Donald Trump

bendertherobot

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/pos ... 6c4f87a678

Miraculous.

bianchimoon

bendertherobot wrote:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/03/trump-on-response-to-las-vegas-shooting-what-happened-is-in-many-ways-a-miracle/?utm_term=.7d6c4f87a678

Miraculous.

You know I hadn't looked at it that way before..





for reasons that are obvious any sane human :roll:

bendertherobot

Puerto Rico should be very proud, less dead than Katrina.

He's mentally ill, surely.

PhilipPirrip

bendertherobot wrote:

Puerto Rico should be very proud, less dead than Katrina.

He's mentally ill, surely.

Not mentally ill but probably on the autistic spectrum, which might also explain Barron.

His lack of appropriate empathy, viewing human life by cost and in numbers and his obsessive belief that his absolute views are the only views that matter would suggest probability.

For a 71 year old man there are many social and emotional aspects about him which aren't properly developed (or retarded if you wish).

briantrumpet

PhilipPirrip wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Puerto Rico should be very proud, less dead than Katrina.

He's mentally ill, surely.

Not mentally ill but probably on the autistic spectrum, which might also explain Barron.

His lack of appropriate empathy, viewing human life by cost and in numbers and his obsessive belief that his absolute views are the only views that matter would suggest probability.

For a 71 year old man there are many social and emotional aspects about him which aren't properly developed (or retarded if you wish).

I'll disagree here - I think the degradation of his language ability is but one symptom of a developing brain disorder. Watch this interview, and you'll see eloquence, subtle use of language, complex sentences, delivered with a far more vast range of facial expression than he can manage now. I think there's strong evidence that he can't cope with complex syntax and phrase structures, simply because his short term memory (on which language depends heavily) is shot.

Here's the video of a 1980 interview (dig the hair, man!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-w47wgdhso

And here's the transcript of a crazy Trump interview from this year. https://www.yahoo.com/news/transcript-a ... 10084.html

Now I know we all lose a few brain cells as we age, but really - is that the same man?

Here's a presentation of some evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3CFwkoqxIs

trivial_poursuivant

Pross wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Aren't they currently discussing if they ought to legalise silencers?

They're already legal in some States I believe.

Silencers don't silence - forget what Hollywood says where a silenced weapon has a muffled thud. Silenced or suppressed as they should be called are still bloody loud. All they do is make it difficult to pinpoint the direction fire is coming from. It's still a round travelling at supersonic speed , it's still makes a crack sound as it flies through the air.

rolf_f

briantrumpet wrote:

PhilipPirrip wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Puerto Rico should be very proud, less dead than Katrina.

He's mentally ill, surely.

Not mentally ill but probably on the autistic spectrum, which might also explain Barron.

His lack of appropriate empathy, viewing human life by cost and in numbers and his obsessive belief that his absolute views are the only views that matter would suggest probability.

For a 71 year old man there are many social and emotional aspects about him which aren't properly developed (or retarded if you wish).

I'll disagree here - I think the degradation of his language ability is but one symptom of a developing brain disorder. Watch this interview, and you'll see eloquence, subtle use of language, complex sentences, delivered with a far more vast range of facial expression than he can manage now. I think there's strong evidence that he can't cope with complex syntax and phrase structures, simply because his short term memory (on which language depends heavily) is shot.

Here's the video of a 1980 interview (dig the hair, man!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-w47wgdhso

And here's the transcript of a crazy Trump interview from this year. https://www.yahoo.com/news/transcript-a ... 10084.html

Now I know we all lose a few brain cells as we age, but really - is that the same man?

Here's a presentation of some evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3CFwkoqxIs

That's quite interesting the 1980 interview and he does seem far from what he is now. Yet onky 12 years later he is pretty close to as bad as he is today.

PhilipPirrip

briantrumpet wrote:

PhilipPirrip wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Puerto Rico should be very proud, less dead than Katrina.

He's mentally ill, surely.

Not mentally ill but probably on the autistic spectrum, which might also explain Barron.

His lack of appropriate empathy, viewing human life by cost and in numbers and his obsessive belief that his absolute views are the only views that matter would suggest probability.

For a 71 year old man there are many social and emotional aspects about him which aren't properly developed (or retarded if you wish).

I'll disagree here - I think the degradation of his language ability is but one symptom of a developing brain disorder. Watch this interview, and you'll see eloquence, subtle use of language, complex sentences, delivered with a far more vast range of facial expression than he can manage now. I think there's strong evidence that he can't cope with complex syntax and phrase structures, simply because his short term memory (on which language depends heavily) is shot.

