Is Donald J Trump a psychopath?

I like to occasionally psychoanalyze the massive nest of yellowjackets that have overtaken most of my guest bedroom. Why do they keep swarming and stinging the everloving shit out of me? What made them the way they are? Is there a way for me to stroll down the hall that will make them less mindlessly furious of my approach? It would really help my peace of mind if I could just plumb their intentions (even if it doesn't significantly lessen the chances of ultimately being horribly murdered by yellowjackets).

can we once and for all please stop giving an iota of a shit about the inner life of this man

"we"

also I know there's four years worth of US political scandal every day now, so there's no time to examine any of it, but that golf co-champion story came out months ago; it's not a new revelation

Hell, it's hard to juggle just the slew of golf-related stories demonstrating what a POS he is.

I think it matters that such a person was able to rise to the presidency. It says something about our society.

This is def the more fascinating and troubling aspect of Trump for me. Almost at 50% approval rating still! Truly mind-boggling.

To the extent that they personally are materially unaffected, many people apparently regard details about their elected officials as mere trivia, perhaps something you'd come across in an issue of People Magazine just after the latest in-depth coverage of the current season of The Bachelorette.

'Did you see this, Helen? That goofball Trump was laughing about shooting immigrants! What a goofball! Say, did you see that Big Band Theory finale? What a hoot that was!'

especially as all of these so-called checks and balances are revealed to be contingent on good faith...what else is there to do btw now and next November but marvel at the psychology, I really don't know

The only thing he has been checked by is his own stupidity and inability to keep his mouth shut. The US gov is over and the founding fathers were fools.

i think you're forgetting about the heroic stand of jeff flake

also I know there's four years worth of US political scandal every day now, so there's no time to examine any of it, but that golf co-champion story came out months ago; it's not a new revelation

the bit about him cheating an 11-year old kid to win it is new right? never thought I'd say "even for Trump that's low" but even for Trump, that's low

he's not a normal guy who happens to be an asshole. there is something seriously wrong wtih him.

I bet I know whose fourth term in office that kid won't be casting a vote for.

the kid is in his 20s, the guy who said he didn't know how old the kid was turned out not to know how old the kid was

never thought I'd say "even for Trump that's low" but even for Trump, that's low

he has ripped off childrens' charities* for decades, you think he wouldn't cheat a single kid at golf?


* staying focused on topic here, while in office as President he even used golf to rip off a childrens' cancer charity and his own kid at the same time

I don't think anyone in here is psychoanalyzing the president with the misapprehension that it will somehow change anything

but I mean there are how many Ted Bundy docs in Netflix right now? Trump fascinates that way

also OL you can just take a blow torch and flame those yellowjackets out

if it were possible to eradicate trump as easily we wouldn't be left rubbernecking the whole thing

but I mean there are how many Ted Bundy docs in Netflix right now? Trump fascinates that way

― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Friday, May 10, 2019 1:32 PM (fifty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't think that's why Treesh is so preoccupied

Yeah i’m not interested in serial killers

there is something seriously wrong with him.

that's not news. so, what can we do about it is what I'd like to know.

unfortunately, I observe that the Rube Goldberg machine that connects ordinary citizens to political power has broken somewhere between the birdcage that drops on the money's head and the string that jerks the meat cleaver when the monkey flinches. therefore the alarm clock never rings and our elected representatives never get out of bed on time. we need to fix this.

xp oh but come on he *is* compelling to you as a case study in malign ego, as an abnormality

we need to fix this.

*blows a gigantic gum bubble with a wrench inside and floats it toward the apparatus*

dudes i think that tape is real

at the very least it was developed by russian intelligence, and the thing that was discussed in the steele dossier. it was too convincing a fake to be an amateur job.

i know there are more important things now. why i didn't put this on the main thread.

wait a sec did the pee tape get leaked how did I miss this

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/inside-the-convincing-fake-trump-pee-tape.html

The only discrediting clue is the fact that the room seems to have been redesigned between the time this was alleged to have taken place and when the tape was filmed. The tape appears to have been filmed in the same room—the presidential suite at the ritz—or else a very good replica. But it’s 2015 decor, not 2013 decor—the giveaway is the direction of the bed.

Other than that it’s flawless. The clues about his outfit and the rug color, which were also possible notes of discrepancy, weren’t convincing to me. I think he just took off his tie and jacket.

Ashley Feinberg is a great reporter btw.

https://compote.slate.com/images/41a6d2d0-157a-4ef9-be74-a0a34f138794.gif

This is the water,
and this is the well.
Drink full and descend."

Yeah also the video is terrifying and lynchian

As is trump himself to be fair

Lynchian (however worn out) def applies here.

He is, to rephrase what Jimmy Breslin said about Giuliani, a little man in search of his own death squad.

From NBC News about that Trump appearance before the staff of the UN Amb.

"A US official and another person briefed on the meeting by multiple people in attendance confirms the authenticity of the LA Times audio and what was said by Trump..."

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 26, 2019

"...this morning. The person briefed said that many of the diplomats in the room took particular offense because there were children in the audience and it was supposed to be a family-friendly event..."

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 26, 2019

"Instead, the kids there saw Trump talking ominously about treason and spies and how we need to be rougher on people."

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 26, 2019

an unsentimental education

Traumatizing children is all in a day's work for our president. Look at his own kids.

didn't his speech to the Boy Scouts include a line about the sex n' coke boat parties he used to go to

also didn't he tell a 7-year old "you don't still believe in Santa do you?" over Christmastime

I'd feel bad for Barron but somehow I doubt Trump could pick him out of a lineup

re: pee tape the renovation seems to close the case but both of these are pretty dumb

“The fact that his torso is completely motionless is a bit of a red flag that they purposely had an actor sit there motionless to easily composite a head back on"

excuse me have you seen the president before?

“filming a handheld video of another video playing on a screen absolutely destroys the quality, and is exactly the kind of thing you’d do to intentionally obscure detail and sell a fake.”

it's also exactly what asldkhfbldb oh nm

He’s a human obscenity

I need to look more carefully to see how different the renovations are. If it’s just the bed facing the wring way, that’s not necessarily a dealbreaker. The hotel could have been playing with the decor—moving things around as they planned the next renovation. These 18k suites aren’t occupied every night.

I think it could still be real.

The body language of the guy in the video seemed like Trump to me. Whoever made this made a real effort to get the details right.

man you are a trip

All I’m saying is I accept the conclusions of Ashley Feinberg. It’s likely not real. But it’s a weirdly convincing fake.

lol that is not all you are saying but whatev

yeah that's a much more realistic video than what I expected to flow out. Good job, deep state!

It's not convincing.

all we are saying is give peetape a chance

i thought it was likely that some fake pee tapes would get made, and this is likely one of them. really well done though. probably shot in the same hotel.

It appears that there’s a single soft white source directly above our subjects, somewhere on the ceiling between 45 and the buttocks,”

lol that is not all you are saying but whatev

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, September 26, 2019 5:08 PM bookmarkflaglink

All that he's saying... is give pee a chance

I thought there was always the thought that the original peetape could be a fake itself and mainly a commonly shared hope taht there was a real genuinely recorded tape that would be in circulation at some unspecified point in the future.
THough not sure if somebody would make a fake and not circulate it shortly afterwards i.e. 2016ish though it has always been something that was supposed to exist so that they had something to dangle just out of t's reach.

JUst realised this week that the trip that the peetape was supposed to be made on was 2013. Thought it was thought to be later.

What was that quote from the Watergate era about a steady "drip, drip, drip" of new revelations?