts)For the love of God, rid us of the evil bastard! Every day is a horror show..
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,935 posts)BigmanPigman
(55,515 posts)want him! Since he is pure evil he can't even die. He is a malignant energy that will continue to spread into the universe, destroying everything good.
live love laugh
(16,471 posts)BidenRocks
(3,478 posts)Tell chump it's his throne.
Look! It's even wired, just for you Sir.
Cha
(320,480 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,343 posts)Identifying a Dark Triad personalitycomprising narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathyinvolves recognizing patterns of extreme manipulation, a lack of empathy, and grandiosity. These individuals often appear charming initially but exhibit cold, calculating behavior, pushing boundaries, lying habitually, and treating others as tools for self-advancement.
I grew up with a father who had this personality. It isn't a trait. It's all encompassing. He didn't punish as much as threaten to destroy you. By destruction, it could be alienating you from the family, not supporting you financially, chasing you out of your family home, and much more. And it grew worse as he aged. You have no sense of relief I had the night he died. No grief or remorse. Relief from fear and psychological harm.
And the thing above all was that I didn't do anything to harm him; he perceived my independence and resistance to his control to be evil, and I had to be destroyed. I often had fears of being locked up like Girl, Interrupted by my father. Or having him order a lobotomy or electroshock therapy. (And he could have as he was a respected physician and had connections.)
Vinca
(54,316 posts)with mental illness makes no sense. Mentally ill is mentally ill whether it's Donald Trump or Joe Next Door. At the very least, he's got the most pronounced case of narcissistic personality disorder ever!
Ocelot II
(131,194 posts)of evil, stupid, and crazy.
Kid Berwyn
(25,035 posts)I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body. Jeffrey Epstein
Trump is evil incarnate.