Trump Thread

[Montmorency]

I can't not update this from earlier:



The Dow Jones hit 25,000 again this Tuesday.

Dow Jones has best week of the year!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Literally every half-year.

[Tuuvi]

I'm a believer in the theory that Trump probably has some form of dementia.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I'm a believer in the theory that Trump probably has some form of dementia.

They progressives say that of all of our conservative pols. It is easier to assume that someone who does not view the world as you do, while looking at the same data, is mentally off kilter in some way.

In "The Donald's" case, I think any claim of dementia is just trying to be 'nice.' In point of fact, he really IS an asshat, and of his own free will.

[Tuuvi]

They progressives say that of all of our conservative pols. It is easier to assume that someone who does not view the world as you do, while looking at the same data, is mentally off kilter in some way.

In "The Donald's" case, I think any claim of dementia is just trying to be 'nice.' In point of fact, he really IS an asshat, and of his own free will.

For me it's not his conservative politics that lead me to think he has dementia but rather the fact that he's in old age and has a tendency to ramble incoherently and post incredibly dumb tweets like the ones in Monty's post above. He just seems like someone who's easily confused and is mentally deteriorating. He's both an asshat and a sundowning old man.

For what it's worth I actually think his dementia is a godsend in some ways, I shudder to think what would happen if we had a president with Trump's views on immigrants, Muslims, the press, and the political opposition who was actually competent, or in other words was devious enough to put his policies into place without getting shot down by the courts and congress.

[Montmorency]

They progressives say that of all of our conservative pols. It is easier to assume that someone who does not view the world as you do, while looking at the same data, is mentally off kilter in some way.

In "The Donald's" case, I think any claim of dementia is just trying to be 'nice.' In point of fact, he really IS an asshat, and of his own free will.

Which conservative politicians have progressives judged to have dementia?

It's not about worldview but other behavioral and psychological characteristics. I don't have any firm conclusion about Trump, but asshats are certainly capable of experiencing cognitive decline, right? Just look at Ronald Reagan.

[Gilrandir]

What can we say of a nation if a person like that will get elected again (as likely as not)?

[a completely inoffensive name]

What can we say of a nation if a person like that will get elected again (as likely as not)?

Nothing without taking into context the electoral system of that nation.

[Husar]

Nothing without taking into context the electoral system of that nation.

What can we say about a nation that has an electoral system that enables such a person to get elected?

[Gilrandir]

Nothing without taking into context the electoral system of that nation.

Then change it, for God's sake.