Here's the video of a 1980 interview (dig the hair, man!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-w47wgdhso

And here's the transcript of a crazy Trump interview from this year. https://www.yahoo.com/news/transcript-a ... 10084.html

Now I know we all lose a few brain cells as we age, but really - is that the same man?

Here's a presentation of some evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3CFwkoqxIs

It's probably not a case of either/or but rather the possibility of a number of co-morbid conditions but as the David Pakman video ultimately states none of us are in a position to give a qualified opinion. It's just speculation at best and, I would add, at worst it's using mental illness diagnosis inappropriately to fit a narrative.

Dementia isn't my area but I do know that assessment of dementia wouldn't use comparisons over such a large time frame due to the natural degenerative effects that affect us all at different rates. There are tried and tested tools for assessing dementia and whilst attributing his use of language to dementia could be a precursor to a clinical assessment in the absence of a cilinical assessment it smacks of people giving his behaviour a label to satisfy their own narrative.

It could be that Trumps poor use of language is that he's not as smart with words or as intelligent as he likes to think and being out of his depth as president has amplified that.

In business he maintained control by making his views absolute and surrounding himself with enablers but now he's in a situation where his views aren't absolute and he's not in absolute control, hence his need to continually change the narrative so, even when he's talking about people dying, he makes himself the focus and therefore in control again.

Pross

Trivial poursuivant wrote:

Pross wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Aren't they currently discussing if they ought to legalise silencers?

They're already legal in some States I believe.

Silencers don't silence - forget what Hollywood says where a silenced weapon has a muffled thud. Silenced or suppressed as they should be called are still bloody loud. All they do is make it difficult to pinpoint the direction fire is coming from. It's still a round travelling at supersonic speed , it's still makes a crack sound as it flies through the air.

I thought the idea was to use sub sonic rounds when using a 'silencer'?

trivial_poursuivant

Pross wrote:

Trivial poursuivant wrote:

Pross wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Aren't they currently discussing if they ought to legalise silencers?

They're already legal in some States I believe.

Silencers don't silence - forget what Hollywood says where a silenced weapon has a muffled thud. Silenced or suppressed as they should be called are still bloody loud. All they do is make it difficult to pinpoint the direction fire is coming from. It's still a round travelling at supersonic speed , it's still makes a crack sound as it flies through the air.

I thought the idea was to use sub sonic rounds when using a 'silencer'?

Average velocity of a round is 1500mph, speed of sound is over 700mph so a round being subsonic has to have a special weapon system which can only be quite close range. Even so you would still get a bang. There is no silencer that gives muffled thuds like in a gangster movie. It's all BS.

bianchimoon

“I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack,” said TRump

You can't fix stupid

kingstongraham

What with Puerto Rico being "very proud" that hundreds more people didn't die like in "a real catastrophe like Katrina", and the "miracle" that is only almost 600 people being killed or injured in Las Vegas - altogether it sounds like it's all going great in the USA.

bianchimoon

press conference just happened, seems to have been brought about because Rex Tillerson referred to tRump as a moron, in the press conference he didn't deny it when asked

bianchimoon

tRump tweets within seconds.. Tillerson has just proven the story was fake news NBC apologise...

now who couldn't see that was all an orchestrated set up, are 'americans REALLY that stupid?

Pross

Trivial poursuivant wrote:

Pross wrote:

Trivial poursuivant wrote:

Pross wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Aren't they currently discussing if they ought to legalise silencers?

They're already legal in some States I believe.

Silencers don't silence - forget what Hollywood says where a silenced weapon has a muffled thud. Silenced or suppressed as they should be called are still bloody loud. All they do is make it difficult to pinpoint the direction fire is coming from. It's still a round travelling at supersonic speed , it's still makes a crack sound as it flies through the air.

I thought the idea was to use sub sonic rounds when using a 'silencer'?

Average velocity of a round is 1500mph, speed of sound is over 700mph so a round being subsonic has to have a special weapon system which can only be quite close range. Even so you would still get a bang. There is no silencer that gives muffled thuds like in a gangster movie. It's all BS.

I'm not sure any self-respecting Yank would use a suppressor in any case. It's not very manly, the whole point of a gun is to make loud, bangy noises (in Trump language). The bigger and louder the better surely? Some sort of amplification system would be a better seller!

kingstongraham

The performance handing out relief supplies in Puerto Rico was pretty special. Throwing rolls of paper towels out like a mascot throwing Tshirts into a crowd. Telling people they don't need torches any more, despite the country being 95% without power. Turning up his nose at water purifying tablets and asking the relief worker "You put it in dirty water, then drink it? Would you drink it? Really?". Outstanding work. Not to mention meeting someone who has had their home destroyed and ending the conversation by saying "Have a good time".

