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senseandsensibility

(24,744 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 05:54 PM 21 hrs ago

Seriously, what's with the slurring, grinning and "I could care less" attitude?

I can't watch or listen to him but I've seen the quotes on bluesky and the analysis from those I trust, like Aaron Rupar. Apparently, he was slurring and smiling and said "that's just the way it is. There will likely be more" about American Soldiers dying.

Democrats need to be speaking out everywhere to anyone online, on cable news, on their own social media about this NOW. It's disgusting.

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Seriously, what's with the slurring, grinning and "I could care less" attitude? (Original Post) senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago OP
Trying to figure out toxic narcissists is a fool's errand NewHendoLib 21 hrs ago #1
Especially when the narcissist is also a psychopath. ShazzieB 19 hrs ago #22
He's so incompetent at everything, he can't even fake empathy. unblock 21 hrs ago #2
And there's no one around him to even suggest senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #3
Horrific Cirsium 21 hrs ago #4
Yes, but I just heard Seth Moulton doing what I urged in the OP senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #8
Because he doesn't care and he thinks he's untouchable. tanyev 21 hrs ago #5
Well, they signed up for it (those suckers and losers) underpants 21 hrs ago #6
The realization he can start wars, bomb foreign countries into rubble, kidnap and kill heads of state, and no one sop 20 hrs ago #7
Truth Alice Kramden 20 hrs ago #10
And kill Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and many, many others. Justice matters. 19 hrs ago #15
After all these years, PatSeg 18 hrs ago #31
He sounded bored. And openly contemptuous Arazi 20 hrs ago #9
That was my impression of the small part I heard as well senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #11
Impeach the motherfucker already LymphocyteLover 19 hrs ago #12
Impeach AND REMOVE. calimary 18 hrs ago #32
Remember that krasnov is the bright, shiny distraction. eyeliner guy niyad 18 hrs ago #34
still, tRUMp is the devil and he has more control over the MAGA network of evil than Vance does LymphocyteLover 7 hrs ago #39
brings new urgency to "is he dead yet?" LymphocyteLover 19 hrs ago #13
Trump is now on course... Escape 19 hrs ago #14
"I will still hate republicans when I'm dead." yes. Maru Kitteh 19 hrs ago #18
That's one hell of a bar. But I think he'll clear it. paleotn 19 hrs ago #20
"I am king of the world with power over life and death and I don't give a shit" dalton99a 19 hrs ago #16
I'm with you Joinfortmill 19 hrs ago #17
He's entered the death spiral. paleotn 19 hrs ago #19
He's vile, disgusting, & evil. CaptainTruth 19 hrs ago #21
Trump's agenda bmichaelh 19 hrs ago #23
Number 1 on that list is something I do not understand. There is NOTHING niyad 18 hrs ago #35
I've always been curious... why do people look for analysis from people like Rupar... WarGamer 18 hrs ago #24
The phrase you want is actually, "I couldn't care less," Intractable 18 hrs ago #25
it's a losing battle I tell you Skittles 18 hrs ago #29
The best we can do is gently correct them, and then we must let go of it. Intractable 18 hrs ago #30
I'm agnostic, DO UNTO OTHERS always made sense to me too Skittles 17 hrs ago #37
"Could care less" is regrettably an acceptable idiom for I don't care much about it Ilikepurple 16 hrs ago #38
Thanks for at least partly understanding my use of the term senseandsensibility 1 hr ago #43
King Farquhar's speech in "Shrek" was apparently posted on facebook niyad 18 hrs ago #26
Paresis hatrack 18 hrs ago #27
Iinteresting article. One thing stuck me as curious. The article said that niyad 18 hrs ago #36
these fascist fucks carried on about Benghazi for what, over a decade? Skittles 18 hrs ago #28
Most definitely Dems need to be speaking out and insisting that the media run the clip of him slurring and smiling hamsterjill 18 hrs ago #33
Drugged usonian 5 hrs ago #40
Someone in the media should be asking which military operation will Baron be signing up for. Omnipresent 5 hrs ago #41
trump horribly pronounces Iran's former Supreme Leader's name saying Ayatollah "Ha-may-NAYYYY is DEAD." LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #42

NewHendoLib

(61,780 posts)
1. Trying to figure out toxic narcissists is a fool's errand
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 05:56 PM
21 hrs ago

It can't be done. And they can't be fixed.

