Ah, but he coud be if real life had editing and post-production work…
:p;)
Trump never figured it out. While he was in the primaries, his polls would go up every time he said something outrageous. Once he hit his upper limit, they now go down or bottom out.
Hillary’s pleas to get out and vote are all about what will happen to the country. Trump’s are all about him.From the article.
Thanks - this made my day.
I assure you we won’t hold that against you.
That’s enough, right there.
Everyone remain civil.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder still fits just fine. He’s easily baited because of the inherent insecurity involved. Defending his superiority is just of vital importance, the same way defending your life would be to other people.
People with personality disorders often never learn charm or how to play well with others. They’re too inwardly focused. And being unable to give up on a slight fits what I said above.
People with NPD do well when everyone seems to like them, but crash and burn when that isn’t the case.
You don’t need an autism spectrum disorder to explain Trump. Everything we see is rather classic NPD. It’s actually surprising he’s gotten as far as he has. And I don’t mean politically.
Krugman had a blathering in the nyt in which he referenced some talk that Hillary has been lucky to be running against a big bag of hammers. The talk has been that if she had a real opponent, she might not be doing as well. To which he asks “who?”
We saw the cream of the crop on the R side. Who would do better running against her? The greatly loved dude from Alberta? El Cubano? The governor of Ohio? Jebya?
Seriously, they were a grab bag of santorum. It looks like the party has simply positioned itself to fail, by rejecting out of hand the reasonable, affable candidates on the basis of impurity. This seems like the ideal moment to resurrect a Whig-like party, with the ability to attract a wide range of members who are willing to actually work on issues instead of grandstanding and barfing nonsense. The Ds definitely need some genuine counterbalance, that is not about obstructionism and pasture patties.
Re: what’s wrong with Trump.
I have a probably-ridiculous theory, based on just enough medical knowledge to be totally-not-a-doctor.
At some point, I heard rumors about Trump’s use of prescription amphetamines for weight control. Okay, pretty common medical practice years ago, and not unheard-of today. (And I understand that reputable doctors monitor such things carefully. I’m not saying that it’s inappropriate in the right context.) But the only medical information I’ve seen about Trump lately has come from Dr. Feelgood, who wrote the memorable release on Donald’s stunning physical condition a few months ago. It seems possible that the man who wrote such a weird medical history for his patient might also be a little cavalier in his prescribing methods.
Based on no solid facts - I readily admit - I started to assume that Trump used amphetamines for weight control, for many years. Maybe decades. But wait. Aren’t amphetamines commonly used to treat ADD/ADHD? Was that medication accidentally treating a real, if undiagnosed issue? And allowing Trump to function in business - maybe not perfectly, but well enough to keep up the facade?
And was it discontinued as the campaign heated up? The symptoms of amphetamine withdrawal can include irritability, mood swings, sensory misperceptions, etc. Right up to psychosis. And weight gain. Dehydration. (How much water did Donald drink during the first debate?)
Throw in a heaping helping of narcissism, and it adds up to the strange man who is campaigning for the presidency.
But that’s just my stupid theory.
Trump’s national political director has resigned:
I guess at this point reporting on that is like noticing a rear-view mirror just fell off a car speeding towards a cliff, but it’s interesting to keep track of just how this campaign falls apart.
Sheldon Adelson has given up on Trump too.
The rats are abandoning the Trumptanic.
So Ryan knew exactly, specifically, up close and personal how unfit Trump was to be in charge, and then he endorsed him anyway. Classy.
It has nothing at all to do with class. It’s pragmatism.
I don’t understand what is so confusing about the Republican establishment continuing to endorse Trump, albeit unenthusiastically. They consider Trump to be as buffoonish as most everyone else with a brain, but one they could control once elected. Trump’s presidency would be titular with the real power distributed among various members of Congress. They believe they would be getting another Dubya in Trump but one who cared even less about the details and with little desire to actually perform the functions of President.
Trump is not very well informed and does not care to be. He just wants to be king, which is just fine with the Republican establishment. Let him be king while others actually run things.
That is correct.
I was thinking less Dubya, more second-term Reagan, but there’s one big difference which, to me, makes that whole program unforgivable: Neither Reagan nor Dubya made a habit of using racism to rile up the crowds. You can say the policies of both had racism written into them, but the people personally, in speeches, would always at least attempt to pay lip service to the idea that racism was bad and that we were fighting Bad People or Bad Governments or Bad Ideas, not entire races.
With Trump, Stormfront-style racism would get a massive bully pulpit and the imprimatur of the American Federal government. We cannot tolerate that.
Paul Ryan’s favorability rating dropped 28 points in 1 week after breaking away from Trump. There’s a lot politicians are willing to overlook to avoid taking that kind of hit.It doesn’t mean he likes the position he’s in, just that all alternative choices are even worse.
My cranky auntie says - 'the poor boy just wants to be loved. He craves attention and will say anything to draw the adoring crowds, doesn’t matter if they’re deplorable, they love him and cheer him. He probably only said those awful things on that bus, and to that radio guy (Stern), just so they’d accept him as one of the guys. I heard that he has no close friends."
BTW - she’s 80, and voting for Hillary.
Emphasis added.
If there’s one thing that the last six months have shown us, it’s that there’s no controlling Trump. If he could be controlled, why are so many of his campaign officials jumping ship?
Everyone openly laughs at Trump spokesblonde during CNN interview. Even the audience is laughing at her outright denials of evidenced reality when it comes what Trump has said and done when it comes to discrimination. I actually think this interview is too ridiculous to parody.
The GOP continues to do too little, too late:
That would be more of a mic drop moment if they hadn’t been backing him until now.
This is absolutely wrong. The Republican establishment is grudgingly supporting Trump because the Republican base is firmly behind him. Ryan is utterly fucked, even his mild condemnation without endorsement withdrawal has totally fucked him. After Trump loses and he lays the blame on those who “betrayed” him his political career is over. Trump would have all the power if he got elected, not congress.