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pat_k

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4. Whether he has always reconstructed reality to match his fantasies, or whether deterioration has reached a point that...
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 09:20 PM
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... he is incapable of remembering what he has experienced, and so confabulates to fill in the gaps, is a question that perhaps none of us can answer.

For me, the recent "deal" tips the balance to deterioration having reached a point that he has no memory of what is actually happening around him. Prior to this "deal" the trump we know and rightfully condemn has been a man who is constitutionally incapable of sucking up a loss -- ANY kind of loss.

We don't have the full details on the MoU, but clearly, the "deal" is humiliating. It is a surrender with reparations. This "deal" paints a giant L for Loser on his forehead.

This is not a "deal" that the "old trump" -- the man incapable of admitting loss on ANYTHING in his life -- would knowingly enter into.

Is it good that this deal has been made? I don't know about the specifics, but clearly, the ONLY way out was a "deal" that would be deeply humiliating to the man that started this criminal war. And now we have some version of that, with details to be revealed.

I could be flat wrong, but I suspect a deeply disabled narcissistic psychopath has been maneuvered into something that EVERYONE around knew had to happen; something that he would have never agreed to if he had not lost the ability to remember what he is experiencing hour-by-hour.

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Great analogy of Grandpa vapor2 Monday #1
This is MUST READ malaise Monday #2
Then there's this, which explains a lot: Amaryllis Monday #3
Yes indeed malaise Monday #8
Whether he has always reconstructed reality to match his fantasies, or whether deterioration has reached a point that... pat_k Monday #4
I think both are true. Always but increasinly worse. Amaryllis Monday #9
Adam, this was a most perceptive and disturbing piece. But you got niyad Monday #5
She creeps me out, the way she was mostly expressionless. mountain grammy Tuesday #19
She seems to be animated when she is on her social media. niyad Tuesday #21
Luckily, I've managed to avoid any and all things Kai... mountain grammy Tuesday #22
May it be so. niyad Tuesday #23
Ivanka aged out Skittles Tuesday #31
She posted a doctored drmeow Tuesday #27
Very sad. niyad Tuesday #29
thank you Skittles Tuesday #30
It's a feature not a flaw for MAGA Ponietz Monday #6
Flaw of MAGA? More like a flaw of the media. dem4decades Tuesday #26
The "MSM" could scream at the top of their lungs 24/7 and it wouldn't move the needle. maxsolomon Tuesday #28
IMHO, the bigger issue is the millions of people who believe what he (and his media supporters) say progressoid Monday #7
Yes indeed mountain grammy Tuesday #13
Yes he's a sick man Katcat Monday #10
Somewhere in Queens. 1954. 3Hotdogs Tuesday #11
This message was self-deleted by its author MerryBlooms Tuesday #12
I think you're describing Cawthorne mountain grammy Tuesday #14
Yes. Exactly. PCIntern Tuesday #15
Thanks, I was so tired, I just couldn't remember. 🥰 MerryBlooms Tuesday #17
I self deleted after you guys helped me out. Thanks MerryBlooms Tuesday #24
Madison Cawthorn was the Repub who talked about being invited to parties wishstar Tuesday #16
Thanks so much for the info! 🥰 MerryBlooms Tuesday #18
Adam Kinzinger never said any such thing obamanut2012 Tuesday #20
What is really disturbing PATRICK Tuesday #25
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