# US President Unhinged **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176 "2018-11-08T03:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/41 "2018-11-08T21:40:25Z")
At the beginning of yesterday’s press conference Trump was talking in an almost normal tone. He was calm and he seemed well informed on the events of election day; he seemed to know the players, who won and lost and the significance of the events. He Congratulated the Democratic party, in general, and Rep Pelosi on a job well done, and he actually seemed sincere. Then he laid out part of an agenda that he felt both sides could get behind, (ie infrastructure, etc) almost like a politician. Then something happened (almost as if he remembered that he was on camera) and the bombast and bluster came roaring back, leading into that trainwreck of a Q&A. I think he knew he was gonna jump down Acosta’s throat and had to rile himself up before he even opened the floor for questions. So. . .I dont want to down play the dementia aspect of his personality, could very well be. But the Trump that we’ve all grown to know and loathe these days is clearly an act. mc ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/42 "2018-11-08T21:53:38Z")
“For although psychopaths are a small minority, it seems significant that whenever organized and militant hate exist a psychopath is the leader, and if, for instance, one hundred disgruntled and frustrated individuals fall in line behind one psychopath then, in essence, we are concerned with the actions of one hundred and one psychopaths.” Sidney Potier-Pressure Point-1962 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/43 "2018-11-08T22:09:34Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I dont want to down play the dementia aspect of his personality, could very well be. But the Trump that we’ve all grown to know and loathe these days is clearly an act. No, the “normal” version is clearly the act; that’s how he is when someone manages to get him to stick to a script. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/44 "2018-11-08T23:13:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And now she is passing along a doctored film clip of the Acosta exchange [that she got from Infowars.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/cnn-claims-white-house-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-shared-doctored-n933911) > The only excuse I would accept from her at this point was that the White House was holding one of her kids hostage. And only if it’s the one she likes. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/45 "2018-11-08T23:43:15Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > No, the “normal” version is clearly the act; that’s how he is when someone manages to get him to stick to a script. Yeah, I’m thinking Trump can only hold it together for so long and that length of time is inversely correlated to the stress he feels. Doesn’t he yell at the TV while watching critical news? It seems like his fuse will keep on getting shorter. But, hey, Trump has the best temperament and is a stable genius. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/46 "2018-11-09T00:26:19Z")
Don’t forget his [GMOAT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wahb_5Dcqw)\*! \*Greatest Memory Of All Time ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/47 "2018-11-09T03:09:00Z")
I’d like to see an MRI of Trump’s brain-thing. I’m guessing its like the fucking boat trip from _Willy Wonka._ ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/48 "2018-11-09T03:26:05Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’d like to see an MRI of Trump’s brain-thing. I’m guessing its like the fucking boat trip from _Willy Wonka._ Only if you replaced the chocolate with shit. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/49 "2018-11-09T03:31:20Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Donald Trump really, _really_ needs to not be POTUS anymore. He really really needs to not ever have been POTUS. However, get him out, and you get President Pence. Welcome to Gilead. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/50 "2018-11-09T03:39:52Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > He really really needs to not ever have been POTUS. However, get him out, and you get President Pence. Welcome to Gilead. Shoot ‘em both, and we now get President Pelosi. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/51 "2018-11-09T04:52:58Z")
He’s unhinged, but he’s also challenging you. He’s remaking America’s political system in his image, and he’s daring everyone else to stop him. You voted on Tuesday, which is all well and good, but he’s still challenging everyone to stop him. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/52 "2018-11-09T04:58:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Show me a _real_ side-by-side. This is just a right-wing idiot showing the same hacked film twice. When you post crap like this, do you actually think nobody would notice the source? Really… Do you expect any better from that shit weasel? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/53 "2018-11-09T05:00:55Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > One of my conservative friends texted me during that news conference complaining that the press was being rude. I with-held comment until I could see the interaction for myself, which I did when I got home. > > I think Acosta was being a bit aggressive and pushy, and I think he decided this was his moment to die on the hill of truthfulness. > > However, Trump was clearly cornered and failed in every way to handle a hard-ball question from an unfriendly reporter. He could have brushed it off, but he chose to keep engaging, and when he saw Acosta was kicking him in the balls with the questions, he stepped away from the podium - as if to run away (like he usually can). The interaction reinforces my belief that Trump is surrounded by a bubble of sycophants and yes-men that will not tolerate any dissension at all. When the questions got tough, he tried to run away, and realized he could not, so stood there and tried to bite back. Trump is the world’s biggest pussy. The rude bastards on the right think someone was less than subservient and not sufficiently obsequious to the Rude Guy they like? Fuck him and fuck them. HE’s rude. THEY’re rude. EVERYone should be rude to him, as disrespectful as is humanly possible. Why kiss up to that shit stain??? He doesn’t deserve any respect. God damn fucking snowflakes. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/54 "2018-11-09T05:04:47Z")
BTW, is there an update on the condition of that bruised and battered intern? Has she come out of the coma? Will she walk again? Is there a GoFundMe we could contribute to for her medical bills? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/55 "2018-11-09T16:56:36Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Shoot ‘em both, and we now get President Pelosi. [Moderating] Please don’t joke about assassinating the president on this board. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/56 "2018-11-10T05:06:59Z")
As a neurologist,I think it seems like he’s a lifelong narcissistic sociopath personality, with many signs of early dementia in his speech (?thought) patterns that I can detect. (random phrasing, repetitive phrasing, paucity of meaning, simplistic words and concepts…). A horrible combination to be present in this country’s chief exec. My political (not medical) conclusion is we can’t get rid of him from office soon enough. I do like equating his fMRI scan to the boat ride scene from Willy Wonka. Funny idea but still scary. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/57 "2018-11-10T05:14:09Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > He’s unhinged, but he’s also challenging you. He’s remaking America’s political system in his image, and he’s daring everyone else to stop him. You voted on Tuesday, which is all well and good, but he’s still challenging everyone to stop him. Okay, asahi, you’ve been saying things like this for a while now. It’s pretty obvious you feel the political system has failed and voting doesn’t work. So what exactly are you calling for? Marching in the streets? Revolution? What steps do you thing we should be talking to express our unhappiness with the current administration? Or is this just you posturing? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/58 "2018-11-10T05:17:06Z")
> [@edspellman](#): > > As a neurologist,I think it seems like he’s a lifelong narcissistic sociopath personality, with many signs of early dementia in his speech (?thought) patterns that I can detect. (random phrasing, repetitive phrasing, paucity of meaning, simplistic words and concepts…). A horrible combination to be present in this country’s chief exec. My political (not medical) conclusion is we can’t get rid of him from office soon enough. > > I do like equating his fMRI scan to the boat ride scene from Willy Wonka. Funny idea but still scary. As a proctologist, I think you’re talking out your ass. That is to say, I think you’re full of shit. I mean, you may be right about Trump, but you’re not a neurologist. ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/59 "2018-11-10T05:49:13Z")
Blank slate, you’re well named. You’re brain is truly a tabula rasa. Go ahead you sorry excuse for a sapient being, ask me something you might know that’s neurological and I won’t google it, when I answer. Since yr not one of my patients, I won’t mind answering you and then calling you a POS. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-president-unhinged/824176/60 "2018-11-10T14:44:34Z")
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