# Is Donald "Trump" even compos mentis?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/61 "2016-09-22T04:36:19Z")

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> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> Or Schweinstuker.

Or Frohnkensteen.

> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#):
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> Oh, **Colibri** , you disappoint me. I thought you were a gentleman.

Now _this_ is performance art. 😃

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/62 "2016-09-22T04:51:03Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> Grow up.

You’re supposed to continue the rhyme!

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/63 "2016-09-22T06:23:29Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> It’s my understanding that _your_ understanding of what constitutes educated writing is distilled from things you observed on Mulberry street.

😕

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**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 22, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/64 "2016-09-22T06:59:46Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> 😕

me say you is dumb.

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/65 "2016-09-22T07:02:15Z")

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Ok. I’m going to cry now. Some random retard on the internet called me dumb. ☹

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**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 22, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/66 "2016-09-22T07:27:20Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> Ok. I’m going to cry now. Some random retard on the internet called me dumb. ☹

It surely can’t have been the first time you’ve been so described. You might be at risk of dehydration.

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**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/67 "2016-09-22T07:28:39Z")

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> [@Mijin](#):
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> 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 ☹

Trump is only charismatic to a small subset of the population. He’s repulsive to a larger percent of the population, the problem is that people are lazy and too many of the latter group might not actually bother to go out and vote.

And yeah, I don’t think Trump is legally competent, if he wasn’t a Billionaire he’d be under compulsory psychiatric care.

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**Author:** ![iLemming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90db22/32.png) [@iLemming](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iLemming)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/68 "2016-09-22T11:02:29Z")

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**sighs and wistfully pines for Schutzstaffel-like enforcement of IQ threshold designated eugenics** :rolleyes:

Given many have been ‘kind’ (read: **autonoically compelled** ) enough too respond, I’ll put my next topic (on Islam… it’ll be a doozy! :D) on the back-burner for a bit and respond in kind ―

**@Jonathan Chance**  
K. Though, if the fate of the U.S., even the wider world, is not a subject matter condign of debate, then I don’t know what is… How “Branjolina” will split their ‘love’…? Whether Kanye will run in 2020…?

**@Bryan Ekers**  
Boldface is for emphasis, as blackface is for entertainment.

**@Jack Batty**  
(Google) **1.** meaningless repetition of another person’s spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder (psychiatry) – ēkhō (echo) + lalia (speech); Greek.

**@John Mace**  
Witty _and_ original. Your contribution will not go undocumented. ������

**@Try2B Comprehensive**  
“_As long as she [Hillary] doesn’t show up to a rally and kill, and eat a baby ― she’s got my vote!_”  
―Sam Harris

**@Great Antibob**  
Although a splinter of recollection was present, I actually availed Google (nay “thesaurus”) for the definition of “[A]ltoids”. Albeit trivial, you have taught me something. My brain thanks you commensurately. ������

**@Sunny Daze**  
“Burgers” refers to U.S. residents (a.k.a. “Americans”). It’s a mild pejorative, implying the overweight status of the nation’s greater population. It was coined in the so-called “alt-right” arena — ironically, by ‘alt-leftists’. The same realm ‘Pepe the frog’ emerged years ago, and long before Mr. “Trump” was even a glint in the assassin’s sniper scope.  
Errr… did I just type or think that…?! 😕… :eek:

**@Monty**  
**[Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com)** has no pay “walls” corralling its information. Everyone is free to avail it and, in the process, construct a few new neural pathways; thereby, perhaps staving off Alzheimer’s disease a few years longer. 😉

**@Mijin**  
Anyone who sees themselves as some ‘saviour’ - much less, without as much as an inkling for the need to explain _how_ and _what_ miracles they’re touting to perform - is clearly harbouring a dire personality disorder. The fact “Trump” was born into opulence and has been kowtowed to his entire life, serves to explicate the condition the elderly man is certainly suffering from.

**@octopus**  
When the Internet uses terms like “alot”, I’m left with no choice but to rebel.

**@Ambivalid**  
You should see someone about that… Perhaps the dictator-in-waiting subject of this dscussion could offer the services of his personal “”“doctor”“”…(?)

