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Ramsey Barner

(669 posts)
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 07:00 AM Aug 2024

Trump's rash of bizarre claims and wild tangents is no laughing matter Editorial

From The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Trump’s recent meltdowns are part of his broader deterioration. He frequently slurs words, forgets names, and confuses elected officials. During recent rallies, Trump has gone on incoherent rants about sharks and electric boats. He has an odd obsession with fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter.

This is way beyond weird and has nothing to do with policies or plans to improve the lives of working Americans. Still, most Republican officials and many in the media ignore or downplay Trump’s peculiar state of mind.

Normalizing Trump’s unhinged musings is dangerous, and the kid-glove treatment stands in stark contrast to the onslaught Biden endured from the media, Democratic officials, and donors following his lousy debate performance.

So it will ultimately be left to voters to determine whether Trump’s outlandish ravings are the product of “a very stable genius,” or someone who is more dangerous, more delusional, and more unfit to be president with each passing day.


https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/inq2/trump-threat-bizarre-claims-hannibal-lecter-confusion-helicopter-sharks-20240815.html
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Trump's rash of bizarre claims and wild tangents is no laughing matter Editorial (Original Post) Ramsey Barner Aug 2024 OP
They are withholding their "press scrutiny" for anyone with a D after their name ... UpInArms Aug 2024 #1
stable genius? No, it's s the ranting and ravings of a mentally disturbed human being. Way disturbed. SWBTATTReg Aug 2024 #2

UpInArms

(51,957 posts)
1. They are withholding their "press scrutiny" for anyone with a D after their name ...
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 07:31 AM
Aug 2024

otherwise, it’s all good … just let the voters vet him on Election Day, so that when he loses, he can claim it’s all fake

SWBTATTReg

(24,524 posts)
2. stable genius? No, it's s the ranting and ravings of a mentally disturbed human being. Way disturbed.
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 04:33 PM
Aug 2024

The only place I'm thinking is a mental asylum.

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