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global1

(25,990 posts)
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 04:40 AM Aug 2024

Does Tr**p Have PTSD From His Assassination Attempt?.....

Is he afraid to get in front of a rally now?

I can imagine any noises he hears while shooting his mouth off makes him want to duck under the podium.

Is this why he's cut down his campaign rallies?

He might have come to the reslization that he's not well liked,



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Does Tr**p Have PTSD From His Assassination Attempt?..... (Original Post) global1 Aug 2024 OP
PTSD From His Assassination Attempt Finn Allen Aug 2024 #1
The story that I heard was TSF's handlers have read his latest no_hypocrisy Aug 2024 #2
GO.P. probably waiting on direction from Moscow BoRaGard Aug 2024 #3
Right... agingdem Aug 2024 #11
This Is The Conclusion RobinA Aug 2024 #21
What goes around comes around... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #4
I would hope no one would ever light off a pack off firecrackers at a rally. multigraincracker Aug 2024 #5
BREAKING "At least 200 attendees of a Trump rally were cut down in a self-generated crossfire after fireworks were set.. ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #34
I wonder if he knows there were a lot of gun nuts. duncang Aug 2024 #6
Ww haven't heard much out of that @$$hole Ron Paul lately. CentralMass Aug 2024 #26
Hope it stays that way. Tired of that POS ...nt ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #35
He would never admit that he is not well liked. I think he has some kind of health patricia92243 Aug 2024 #7
PTSD should not be ridiculed. Turbineguy Aug 2024 #8
Agreed, with a caveat. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #25
He's got PTSD from his unresolved cruel daddy issues Bucky Aug 2024 #9
As Well, RobinA Aug 2024 #22
There is an article out there about what the Orange Anus was like as a child. CentralMass Aug 2024 #29
He wasn't the target; he was the bully. Ocelot II Aug 2024 #31
Good point. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #10
No, he's experiencing PTSD because of what's known as URI . . . hatrack Aug 2024 #12
No malaise Aug 2024 #13
i even had ptsd when i had to pry apart my two golden retrievers samnsara Aug 2024 #14
IIRC, he was batshit crazy before that happened. babylonsister Aug 2024 #15
He has not cut down his rallies. GoCubsGo Aug 2024 #16
1 a week isn't going to get it done Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #18
If the evil jackass is too big of a coward to come out to play Politics? Brainfodder Aug 2024 #17
Whatever ailment he's got, hope it gets worse soon dalton99a Aug 2024 #19
Perhaps dip saw how he's being used. Kid Berwyn Aug 2024 #20
. Autumn Aug 2024 #23
No. He's old, in poor physical shape, worse mental shape and can't handle the rigors of campaigning marmar Aug 2024 #24
I honestly don't care Raven123 Aug 2024 #27
He wants to feel young again, needs to replace Vance with someone older bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #28
He is tired and lazy. GreenWave Aug 2024 #30
Of course not PJMcK Aug 2024 #32
I would think that one who would be impacted by PTSD would have empathy, a moral compass, intellect, cornball 24 Aug 2024 #33
No The Magistrate Aug 2024 #36
I dunno Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #37

Finn Allen

(1 post)
1. PTSD From His Assassination Attempt
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 04:41 AM
Aug 2024

I can imagine any noises he hears while shooting his mouth off makes him want to duck under the podium.

no_hypocrisy

(49,466 posts)
2. The story that I heard was TSF's handlers have read his latest
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 04:47 AM
Aug 2024

posts on Truth Social and have reviewed his ravings at the Atlanta rally, and therefore, have pulled him off the rally circuit. They don't want his cray-cray to be recorded and used against him by the Harris/Walz campaign.

BoRaGard

(3,450 posts)
3. GO.P. probably waiting on direction from Moscow
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 04:51 AM
Aug 2024

Before they send their Family Values Felon out again to "'inspire" all their children with his, um, republicon ways.

agingdem

(8,541 posts)
11. Right...
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:11 AM
Aug 2024

Last edited Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:57 AM - Edit history (1)

if his minders can keep him isolated and only allow him out in public when the crowd is MAGA friendly then they can limit Trump's verbal vomit...

RobinA

(10,212 posts)
21. This Is The Conclusion
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 07:27 AM
Aug 2024

I came to over the past couple weeks. Trump is now all-unhinged all the time when he speaks publicly from what I can see. Both the "Kamala didn't used to be black" and the "Kamala hates Jews" nonsense are hard to paper over. Although, I'm not sure his base cares one iota. Plus, the contrast between Trump and Harris/Walz is pretty glaring if you think our President should be sane.

Think. Again.

(19,790 posts)
4. What goes around comes around...
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 04:52 AM
Aug 2024

...if I were him I'd be afraid of gun-humping rightwingers also.

multigraincracker

(34,542 posts)
5. I would hope no one would ever light off a pack off firecrackers at a rally.
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 05:03 AM
Aug 2024

It might get ugly.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)
34. BREAKING "At least 200 attendees of a Trump rally were cut down in a self-generated crossfire after fireworks were set..
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 11:33 AM
Aug 2024

..off by unknown persons."

"We just looked at each other and started shooting. You wouldn't trust anyone dressed like them, would you?" said an attendee as he waited for surgery. Victims are being triaged by wound severity and amount of Trump gear they were wearing. More later as this story develops."

duncang

(3,757 posts)
6. I wonder if he knows there were a lot of gun nuts.
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 05:05 AM
Aug 2024

Pissed at him for the bump stock ban. Or saying he was for enhanced back ground checks. Some of them still hold a grudge. I know someone who is still pissed off at him for that. He’s a Rand Paul supporter now. He said tfg was too wishy washy on gun rights. Yes, I talk to some of the crazies. Can’t get away from family. I try to avoid but it doesn’t work all the time.