**@OttoDaFe**  
������ **The Best Post** ������

**@Monty**  
Certified [cognomen.](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/cognomen)

**@BigT**  
“Big words”, BigT… small brain. A glitch in the Matrix…? 😕

**@The Other Waldo Pepper**  
Serendipity implies **dumb** luck. (boldfaced and up-fonted for extreme, prejudicial emphasis)

**@Derleth**  
The butt doth hurteth wheneth penetrated by the righteous blade of veridication. Forsooth!

**@El_Kabong**  
The transliteration _men tohd_ is Thai for smelly fart… albeit syntactically improper.

\*\*@kayaker \*\*  
That insinuation hurts. This may be the “BBQ Pit”, but I did not realised “Sacrifice Feasts” were halal here… ☹

**@Loach**  
Most (“Trump’s”) casinos have gone bust. However, if you follow the bankruptcy trails, you’ll likely find a few of their, now unemployed, ex strippers… and perhaps the odd Triad-linked billionaire chinois too!

**@The Stainless Steel Rat**  
There’s a reason why Archduke Franz Ferdinand likened Serbian people to rats and, indeed, why said rodentia are used for scientific experimentation. Just sayin’…

**@Count Blucher**  
O, pish-posh. Most burgers cannot even spell _ **a lot** _, lit alone ever hope to comprehend what a diaeresis is or is used for. Stop being absurd… :rolleyes:

**@Grumman**  
The fact that accepting the man’s family name, pains one so gravely - certainly due to it being made mainstream by an overtly left-wing mouthpiece variety program - _alone_, quickens my soul. But, when clad in laughably diaphanous attempts at dissembling implied derrière discomfiture, it truly does make my work worthwhile. Thank you… sincerely. 🙂

**@jz78817**  
I may rank in the one-to-two percentile range of Mensa intelligent quotient testing, but arbitrarily assigned numerical values - based often on culturally biased, wholly academically centric assessments - do not accurately represent one’s _true_ intelligence ― a measure that embodies all facets of a human being’s make-up. Case in point: Drumpf’s “”“doctor”“” has Ph.D certificates wallpapering his office walls…

**@Johnny Bravo**  
There is no “descent” when trolling successfully. Let me disabuse you, right here, of any such misconception. I can barely type, I’m so flushed with dopamine! 😛

**@Jack Batty**  
That’s a vote wasted and, in and of its ineffectual nature, a default vote _for_ Mr. “Trump”. Brood on that.

**@Jackmannii**  
Actually, sociopathical arrogance and disregard for others, _is_, in fact, strongly suggestive of mental inquietude. Please research this subject matter for yourself, as related expatiation is beyond the remit of this discussion topic.

**@madsircool**  
Interestingly (and telling, of those who rear this line of infantility), I have not availed said ‘crutch’ for decades. During my pupilage ― yes. In my post formal education era of edification ― yes. Today―and beyond committing to memory terms I am unfamiliar with―I… have no need for that hypothesis.

**@Boyo Jim**  
I’m flattered. :o

**@tenacious j**  
If the Clintons are mendacious, [“Trump” is living in a Twilight zone where everything he drivels is rendered into tangible fact.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbPvzFj2eHU)  
►relativity ―Abe Einstein

**@Waltzes with Cacti**  
Even Shakespeare has his critics. However, if you but lick with candied tongue upon this absurdly presented pomp, I guarantee that, invariably, you will beg to crook the hinges of your bended knees, before the thrift of truth that surely dwells within this flowery fawning. 😃

**@Bryan Ekers**  
Perhaps… to the lay observer. But, when one considers the disposition of the guy, what his invidious empire is predicated upon - and how this interplays with the appellations he adopts - _ **Drump** _ is funny on myriad levels.

**@ElvisL1ves**  
…But only the skilled ones succeed! 😃

**@madsircool**  
Again: **Skilled** trolls do not need to stoop to [excessive] _ad hominem_ use. A troll versed in the applicable arts, is well cognisant of the fact that they are addressing complete strangers whom, frankly speaking, they care nothing of ― whether they ascend to Heaven on a unicorn, or die excruciatingly, from oesphageal cancer.

