# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/81 "2016-09-22T17:17:49Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > **Colibri** , while I am ready to recognize that **BigT** and I may seem like a pair of Candides to you, nonetheless, the fight for civility is a righteous struggle. I’m betting poor old BigT is studiously reviewing his options on how best to distance himself from you and your attention. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/82 "2016-09-22T17:56:51Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > **Colibri** , while I am ready to recognize that **BigT** and I may seem like a pair of Candides to you, nonetheless, the fight for civility is a righteous struggle. Best of luck with _dein Kampf_! ---
**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 22, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/83 "2016-09-22T18:21:38Z")
> [@iLemming](#): > > read: **autonoically compelled** ) Just no. > [@iLemming](#): > > **@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! I don’t know what they did in their spare time but most of Trump’s casinos were in New Jersey. In New Jersey nudity + alcohol = illegal. There was no stripping. There was an unfortunate lack of smut. I certainly spent enough time looking for it. There were hookers but they were independent contractors not Trump employees. As loathe as I am to give Trump any credit at all he left the casino business 10 years before they started to close. He still got paid for his name but did not have any controlling interest. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/84 "2016-09-22T18:37:16Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Best of luck with _dein Kampf_! _Sein_ Kampf, surely? You haven’t struck me as being on such familiar terms with him that _dein_ would be proper. ---
**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 22, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/85 "2016-09-22T19:08:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > _Sein_ Kampf, surely? You haven’t struck me as being on such familiar terms with him that _dein_ would be proper. Using _Sein_ indicates respect. Using _dien_ doesn’t mean you’re pals, just that you are not being formal. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/86 "2016-09-22T21:11:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Using _Sein_ indicates respect. Using _dien_ doesn’t mean you’re pals, just that you are not being formal. If you say so. Personally, if I have no desire to indicate respect for someone, I’d be disinclined to give him implied permission to address ME informally. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/87 "2016-09-22T21:25:27Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > …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… Maybe something like “Rorschach Speech”, named after that guy who did all the ink things that look like breasts and vaginas. ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/88 "2016-09-22T21:36:04Z")
> [@iLemming](#): > > **@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. Maybe, if you’re six years old. In any event, Donald Trump didn’t change the name from Drumpf; one of his ancestors did. Similarly, I didn’t choose “Ekers”, that was done two or three grandfathers ago. There’s a lot to mock regarding Donald Trump. If you keep choosing one of the stupider, lazier avenues, it undercuts all your other criticisms. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/89 "2016-09-23T03:42:08Z")
> [@iLemming](#): > > **@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 I’d still vote for her over Trump. ---
**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 23, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480/90 "2016-09-23T04:01:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’d still vote for her over Trump. So would I (well, if I had a vote, of course), though I’d be concerned if her eating such a fatty meal might negatively impact her health. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-even-compos-mentis/766480.md?page=4)