ShazzieB

(22,464 posts)
22. Especially when the narcissist is also a psychopath.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:09 PM
19 hrs ago

Having nor morals, no ethics, and a complete lack of empathy makes it easy to regard the deaths of others as being of no consequence whatsoever.

senseandsensibility

(24,744 posts)
8. Yes, but I just heard Seth Moulton doing what I urged in the OP
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:23 PM
20 hrs ago

on MSNOW. He called trump's comments "callous" and went through a litany of trump's history of disrespecting the troops. I would like to hear more though.

tanyev

(49,041 posts)
5. Because he doesn't care and he thinks he's untouchable.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:08 PM
21 hrs ago

In order to blend in and sound like normal people, sociopaths have to a) want to blend in and b) be intelligent and observant enough to figure out how.

underpants

(195,907 posts)
6. Well, they signed up for it (those suckers and losers)
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:09 PM
21 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Mar 1, 2026, 07:12 PM - Edit history (1)

Something literally no one in his family has ever done. Ever. His grandfather got booted out of Germany for refusing to serve.

sop

(18,239 posts)
7. The realization he can start wars, bomb foreign countries into rubble, kidnap and kill heads of state, and no one
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:10 PM
20 hrs ago

can do a fucking thing to stop him makes Trump absolutely giddy.

PatSeg

(52,929 posts)
31. After all these years,
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:28 PM
18 hrs ago

finally all his perverse dreams have come true - unlimited power. Of course, it is pretty hard to top all the crap he's done, so I expect him to act even more outrageous as if tempting fate to stop him.

senseandsensibility

(24,744 posts)
11. That was my impression of the small part I heard as well
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:37 PM
20 hrs ago

Just unbelievably callous and unfeeling, as well as patronizing. And that's even considering who this is and what he has done before. Even by his standards, I find it hard to believe that anyone could cheer this on.

calimary

(89,611 posts)
32. Impeach AND REMOVE.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:38 PM
18 hrs ago

Only problem with that is, his VP would automatically be elevated to the Presidency and would be able to enjoy all the perks and privileges of the highest office in the land.

niyad

(131,447 posts)
34. Remember that krasnov is the bright, shiny distraction. eyeliner guy
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:01 PM
18 hrs ago

and naziferatu, etc., are already running things. krasnov is too lazy to actually. .you know. . work!

LymphocyteLover

(9,692 posts)
39. still, tRUMp is the devil and he has more control over the MAGA network of evil than Vance does
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:29 AM
7 hrs ago

Escape

(432 posts)
14. Trump is now on course...
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 07:49 PM
19 hrs ago

to become the most evil person in world history.

We all look forward to his imminent earthly departure, but if he is cognizant of the circumstances at the time, he will do everything in his power to take us all with him.

I will still hate Republicans when I'm dead.

Maru Kitteh

(31,529 posts)
18. "I will still hate republicans when I'm dead." yes.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:01 PM
19 hrs ago

My disassembled atoms will vibrate with loathing for these bastards.


bmichaelh

(1,133 posts)
23. Trump's agenda
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:09 PM
19 hrs ago

Trump is a psychopath. See checklist below.
Trump has an agenda. He does not care how many people die to serve that agenda.
Take agenda of tariffs; agenda of destroying ACA; regime change in Iran, etc.

How many American businesses has he destroyed with his tariffs.
How many Americans have lost their health insurance due to Senate failing to pay for subsidies; Trump is threatening to veto.
How many American soldiers will die in Iran? How many civilians?

In his SOTU, he falsely claimed that their is a revival in this country.
Actually, the reverse is true.
To quote from Shakespeare:

GLOUCESTER
Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh,
And ne'er throughout the year to church thou goes
Except it be to pray against thy foes.
--Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI 1.1.41-43

Checklist:
Item 1: Glibness/superficial charm
Item 2: Grandiose sense of self-worth
Item 3: Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Item 4: Pathological lying
Item 5: Conning/manipulative
Item 6: Lack of remorse or guilt
Item 7: Shallow affect
Item 8: Callous/lack of empathy
Item 9: Parasitic lifestyle
Item 10: Poor behavioral controls
Item 11: Promiscuous sexual behavior
Item 12: Early behavior problems
Item 13: Lack of realistic, long-term goals
Item 14: Impulsivity
Item 15: Irresponsibility
Item 16: Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
Item 17: Many short-term marital relationships
Item 18: Juvenile delinquency
Item 19: Revocation of conditional release
Item 20: Criminal versatility

niyad

(131,447 posts)
35. Number 1 on that list is something I do not understand. There is NOTHING
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:04 PM
18 hrs ago

glib or charming about him.

