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Has Trump completely lost what was left of his mind?

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Cossy Wed 14-Oct-26 11:08:47

Just reading the sad updates around William Chapman, the young man who jumped into the Tiger enclosure and was unsurprisingly mauled to death.

I then went on to read that Trump, in the middle of the night, some time after this news broke, generated an AI post of him fighting a tiger and “winning”, with music in the background.

How utterly callous, thoughtless, mindless and thoroughly tasteless to do this.

What goes through this man’s mind? He’s leader of one of the world’s most powerful and wealthy countries, has he not got better things to do with his time?

Just when you think he simply cannot get any worse ……

Cossy Fri 23-Oct-26 09:25:28

MayBee70

Remember when Putin first invaded Ukraine and everybody thought he was seriously ill eg his face looked puffy, he must be being treated for something bad. We just try to make excuses for their behaviour when the truth of the matter is that people that behave like Trump and Putin are just plain nasty in a way decent people can’t understand.

There are no excuses for men like this, unwell or not!

AGAA4 Fri 23-Oct-26 10:40:47

Trump and Putin between them have caused so many problems.

Aren't leaders supposed to work for their people not for themselves.

Young Russian men have died fighting a personal battle for Putin.
Trump has made his people poorer.

Cossy Fri 23-Oct-26 12:32:05

AGAA4

Trump and Putin between them have caused so many problems.

Aren't leaders supposed to work for their people not for themselves.

Young Russian men have died fighting a personal battle for Putin.
Trump has made his people poorer.

I agree!

I feel the same way about Netanyahu!

imaround Fri 23-Oct-26 13:03:40

I have very strong feelings about Trump as an American. I have lost my sister to the cult, and nearly lost my husband. He woke up on January 6th. She refuses to even today.

I can barely afford groceries, and our household income is typically more than adequate. $400 a week for my husband and I, and that is without buying any meat. Thank goodness I have an EV, because my husband's truck has barely moved.

And that is just a fraction of how he has impacted me personally. Now add on the damage he is doing around the world and the people he is ok with killing.

I'm not a fan.

MayBee70 Fri 23-Oct-26 13:21:17

I keep reading more and more about Trumps relationship with Russia. It seems that many years ago he paid a lot of money to put adverts in newspapers criticising NATO during the Cold War.

Maremia Fri 23-Oct-26 17:04:29

I hope the good citizens of the USA come out in time to vote out his enablers, and perhaps then his excesses will be curbed.

imaround Fri 23-Oct-26 18:10:13

In case you want to watch the numbers.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/early-vote

11 days.

Though the DOJ has already sued to not certify a Senate election in Alaska, voters in Tennessee have been reporting that the voting machines reverted their Dem vote to a GOP vote and Bessent is already threatening to seize ballots.

They arent going down without a fight.

imaround Fri 23-Oct-26 18:12:38

Early voting typically favors Dem turnout with the GOP voters waiting until closer to election day. I cant remember why right now.

And I trust nothing I see in the polls.

Maremia Fri 23-Oct-26 19:16:01

Yes, imaround, there is only one 'poll' thst counts.
🙏

imaround Sat 24-Oct-26 01:47:19

If you want to see what voter turnout typically looks like on midterm years. Interesting that it was 2018 that holds the record. Until this year, of course.

I randomly just found this website as well.

votehub.com/2026-early-vote-tracker