**@octopus**  
The vilification of the minority through the agency of ignorance, is an Age old foible of our species. People innately fear what they do no understand, and rather than attempt to comprehend, they recoil in defence ― ‘the path of least resistance’, if you will. In neurological terms: it is easier to _react_ with the **amygdala** than to consciously _act_ with the **frontal cortex**. This is a “normie” trait, common to all linear-minded, single-brain-cell-sharing plebeians (as I affectionately categorise them). As an extension - and albeit somewhat discursive to the broach subject matter - this is why the few rule the many — _i.e._, there many, _many_ more morons. 😉

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**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/69 "2016-09-22T12:33:53Z")

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Holy shit he responded.

And it’s just as disjointed and unreadable as before.

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**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 22, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/70 "2016-09-22T12:48:52Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> Holy shit he responded.
> 
> And it’s just as disjointed and unreadable as before.

Its working as designed, IMO.

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**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 22, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/71 "2016-09-22T13:01:31Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> Holy shit he responded.
> 
> And it’s just as disjointed and unreadable as before.

Actually, it is quite readable and shows a degree of intelligence heretofore not demonstrated by said poster.

So…troll, and he’s letting us know it.

IMHO as always. YMMV.

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**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 22, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/72 "2016-09-22T13:02:45Z")

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Vocab Bot subroutine initiated, apparently.

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**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/73 "2016-09-22T13:28:09Z")

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> [@coremelt](#):
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> Trump is only charismatic to a small subset of the population. He’s repulsive to a larger percent of the population, the problem is that people are lazy and too many of the latter group might not actually bother to go out and vote.

Well he’s a charismatic person _to me_ and I think he’s objectively stupid, ignorant and morally reprehensible.

Heck, I can watch a guy [pretending to be Trump](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Poi5x0E2CM) all day long because his mannerisms and way of speaking are so interesting to me.

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**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 22, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/74 "2016-09-22T14:17:54Z")

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> [@iLemming](#):
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> \*\*@kayaker \*\*  
> That insinuation hurts. This may be the “BBQ Pit”, but I did not realised “Sacrifice Feasts” were halal here… ☹

You’ve hurt me to the marrow.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/75 "2016-09-22T15:32:15Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> Holy shit he responded.
> 
> And it’s just as disjointed and unreadable as before.

And the first thing he says is that he had to put his next masterpiece on the backburner because he felt obligated to respond to one of his own threads. Any bets on which forum he’ll misplace his “Islam Doozy” thread? :rolleyes:

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**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 22, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/76 "2016-09-22T16:00:39Z")

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Does Trump even lift?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/77 "2016-09-22T16:04:35Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Does Trump even lift?

He doesn’t need to. He has that ego to lug around.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/78 "2016-09-22T16:17:00Z")

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> [@iLemming](#):
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> **sighs and wistfully pines for Schutzstaffel-like enforcement of IQ threshold designated eugenics**

MODERATING

Implying that you want other posters murdered is neither funny nor allowable here. Phrasing it in fifty-dollar words doesn’t fool anyone. Watch it.

RickJay  
Moderator

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**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 22, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/79 "2016-09-22T16:21:25Z")

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Sometimes what appears to the layman as mental illness can be explained in other ways.

For instance, there’s today’s [op-ed](http://www.wsj.com/articles/party-loyalty-cant-make-me-vote-for-clinton-1474498244)\* by Andrew Stein, a long-time Democratic wheel in New York City (was borough president in Manhattan, served on the city council, 5-term State Assemblyman etc.) who is heartily endorsing Trump for President. One might irresponsibly postulate dementia on the part of Mr. Stein, before realizing that Stein forgot to mention the $50,000 loan that Trump once guaranteed for him, not to mention potential future perks in connection with Stein’s gig as a “business consultant” (other aspects of Stein’s colorful career are alluded to [here](http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/02/the_felonious_friends_of_donald_trump.html).).