Matthewfalle

I must admit that I am drawn to this thread like a car crash - I know that each time I read it the Lord of the Idiots will have done something new and so incredibly fukkkkwitted that although I have to know what it is it pains me so much to realize that he has actually done it.

kingstongraham

I think it's a piece of performance art.

Matthewfalle

Do you think that Melanie lies there post coital at night and gazes at him and thinks either

A. Wow what a man my little stud muffin is. He can smash my back doors in anytime. I'm so lucky to have him.

Or

B. Freakin' hell - I put up with this for money. Remind me again how much? Is it really, really, really worth it?

bianchimoon

Matthewfalle wrote:

Do you think that Melanie lies there post coital at night and gazes at him and thinks either

A. Wow what a man my little stud muffin is. He can smash my back doors in anytime. I'm so lucky to have him.

Or

B. Freakin' hell - I put up with this for money. Remind me again how much? Is it really, really, really worth it?

It's B while closing her eyes and thinking of Obama.. and that's not fake news in case your reading this Donald !

bendertherobot

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017 ... lysis.html

In perhaps the greatest ironic illustration of fake news, Donald 'came up with' the word fake. (9 m mark)

kingstongraham

bendertherobot wrote:

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/10/08/donald-trump-defends-paper-towels-in-puerto-rico-says-stephen-paddock-was-probably-smart-in-bizarre-tv-interview-analysis.html

In perhaps the greatest ironic illustration of fake news, Donald 'came up with' the word fake. (9 m mark)

"I guess other people have used it over the years, but I've never noticed it".

bendertherobot

KingstonGraham wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/10/08/donald-trump-defends-paper-towels-in-puerto-rico-says-stephen-paddock-was-probably-smart-in-bizarre-tv-interview-analysis.html

In perhaps the greatest ironic illustration of fake news, Donald 'came up with' the word fake. (9 m mark)

"I guess other people have used it over the years, but I've never noticed it".

Huuuge co-incidence, coining a word that didn't exist.

Mind, he's loaded, never had to worry about a fake Ralph Lauren or knock off Rolex.

tailwindhome

It wouldn't be a surprise if his mother and father were related.

john80

Imagine being that guy who has to support publically a boss so inept and cringe worthy that you literally cry yourself to sleep at night reflecting on all the things you had to say and do to support your retarded boss. Rex Tillerson has started to realise that the pain is not worth the gain. Not sure about the others though. Maybe they view it as a personal challenge to turn what he does and days around.

rick_chasey

john80 wrote:

Imagine being that guy who has to support publically a boss so inept and cringe worthy that you literally cry yourself to sleep at night reflecting on all the things you had to say and do to support your retarded boss. Rex Tillerson has started to realise that the pain is not worth the gain. Not sure about the others though. Maybe they view it as a personal challenge to turn what he does and days around.

Rex is no saint himself; and to secure his nomination as foreign sec (or whatever they called it) he won some big regulatory concessions for Exxon, around not having to disclose their dealings with leaders of other countries.

He's also centralised the department so much, that he can't cope with the volume.

bendertherobot

Quite a large amount of taxpayer's money spent last night for Pence to fly to an event he had no intention of staying at.

bianchimoon

bendertherobot wrote:

Quite a large amount of taxpayer's money spent last night for Pence to fly to an event he had no intention of staying at.

yes, seems like there's a lot of the trump entourage using private/military transport instead of taking commercial flights at the mo, didn't one guy have to resign last week due to excessive private jet flight?

bendertherobot

bianchimoon wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Quite a large amount of taxpayer's money spent last night for Pence to fly to an event he had no intention of staying at.

yes, seems like there's a lot of the trump entourage using private/military transport instead of taking commercial flights at the mo, didn't one guy have to resign last week due to excessive private jet flight?

Yeah, Tom Price, drain the swamp.

briantrumpet

bendertherobot wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Quite a large amount of taxpayer's money spent last night for Pence to fly to an event he had no intention of staying at.

yes, seems like there's a lot of the trump entourage using private/military transport instead of taking commercial flights at the mo, didn't one guy have to resign last week due to excessive private jet flight?

Yeah, Tom Price, drain the swamp.

It's a wider issue than one person too... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... ge%2Fstory