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Is he mad?

(58 Posts)
silversurf Fri 24-Apr-20 09:52:26

Trump suggest injecting disinfectant to fight Coronavirus.
Sure way of killing a few more people.

Fennel Mon 27-Apr-20 16:12:21

lemongrove - a friend of my Mum was a heavy smoker and the front of her white hair went yellow from nicotine. She tried to bleach it with domestos and it all fell out shock.
I remember as a child reading that " Domestos kills all known germs" and thinking why not use it for measles etc?
As others have said I think Trump, as well as being not very bright, has arrested emotional development, not much higher than a toddler.

BeeWitch Mon 27-Apr-20 18:02:36

There's a quotation I like .. "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt" (attributed to either Mark Twain or AbrahamLincoln)... Think it applies here. grin

SueDonim Mon 27-Apr-20 18:22:08

I remember that ad for Domestos, Fennel and used to worry about the unknown germs! It turns out I wasn’t wrong.

As for Trump, I think he’s way past madness. angry

Starblaze Mon 27-Apr-20 18:26:42

Imagine being insane and having just enough clarity and slyness left to say what your followers want to hear so they will defend you rabidly. It scares me how many supporters he has

varian Mon 27-Apr-20 18:29:01

There do seem to be a lot of very very stupid people in the USA. Hence Trump got elected and may even be re-elected.

Why could Bill Gates not be Potus?

SueDonim Mon 27-Apr-20 18:54:16

Has anyone else seen this? V interesting- and alarming - reading. www.euronews.com/2020/04/22/joining-up-the-dots-shows-the-true-depths-of-trump-s-dangerous-narcissistic-pathology-view

Starblaze Mon 27-Apr-20 19:12:27

They say those with narcissistic personality disorder go two ways. Those in positions of power and wealth become malignant and overt in their behaviour. The more they get away with it, the worse they become.

Those who do not have positions of power or wealth realise their behaviour will leave them with no one. So they become covert. They choose one or two victims to scapegoat and abuse so they can appear normal to others.

Its clear Trump is the first kind. Yet the media are trying to normalise him and he has masses of adoring followers. He can and will continue to become worse. Especially as he appears to be suffering some sort of other mental illness or dementia on top that removes any filter at all.

He just sounds like a paranoid, jealous, tantruming mess.