Latest Breaking News

Deminpenn

(17,547 posts)

12. The reptilian part of Trump's brain works fine

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:07 AM

Sunday

Last edited Sun Apr 19, 2026, 06:59 PM - Edit history (1)

Is he s bully? Yes. Is he diagnosably mentally ill? Yes. Is his mind showing the effects of being 80 years old? Yes

But we shouldn't make the mistake of thinking or believing Trump is still not capable of cleverness or cunning, because he is. His social media posts are just a new iteration of the "mad man" theory.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

7 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

oberle Dixc wcollar FakeNoose LeftInTX republianmushroom Chin music

105 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Trump believed coming across as 'unstable and insulting' in controversial posts could 'bring the Iranians to the table' [View all] BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

No, that is the real him. twodogsbarking Sunday #1

Trump is and has always been unstable and insulting. Which brilliant aide came up with this "strategy?" Vinca Sunday #2

I don't know, but that is exactly what it is. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #3

he's decompensating and barbtries Sunday #32

It's 24th dimensional chess, don't ya know. travelingthrulife Sunday #56

He doesn't do this with Russia or Israel. He knows better. LeftInTX Sunday #66

Acting? Chasstev365 Sunday #4

Mafiadon thinks he's still in The damn Apprentice bs. Justice matters. Sunday #35

shithole has always been a jerk bully................... Lovie777 Sunday #5

Nonsense MissouriDem47 Sunday #6

Horsesh*t EarthFirst Sunday #7

Just more sane-washing bullshit. FalloutShelter Sunday #22

Easter F bomb Whip-poor-will Sunday #8

This is just a cover story to hide the fact he is insane. Irish_Dem Sunday #9

"Aides" Like "Sir" with tears in their eyes... Justice matters. Sunday #37

that is my take... also he may well have had some notion for this strategy but he's still also fucking insane and LymphocyteLover Sunday #39

Yes even if he did use this as a strategy it is still INSANE. Irish_Dem Sunday #88

He is trying to mimic Mel Gibson's character in the "Lethal Weapon" movies. John1956PA Sunday #92

+100000000000000000000000 chia Sunday #87

Kinda like Vincent "the Chin" Gigante displacedvermoter Sunday #10

Appropriating Nixon's MO for Vietnam "strategy". no_hypocrisy Sunday #11

+1 dalton99a Sunday #19

The reptilian part of Trump's brain works fine Deminpenn Sunday #12

"Unorthodox tactics"? give me a fucking break. Walleye Sunday #13

How could you tell? Wonder Why Sunday #14

He is coming across as insane. Baitball Blogger Sunday #15

Can't control himself.. BattleRow Sunday #36

So are his bowels... displacedvermoter Sunday #55

I have read that your gut is your second brain.. BattleRow Sunday #59

They call something a "Gut Instinct" for a reason displacedvermoter Sunday #64

and what's his excuse for everything else? nt Javaman Sunday #16

So his strategy for his disaster of a vanity war is he's insane? agingdem Sunday #17

;-{) THE DARK TRIAD Goonch Sunday #18

Raskin is trying to form committee to assess his mental status. travelingthrulife Sunday #62

He's in Dark Tetrad territory. YodaMom2 Sunday #81

"I meant to do that" ToxMarz Sunday #20

lol. BootinUp Sunday #38

A fool seldom has a chance of a master stroke of genius - in the case of this Asshat NEVER. NoMoreRepugs Sunday #21

Raping young girls is also unstable and insulting, and a felony. twodogsbarking Sunday #23

Or older females. BattleRow Sunday #31

Same with highly classified TOP-SECRET military documents stored in... Justice matters. Sunday #40

Oh, it's many dimensional chess diplomacy, Yonnie3 Sunday #24

Art of the deal IronLionZion Sunday #25

A book he didn't write and probably never read ... FakeNoose Sunday #51

Trump doesn't have to pretend... Escape Sunday #26

It is no act. He has always been crazy psychopath who is a megalomaniac. Botany Sunday #27