WarGamer

(18,429 posts)
24. I've always been curious... why do people look for analysis from people like Rupar...
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:10 PM
18 hrs ago

Instead of just watching the original videos and watching and listening for themselves?

Intractable

(1,909 posts)
25. The phrase you want is actually, "I couldn't care less,"
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:11 PM
18 hrs ago

meaning it is not possible to have less concern.

Intractable

(1,909 posts)
30. The best we can do is gently correct them, and then we must let go of it.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:26 PM
18 hrs ago
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

I may be an atheist, but I love that serenity prayer.

Ilikepurple

(545 posts)
38. "Could care less" is regrettably an acceptable idiom for I don't care much about it
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:25 PM
16 hrs ago

I prefer “couldn’t care less” because it makes more sense if you hadn’t heard the idiom before. I’m not a fan ant all, but I don’t make the rules in this language game. We can fight it, but I think the ship’s sailed on this idiom. Idioms are established by usage not strictly by their component words. I believe in American English both ways are somewhat equally common and have been for decades. Neither means it’s not possible to care less in common usage any more than “I love spaghetti” denotes a willingness to marry it.

senseandsensibility

(24,744 posts)
43. Thanks for at least partly understanding my use of the term
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:11 PM
1 hr ago

I agree that I could care less is not descriptive and doesn't literally mean what it purports to mean. It is incorrect in that way. I don't use it myself, normally, and have noticed and disapproved when others do. I draw the line at correcting them, however. Their meaning is clear enough. In this case, as usual when discussing trump, I was being sarcastic and tongue in cheek. I was also angry. So when I put those words in quotation marks in the title it was meant to convey his attitude and how he would say it. But I can see that that may not have been clear.

niyad

(131,447 posts)
26. King Farquhar's speech in "Shrek" was apparently posted on facebook
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:12 PM
18 hrs ago

yesterday. A friend shared the clip with me (can't link to it). He says something like, "Some of you will die. That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."

hatrack

(64,670 posts)
27. Paresis
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:16 PM
18 hrs ago

Ed. - Associated links embedded in Wikipedia article.

EDIT

Symptoms of the disease first appear from 10 to 30 years after infection. Incipient GPI is usually manifested by neurasthenic difficulties, such as fatigue, headaches, insomnia, dizziness, etc. As the disease progresses, mental deterioration and personality changes occur. Typical symptoms include loss of social inhibitions, asocial behavior, gradual impairment of judgment, concentration and short-term memory difficulties, euphoria, mania, depression, or apathy. Subtle shivering, minor defects in speech and Argyll Robertson pupil may become noticeable.

Delusions, common as the illness progresses, tend to be poorly systematized and absurd. They can be grandiose, melancholic, or paranoid. These delusions include ideas of great wealth, immortality, thousands of lovers, unfathomable power, apocalypsis, nihilism, self-guilt, self-blame, or bizarre hypochondriacal complaints. Later, the patient experiences dysarthria, intention tremors, hyperreflexia, myoclonic jerks, confusion, seizures and severe muscular deterioration. Eventually, the paretic dies bedridden, cachectic and completely disoriented, frequently in a state of status epilepticus.

EDIT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_paresis_of_the_insane

niyad

(131,447 posts)
36. Iinteresting article. One thing stuck me as curious. The article said that
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:10 PM
18 hrs ago

the condition is more common in men, and yet it showed a picture of a woman apparently experiencing the condition.

Skittles

(170,779 posts)
28. these fascist fucks carried on about Benghazi for what, over a decade?
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:21 PM
18 hrs ago

now the loss of American lives is "no big deal"

hamsterjill

(17,388 posts)
33. Most definitely Dems need to be speaking out and insisting that the media run the clip of him slurring and smiling
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:43 PM
18 hrs ago

As they comment on it.

The SOB has probably been partying all weekend - he may have been drinking (yes, I know he says he doesn't, but he's been known to lie about things), doing drugs and who knows WHAT ELSE is happening behind those walls.

Omnipresent

(7,390 posts)
41. Someone in the media should be asking which military operation will Baron be signing up for.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:59 AM
5 hrs ago

But i can guess that particular rich men’s sons never feel the need to fight in a war their dad started.

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