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pat_k

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Fri Feb 6, 2026, 04:32 PM Friday

I'm probably alone in this, but it seems to me that the felon is... [View all]

...the same old psychopathic, malignant narcissist, rambling, ignorant, stupid*, broken record he's been for a decade.

I really do wish I wish saw the sort of massive cognitive decline so many others see and point to, but looking at old rants, he seems about the same to me. Yeah, he's a noticeably aging, evil man in poor health. That's a given. But a real qualitative difference? A massive cognitive decline? IDK.


I sometimes wonder if people project a more "together" past because it's beyond belief that he was always such a psychotic, malignant narcissist, ignorant, outrageous, rambling, incoherent, broken record.


Roy Cohn taught trump well (link)

. . .
. . Cohn imparted an M.O. that’s been on searing display throughout Trump’s ascent, his divisive, captivating campaign, and his fraught, unprecedented presidency. Deflect and distract, never give in, never admit fault, lie and attack, lie and attack, publicity no matter what, win no matter what, all underpinned by a deep, prove-me-wrong belief in the power of chaos and fear.
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* Animal cunning perhaps, but zero curiosity or knowledge about history, world events, the constitution, science, or anything else about the world or human experience that wasn't drummed into him by his father or the likes of Roy Cohn
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