I think you meant to say "hadn't bought his way out". llmart Sunday #69

Thanx! Botany Sunday #72

This must be a new form of mansplaining delisen Sunday #28

His strategy is to make them die laughing. twodogsbarking Sunday #29

Welcome to the Spin Zone. Nt BootinUp Sunday #30

I don't think this will fool or bother the Iranians. mwb970 Sunday #33

What a pile of horse manure. xuplate Sunday #34

Which explains the posts this morning about knocking out their niyad Sunday #41

Sure, dude, sure. mwmisses4289 Sunday #42

He didn't say it...you don't understand it...he was joking... underpants Sunday #48

Oh, bullshit. Unstable and insulting is all he knows; that's who and what he is. Ocelot II Sunday #43

Senator Raskin is moving forward with a commission to assess his mental health. travelingthrulife Sunday #60

Well, to be fair, I've never seen him do this Russia or Israel... LeftInTX Sunday #73

He's a bully as well as being insane. Ocelot II Sunday #75

Bullshit Stpaoulboy Sunday #44

"Tipping his hand now?" NorCalBlue Sunday #45

;-{) TRUMP ADOPTS STRATEGY OF INTENTIONALLY ACTING UNSTABLE Goonch Sunday #46

What a load of shit Bristlecone Sunday #47

That's how he has gone through life... Wounded Bear Sunday #49

I'm reminded, as I often am, of an old Doonesbury cartoon... malthaussen Sunday #50

It took Cheung and Miller six weeks to come up with THIS? Prairie Gates Sunday #52

Cheung is a certifiable, foaming-at-the-mouth loon BumRushDaShow Sunday #58

Horse shit. travelingthrulife Sunday #53

Oh bullshit he's trying to rehab his image after Mr. Mustard 2023 Sunday #54

That's also his "excuse" to dismiss his war "criminal INTENT" to shield himself Justice matters. Sunday #63

This message was self-deleted by its author Ponietz Sunday #57

I've heard the media testing this excuse lately, likening it to Nixon and North Vietnam PSPS Sunday #61

Seriously! He thinks we're all dumb enough to believe those comments and other inflammatory statements Fla Dem Sunday #65

The lies and the lying liars behind the truth of incompetence. 58Sunliner Sunday #67

"I Call It The Weave" 2na fisherman Sunday #68

Astute observation.Re: Weave BattleRow Sunday #85

Just like there was no plan for the war to begin with this idea that his posts were intentionally strategic... Hugin Sunday #70

no!!! STOP THE WAR THAT U STARTED AllaN01Bear Sunday #71

Ya, right! BlueWavePsych Sunday #74

What an 18-wheeler load of UTTER BULLSHIT! 3catwoman3 Sunday #76

The other "Trump" card that might bring leaders to the table: hay rick Sunday #77

"adopted a strategy" Talitha Sunday #78

Well, this is just piling onto what's been said above chowmama Sunday #79

So he's not crazy, he's just stupid. YodaMom2 Sunday #80

Sure, Jan. City Lights Sunday #82

That's because he has no clue how to negotiate. Karma13612 Sunday #83

So I guess this is GOP's Schrodinger's Asshole gambit GenThePerservering Sunday #84

Oh fuck that Figarosmom Sunday #86

"I was just kidding, guys!!" Grokenstein Sunday #89

That headline makes zero sense. ananda Sunday #90

If you believe that, I happen to have a certain Strait for sale... jeffreyi Sunday #91

Hide the ball Nasruddin Sunday #93

Sane-washing a psychopath thought crime Sunday #94

BULL$H!T!! maspaha Sunday #95

Considering that he's ALWAYS been unstable and insulting, that shit don't fly here. Karasu Sunday #96

Bull... ruet Sunday #97

Like that's not just as bad as Trump *unintentionally* acting BSC toward Iran? 50 Shades Of Blue Sunday #98

Crazy like a fox! ... with rabies and dementia. Qutzupalotl Sunday #99

100% BS!!!!! BigmanPigman Yesterday #100

"It was an act, on purpose if perhaps in error" is pathetic spin... He's a fucking psycho. RockRaven Yesterday #101

Ludicrous sanewashing. If this was true and just a strategy, then they wouldn't announce it ffs unblock Yesterday #102

The only grain of truth there is that a spoilt three-year-old has a tantrum when he doesn't get what he wants Doodley 22 hrs ago #103

12 dimensional checkers Mz Pip 22 hrs ago #104

In other news, water is wet. IzzaNuDay 12 hrs ago #105