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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 01:35 PM Oct 2016

The third debate settles it: He’s not just cynical. He’s paranoid.

Trump Is a Madman

The third debate settles it: He’s not just cynical. He’s paranoid.

By William Saletan

Donald Trump is mentally ill. After 16 months of campaigning and three general election debates, this has become all too clear. Trump sees himself as the victim of a web of conspiracies encompassing House Speaker Paul Ryan, the FBI, the CIA, and the Iraqi military. He sees events in his life—women who claim to have met him, violence by supporters at his rallies—as tentacles of these plots. He refuses to accept the outcome of the election, and he demands that his opponent be jailed, not because Trump is cynical but because he is paranoid.

In Wednesday’s debate, as in previous encounters with Hillary Clinton, Trump kept his composure for the first 25 minutes. But he couldn’t hide his self-preoccupation. The first question was about the Supreme Court. Trump answered it by complaining that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had made “inappropriate statements towards me.” Later, Trump did what he has done at campaign rallies: recast bad news for others as good for himself. “The end of last week, they came out with an anemic jobs report,” he said. “I should win easily, it was so bad.”

Half an hour into the debate, Clinton challenged Trump to condemn Russia’s attempt to influence the election through cyberespionage. Trump responded with his usual pro-Russian arguments: that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is too strong to play “chicken” with, that we should try to get along with Putin, and that we should soften our commitments to NATO countries. But Trump also rejected the verdict of U.S. intelligence agencies:

Clinton: We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyber-attacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin and they are designed to influence our election. …

Trump: She has no idea whether it’s Russia, China, or anybody else.

Clinton: … Do you doubt 17 military and civilian agencies?

Trump: And our country has no idea.


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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/10/donald_trump_and_the_paranoid_style_in_american_fascism.html?wpsrc=newsletter_tis&sid=5388f1c6dd52b8e4110003de
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The third debate settles it: He’s not just cynical. He’s paranoid. (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2016 OP
Ah hell, just say it, he is insane. His money is drying up and he can't handle it. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #1
Watched this Guy morph into this Wellstone ruled Oct 2016 #2
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. Watched this Guy morph into this
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:06 PM
Oct 2016

Reality TV Character. As many have posted in the past,we have real case study of a person who suffers from a Narcissistic Personality Disorder in combination with some or many mental health issues. Still waiting for the Sucker to go total Postal on someone and do bodily harm.

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