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NJCher

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24. doesn't take "sly" to do that

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Reply #10)

Sat May 16, 2026, 11:46 AM

7 hrs ago

that falls in the lower rung of abilities.

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Trump isn't mentally ill -- it's far worse [View all] B.See 17 hrs ago OP

The asshole needs an exorcist, not a psychiatrist. dalton99a 17 hrs ago #1

Exactly! He is pure evil. Grim Chieftain 16 hrs ago #3

It drives me crazy FHRRK1 17 hrs ago #2

Precisely. B.See 15 hrs ago #8

Morally evil and mentally ill are not mutually excludve. wnylib 7 hrs ago #27

THIS malaise 7 hrs ago #30

I was going to posit the same thing - he is both. yellow dahlia 6 hrs ago #34

I'd agree they aren't mutually exclusive. He's B.See 1 hr ago #43

And he's not dumb. He's a diabolical genius. nt pnwmom 16 hrs ago #4

BULLSHIT. He is profoundly stupid. Even Rex Tillerson recognized that in his first term. AZ8theist 16 hrs ago #6

Yes, he is mentally dull NJCher 15 hrs ago #7

What that means is that his genius, i.e., his superpower, is in being evil. nt pnwmom 13 hrs ago #15

He is completely immoral Cosmocat 7 hrs ago #31

Violence Whip-poor-will 13 hrs ago #16

Or maybe he's gotten a free pass for evil, underhanded s---- that would've gotten anyone else LOCKED UP, long ago. B.See 15 hrs ago #9

NOPE Skittles 14 hrs ago #12

an evil genius wd intelligently pick his targets. mopinko 11 hrs ago #22

It's just an issue of word choice NJCher 7 hrs ago #28

Why. Can't. He. Just. Die? Grim Chieftain 16 hrs ago #5

Trump is sly...he knows how to manipulate racists BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #10

doesn't take "sly" to do that NJCher 7 hrs ago #24

He won't die and go to hell, Satan doesn't even BigmanPigman 15 hrs ago #11

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 ..... ♾️ live love laugh 14 hrs ago #13

Paint "Old Smokey" gold. BidenRocks 14 hrs ago #14

I AGREE. THANK YOU, B.SEE. Cha 12 hrs ago #17

Thank you, Cha. B.See 1 hr ago #44

Trump has The Dark Triad Personality no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #18

Thank you for your summary and your willingness to share your story. yellow dahlia 6 hrs ago #35

I think a person can be both evil and mentally ill. The notion calling Trump mentally ill is somehow harmful to those Vinca 11 hrs ago #19

a psychiatrist once told me NJCher 7 hrs ago #25

He's at the center of a Venn diagram of evil, stupid, and crazy. Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #20

What his best friend said about him... Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #21

Malignant narcissism is a mental pathology Martin Eden 10 hrs ago #23

I've only been saying this forever. BlueTsunami2018 7 hrs ago #26

I will not grant trump the sympathetic response that "mentally ill" deserves. Totally Tunsie 7 hrs ago #29

Yes yes yes TommieMommy 6 hrs ago #32

Evil schmevil. gulliver 6 hrs ago #33

Technically incorrect. returnee 6 hrs ago #36

Histrionic Personality Disorder, less recognized in men. Obvious in this one Maru Kitteh 3 hrs ago #41

we tend to think of monsters as fictional beasts agingdem 5 hrs ago #37

Regarding Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Martin Eden 4 hrs ago #39

Correct mvd 5 hrs ago #38

Evil is a religious construct and not very useful. He certainly IS mentally ill. Maru Kitteh 4 hrs ago #40

Frontal lobe dementia plus sadism: loves to hurt people, deliberately. lindysalsagal 1 hr ago #42