Never ascribe to mental defect what is explainable on the grounds of sleaze.

\*if you want to read the whole thing you may need to do a Google search for the op-ed and click that link instead.

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/80 "2016-09-22T16:46:49Z")

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> [@iLemming](#):
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> **sighs and wistfully pines for Schutzstaffel-like enforcement of IQ threshold designated eugenics** :rolleyes:
> 
> Given many have been ‘kind’ (read: **autonoically compelled** ) enough too respond, I’ll put my next topic (on Islam… it’ll be a doozy! :D) on the back-burner for a bit and respond in kind ―
> 
> **@Jonathan Chance**  
> K. Though, if the fate of the U.S., even the wider world, is not a subject matter condign of debate, then I don’t know what is… How “Branjolina” will split their ‘love’…? Whether Kanye will run in 2020…?
> 
> **@Bryan Ekers**  
> Boldface is for emphasis, as blackface is for entertainment.
> 
> **@Jack Batty**  
> (Google) **1.** meaningless repetition of another person’s spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder (psychiatry) – ēkhō (echo) + lalia (speech); Greek.
> 
> **@John Mace**  
> Witty _and_ original. Your contribution will not go undocumented. ��
> 
> **@Try2B Comprehensive**  
> “_As long as she [Hillary] doesn’t show up to a rally and kill, and eat a baby ― she’s got my vote!_”  
> ―Sam Harris
> 
> **@Great Antibob**  
> Although a splinter of recollection was present, I actually availed Google (nay “thesaurus”) for the definition of “[A]ltoids”. Albeit trivial, you have taught me something. My brain thanks you commensurately. ��
> 
> **@Sunny Daze**  
> “Burgers” refers to U.S. residents (a.k.a. “Americans”). It’s a mild pejorative, implying the overweight status of the nation’s greater population. It was coined in the so-called “alt-right” arena — ironically, by ‘alt-leftists’. The same realm ‘Pepe the frog’ emerged years ago, and long before Mr. “Trump” was even a glint in the assassin’s sniper scope.  
> Errr… did I just type or think that…?! 😕… :eek:
> 
> **@Monty**  
> **[Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com)** has no pay “walls” corralling its information. Everyone is free to avail it and, in the process, construct a few new neural pathways; thereby, perhaps staving off Alzheimer’s disease a few years longer. 😉
> 
> **@Mijin**  
> Anyone who sees themselves as some ‘saviour’ - much less, without as much as an inkling for the need to explain _how_ and _what_ miracles they’re touting to perform - is clearly harbouring a dire personality disorder. The fact “Trump” was born into opulence and has been kowtowed to his entire life, serves to explicate the condition the elderly man is certainly suffering from.
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> **@octopus**  
> When the Internet uses terms like “alot”, I’m left with no choice but to rebel.
> 
> **@Ambivalid**  
> You should see someone about that… Perhaps the dictator-in-waiting subject of this dscussion could offer the services of his personal “”“doctor”“”…(?)
> 
> **@OttoDaFe**  
> �� **The Best Post** ��
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> **@Monty**  
> Certified [cognomen.](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/cognomen)
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> **@BigT**  
> “Big words”, BigT… small brain. A glitch in the Matrix…? 😕
> 
> **@The Other Waldo Pepper**  
> Serendipity implies **dumb** luck. (boldfaced and up-fonted for extreme, prejudicial emphasis)
> 
> **@Derleth**  
> The butt doth hurteth wheneth penetrated by the righteous blade of veridication. Forsooth!
> 
> **@El_Kabong**  
> The transliteration _men tohd_ is Thai for smelly fart… albeit syntactically improper.
> 
> \*\*@kayaker \*\*  
> That insinuation hurts. This may be the “BBQ Pit”, but I did not realised “Sacrifice Feasts” were halal here… ☹
> 
> **@Loach**  
> Most (“Trump’s”) casinos have gone bust. However, if you follow the bankruptcy trails, you’ll likely find a few of their, now unemployed, ex strippers… and perhaps the odd Triad-linked billionaire chinois too!
> 
> **@The Stainless Steel Rat**  