I wonder if Crooks was in that group?

patricia92243

(12,887 posts)
7. He would never admit that he is not well liked. I think he has some kind of health
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:04 AM
Aug 2024

problem, either mental and/or physical.

Turbineguy

(38,587 posts)
8. PTSD should not be ridiculed.
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:05 AM
Aug 2024

Well, maybe except in Trump's case.

He would certainly make fun of others.

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
25. Agreed, with a caveat.
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 07:51 AM
Aug 2024

PTSD can be debilitating and shouldn't be taken lightly.

As for Trump's case, we shouldn't use his behavior as the basis for our own. There are myriad other things to ridicule him about.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)
9. He's got PTSD from his unresolved cruel daddy issues
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:08 AM
Aug 2024

But prisons have great psychology programs for prisoners willing to put in the work.

RobinA

(10,212 posts)
22. As Well,
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 07:30 AM
Aug 2024

I suspect that Trump was the target of a lot of bullying in his schoolyard years. If he weren't such a destructive menace I'd feel sorry for him.

CentralMass

(15,650 posts)
29. There is an article out there about what the Orange Anus was like as a child.
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 08:02 AM
Aug 2024

He was an evil little sociopathic narcissistic bastard straight out of the womb.

hatrack

(61,349 posts)
12. No, he's experiencing PTSD because of what's known as URI . . .
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:13 AM
Aug 2024

Unwanted Reality Intrusion

samnsara

(18,337 posts)
14. i even had ptsd when i had to pry apart my two golden retrievers
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:24 AM
Aug 2024

..after they got into a death match over a paper plate. My blood splatters are still on the wall.

....any NORMAL person would have some kind of lingering reaction to such an event but trumps personality disorder may prevent him from feeling anything but rage and retribution or whatever twisted motion flows thru his pea brain.

babylonsister

(171,727 posts)
15. IIRC, he was batshit crazy before that happened.
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:29 AM
Aug 2024

I think he's afraid of rallies, if he is, because his audience is shrinking-not a good look, and one he can't manipulate much.

Edit to add: he doesn't need any excuses from us-he's got that covered. When lying is a way of life, he has all excuses at his fingertips.

GoCubsGo

(33,258 posts)
16. He has not cut down his rallies.
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:36 AM
Aug 2024

He was only doing around one per week before that all happened, and is actually doing them more frequently now. The main problem has been finding places that will host him. He was stuck with outdoor venues, because no indoor facilities wanted to get stiffed by him. It's more his reputation for not paying his vendors than anything.

Johnny2X2X

(21,968 posts)
18. 1 a week isn't going to get it done
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 07:04 AM
Aug 2024

Harris is in Detroit today after Philly yesterday, that's what a campaign is the last 90 days, campaiogning every day, sometimes multiple stops a day.

What people don't rememberis that Trump was largely using his presidency to campaign in 2020. He even used the White House for the convention. And he turned his rallies back then into mask free zones of "freedumb" so his followers could die too.

He's been doing 1 a week, but that was expected to pick up by now, and maybe it will soon, but I think that his campaign is regrouping and trying to figure out a line of attack that will work as they are falling behind in the polls.

Brainfodder

(7,181 posts)
17. If the evil jackass is too big of a coward to come out to play Politics?
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:41 AM
Aug 2024

THAT SUITS ME JUST PEACHY KEEN SUPER FINE as he will be seen as COWARDLY CREEPY UGLY NASTY TRUMP!

What awaits for his useless rotting arse, once all the guilty verdicts are read and he winds up dying behind bars in less than 5 years if my guess the sickos death date O meter is still operational?

We prefer a 24/7 cam of his cell available to all, with sound given to accounts for a $100 donation to Planned Parenthood


Kid Berwyn

(18,610 posts)
20. Perhaps dip saw how he's being used.
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 07:23 AM
Aug 2024

He knows Bannon and Stone wouldn’t have missed a beat mourning him as they transform national terror into a non-stop Big Lie infomercial for NAZI vengeance.

marmar

(78,151 posts)
24. No. He's old, in poor physical shape, worse mental shape and can't handle the rigors of campaigning
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 07:42 AM
Aug 2024

bucolic_frolic

(47,925 posts)
28. He wants to feel young again, needs to replace Vance with someone older
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 08:01 AM
Aug 2024

I hear Mitch and Grassley are available.

PJMcK

(23,194 posts)
32. Of course not
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 08:25 AM
Aug 2024

Trump is an old man. He’s grossly over-weight. He has a terribly unhealthy diet. He doesn’t exercise. From the hours he tweets, he doesn’t sleep well.

Trump is an obese old man who is lazy. That’s all.

cornball 24

(1,516 posts)
33. I would think that one who would be impacted by PTSD would have empathy, a moral compass, intellect,
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 09:19 AM
Aug 2024

cognitive ability, physical well-being, etc. Since he possesses none of these, IMHO he is incapable of having PTSD. Just sayin'!

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
36. No
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 11:56 AM
Aug 2024

He may be scared shitless, but a one-off doesn't qualify. And besides, this weird old creep's got such a disordered mind, there ain't room in it for a new one.

 

Zoomie1986

(1,213 posts)
37. I dunno
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 01:41 PM
Aug 2024

Everything I've read about narcissists so extreme is that they don't react to things like that the way the rest of us do. If they're pulled over by the cops, they don't panic like us. They're calm and turn on the charm. They could have that white girl who got kidnapped recently in their trunk, and they still won't panic. Cool as can be. So cool and calm and charming that the cop lets them go.

So, no, I suspect PTSD won't happen to him.

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