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Deminpenn

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

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:07 AM

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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.

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

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

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

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

he's decompensating and barbtries Yesterday #32

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

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

Acting? Chasstev365 Yesterday #4

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

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

Nonsense MissouriDem47 Yesterday #6

Horsesh*t EarthFirst Yesterday #7

Just more sane-washing bullshit. FalloutShelter Yesterday #22

Easter F bomb Whip-poor-will Yesterday #8

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

"Aides" Like "Sir" with tears in their eyes... Justice matters. Yesterday #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 Yesterday #39

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

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

+100000000000000000000000 chia Yesterday #87

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

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

+1 dalton99a Yesterday #19

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

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

How could you tell? Wonder Why Yesterday #14

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

Can't control himself.. BattleRow Yesterday #36

So are his bowels... displacedvermoter Yesterday #55

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

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

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

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

;-{) THE DARK TRIAD Goonch Yesterday #18

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

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

"I meant to do that" ToxMarz Yesterday #20

lol. BootinUp Yesterday #38

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

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

Or older females. BattleRow Yesterday #31

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

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

Art of the deal IronLionZion Yesterday #25

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

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

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

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

Thanx! Botany Yesterday #72

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

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

Welcome to the Spin Zone. Nt BootinUp Yesterday #30

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

What a pile of horse manure. xuplate Yesterday #34

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

Sure, dude, sure. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #42

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

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

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

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

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

Bullshit Stpaoulboy Yesterday #44

"Tipping his hand now?" NorCalBlue Yesterday #45

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

What a load of shit Bristlecone Yesterday #47

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

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

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

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

Horse shit. travelingthrulife Yesterday #53

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Astute observation.Re: Weave BattleRow Yesterday #85

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

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

Ya, right! BlueWavePsych Yesterday #74

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

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

"adopted a strategy" Talitha Yesterday #78

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

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

Sure, Jan. City Lights Yesterday #82

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

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

Oh fuck that Figarosmom Yesterday #86

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

That headline makes zero sense. ananda Yesterday #90

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

Hide the ball Nasruddin Yesterday #93

Sane-washing a psychopath thought crime Yesterday #94

BULL$H!T!! maspaha Yesterday #95

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

Bull... ruet 23 hrs ago #97

Like that's not just as bad as Trump *unintentionally* acting BSC toward Iran? 50 Shades Of Blue 22 hrs ago #98

Crazy like a fox! ... with rabies and dementia. Qutzupalotl 22 hrs ago #99

100% BS!!!!! BigmanPigman 17 hrs ago #100

"It was an act, on purpose if perhaps in error" is pathetic spin... He's a fucking psycho. RockRaven 17 hrs ago #101

Ludicrous sanewashing. If this was true and just a strategy, then they wouldn't announce it ffs unblock 17 hrs ago #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 15 hrs ago #103

12 dimensional checkers Mz Pip 15 hrs ago #104

In other news, water is wet. IzzaNuDay 5 hrs ago #105