> There’s a reason why Archduke Franz Ferdinand likened Serbian people to rats and, indeed, why said rodentia are used for scientific experimentation. Just sayin’…
> 
> **@Count Blucher**  
> O, pish-posh. Most burgers cannot even spell _ **a lot** _, lit alone ever hope to comprehend what a diaeresis is or is used for. Stop being absurd… :rolleyes:
> 
> **@Grumman**  
> The fact that accepting the man’s family name, pains one so gravely - certainly due to it being made mainstream by an overtly left-wing mouthpiece variety program - _alone_, quickens my soul. But, when clad in laughably diaphanous attempts at dissembling implied derrière discomfiture, it truly does make my work worthwhile. Thank you… sincerely. 🙂
> 
> **@jz78817**  
> I may rank in the one-to-two percentile range of Mensa intelligent quotient testing, but arbitrarily assigned numerical values - based often on culturally biased, wholly academically centric assessments - do not accurately represent one’s _true_ intelligence ― a measure that embodies all facets of a human being’s make-up. Case in point: Drumpf’s “”“doctor”“” has Ph.D certificates wallpapering his office walls…
> 
> **@Johnny Bravo**  
> There is no “descent” when trolling successfully. Let me disabuse you, right here, of any such misconception. I can barely type, I’m so flushed with dopamine! 😛
> 
> **@Jack Batty**  
> That’s a vote wasted and, in and of its ineffectual nature, a default vote _for_ Mr. “Trump”. Brood on that.
> 
> **@Jackmannii**  
> Actually, sociopathical arrogance and disregard for others, _is_, in fact, strongly suggestive of mental inquietude. Please research this subject matter for yourself, as related expatiation is beyond the remit of this discussion topic.
> 
> **@madsircool**  
> Interestingly (and telling, of those who rear this line of infantility), I have not availed said ‘crutch’ for decades. During my pupilage ― yes. In my post formal education era of edification ― yes. Today―and beyond committing to memory terms I am unfamiliar with―I… have no need for that hypothesis.
> 
> **@Boyo Jim**  
> I’m flattered. :o
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> **@tenacious j**  
> If the Clintons are mendacious, [“Trump” is living in a Twilight zone where everything he drivels is rendered into tangible fact.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbPvzFj2eHU)  
> ►relativity ―Abe Einstein
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> **@Waltzes with Cacti**  
> Even Shakespeare has his critics. However, if you but lick with candied tongue upon this absurdly presented pomp, I guarantee that, invariably, you will beg to crook the hinges of your bended knees, before the thrift of truth that surely dwells within this flowery fawning. 😃
> 
> **@Bryan Ekers**  
> Perhaps… to the lay observer. But, when one considers the disposition of the guy, what his invidious empire is predicated upon - and how this interplays with the appellations he adopts - _ **Drump** _ is funny on myriad levels.
> 
> **@ElvisL1ves**  
> …But only the skilled ones succeed! 😃
> 
> **@madsircool**  
> Again: **Skilled** trolls do not need to stoop to [excessive] _ad hominem_ use. A troll versed in the applicable arts, is well cognisant of the fact that they are addressing complete strangers whom, frankly speaking, they care nothing of ― whether they ascend to Heaven on a unicorn, or die excruciatingly, from oesphageal cancer.
> 
> **@octopus**  
> The vilification of the minority through the agency of ignorance, is an Age old foible of our species. People innately fear what they do no understand, and rather than attempt to comprehend, they recoil in defence ― ‘the path of least resistance’, if you will. In neurological terms: it is easier to _react_ with the **amygdala** than to consciously _act_ with the **frontal cortex**. This is a “normie” trait, common to all linear-minded, single-brain-cell-sharing plebeians (as I affectionately categorise them). As an extension - and albeit somewhat discursive to the broach subject matter - this is why the few rule the many — _i.e._, there many, _many_ more morons. 😉

Ironically, you have seemed to embrace The Donald’s challenge of making America great again. Keep fighting the good fight.

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