# Is Donald "Trump" even compos mentis? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 21, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480 "2016-09-21T01:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/21 "2016-09-21T10:38:37Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > If you want people to listen, talk like a normal person. And yet HRC is struggling.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/22 "2016-09-21T11:07:21Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Echolalia would be “speaking in tongues” as practiced in some Christian sects. However, he appears to be using it refer to the gibberish that sometimes used by those with dementia. Actually, “[glossolalia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossolalia)” is speaking in tongues. [Echolalia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia) is repeating what others say. I’m not sure what the proper term for Trump’s style of babbling is (I’m pretty sure one exists), but it’s more “throw out meaningful sounding nonsense and let gullible people hear what they want to hear in it”. Verbal white noise. It’s a con artist trick, which is what he is. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/23 "2016-09-21T11:23:57Z")
I just want to know where these smut filled casinos are. I missed the smut. I just got the gambling and the buffet. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/24 "2016-09-21T11:25:49Z")
I believe a quote from that noted sage Hank Hill is appropriate here: “That boy ain’t right.” Which does for Trump and the OP, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/25 "2016-09-21T11:28:50Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I just want to know where these smut filled casinos are. I missed the smut. I just got the gambling and the buffet. … I hear the burgers have umlaut… ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/26 "2016-09-21T11:42:43Z")
**iLemming** , speaking as somebody whose mother changed her surname, go to hell. Donald Trump is not and has never been “Donald Drumpf”. Stop being a bigoted sack of shit. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/27 "2016-09-21T11:50:17Z")
apparently _compos mentis_ is Latin for “look how fucking smart I am!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/28 "2016-09-21T12:16:20Z")
It’s kind of interesting looking at all of his OPs and watching his slow descent into incomprehensibility. He’s always been of pretty singular purpose, sure, but he didn’t always write this way. It’s only in the recent past that he began writing these screeds. My initial thought was that he was in high school when he joined and started taking a college comp class recently, but I don’t think the content of his earlier threads really backs up that theory. Based on his earlier habit of disappearing for months at a time only to return and immediately start a political thread, I’m going with “attention seeker who never got quite enough attention and decided to take a shot at trolling.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/29 "2016-09-21T12:47:03Z")
I vote Vocabulary Bot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/30 "2016-09-21T13:10:19Z")
It must be reiterated that being an asshole does not equate to a diagnosis of mental illness. In that context, I’m more concerned about the OP.\* :eek: \*DSM-V 382.11 Excessive font, bolding and italic changes, inappropriate use of forums. A moderator-defined condition, rarely curable. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/31 "2016-09-21T14:49:32Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > But, for some reason, he thinks he needs to consult a thesaurus for every word. You and a few others need to grab your nearest dictionary and look up ‘performance art’. Or, more succinctly, trolling. Hate the art but respect the artist. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/32 "2016-09-21T14:56:18Z")
OPs like this make me fondly remember the clarity of the Time Cube guy. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/33 "2016-09-21T17:26:26Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > You and a few others need to grab your nearest dictionary and look up ‘performance art’. Or, more succinctly, trolling. Hate the art but respect the artist. Trolling and performance art are mutually disjoint categories, and I only respect artists who are, you know, _artists_. Even if you accept that trolling is even potentially an art, this isn’t it. This is try-hard bullshit with no flair or style. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/34 "2016-09-21T17:41:05Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Well at the very least I don’t think there’s any doubt he has narcissistic personality disorder. > > I’m genuinely scared that he’s going to win. And I know how strange using the word “scared” is in this context, but he’s light years worse than even Dubya. I wouldn’t want him mowing my lawn let alone leading the free world. > > In my lifetime it seems the more charismatic candidate for leader has always won. It’s the only thing Trump has over Hillary, but it’s also the most important ☹ Yes, this. All of this. But like I have said before, HRC lies, so we have no choice :rolleyes: :smack: Wish I had the savings to move to Vancouver or the Mexican Riviera right about now. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/35 "2016-09-21T18:15:21Z")
**iLemming** , some of your ideas aren’t bad, but your style is excruciating. Do yourself a favor: throw out your Roget and simplify your overwrought prose. If you learn to communicate simply and directly, the rest of us may find you offer something worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/36 "2016-09-21T18:58:29Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > **iLemming** , some of your ideas aren’t bad, but your style is excruciating. Do yourself a favor: throw out your Roget and simplify your overwrought prose. If you learn to communicate simply and directly, the rest of us may find you offer something worth reading. Troll 1 Derper 0 ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/37 "2016-09-21T19:55:04Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Troll 1 Derper 0 😕 I don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/38 "2016-09-21T20:08:18Z")
I gather the main reason anyone cares about “Drumpf” is because it sounds vaguely comical. If the clan was originally called “Warhammer” (changed to “Trump” for professional reasons), it’d be used by fuzzy-brained supporters, not addled-minded opponents. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/39 "2016-09-21T22:45:00Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I gather the main reason anyone cares about “Drumpf” is because it sounds vaguely comical. Like Schicklgruber. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/40 "2016-09-21T23:40:41Z")
Whereas “dze Jughashvili” is deadly serious. **Purgably** serious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480.md?page=3)