The Madness of King Donald
February 10, 2017 By Taegan Goddard
Andrew Sullivan: Then there is the obvious question of the presidents mental and psychological health. I know were not supposed to bring this up but it is staring us brutally in the face. I keep asking myself this simple question: If you came across someone in your everyday life who repeatedly said fantastically and demonstrably untrue things, what would you think of him? If you showed up at a neighbors, say, and your host showed you his newly painted living room, which was a deep blue, and then insisted repeatedly manically that it was a lovely shade of scarlet, what would your reaction be? If he then dragged out a member of his family and insisted she repeat this obvious untruth in front of you, how would you respond? If the next time you dropped by, he was still raving about his gorgeous new red walls, what would you think? Heres what Id think: This man is off his rocker. Hes deranged; hes bizarrely living in an alternative universe; hes delusional. If he kept this up, at some point youd excuse yourself and edge slowly out of the room and the house and never return. Youd warn your other neighbors. Youd keep your distance. If you saw him, youd be polite but keep your distance.
I think this is a fundamental reason why so many of us have been so unsettled, anxious, and near panic these past few months. It is not so much this presidents agenda. That always changes from administration to administration. It is that when the lynchpin of an entire country is literally delusional, clinically deceptive, and responds to any attempt to correct the record with rage and vengeance, everyone is always on edge.
There is no anchor any more. At the core of the administration of the most powerful country on earth, there is, instead, madness.
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https://politicalwire.com/2017/02/10/madness-king-donald/
Botany
(70,490 posts).... evil, and un-American then you don't have the mental skills to be POTUS.
And if you get into a fight w/the President of France on the phone because you think he
owes NATO money like somebody in an apartment building that you own owes you rent
then you should not be POTUS. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028614682
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)did you mean "should not be" Potus?
Botany
(70,490 posts)botany =
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Here..I give this to you first:
Some are calling him..Spinocchio!!!!!
Phoenix61
(17,002 posts)with some one with a personality disorder is you are exhausted. You know how you feel but you can't put your finger on why. They didn't really do any one particular thing that was draining. It's the constant alternative assessment of reality that does it. It's like being in one of those fun houses where the floor is sloped but they cut the legs on all the tables and chairs so they look level.