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agingdem

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37. we tend to think of monsters as fictional beasts

Sat May 16, 2026, 01:31 PM

May 16

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but Trump is the very definition of a monster: absence of empathy/chronic cruelty/no moral boundaries/inflicts suffering for gain, power, pleasure/prioritizes his desires over the safety and lives of others/refuses to feel guilt or remorse...

if Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein was to create a monster today it would be Trump...

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Trump isn't mentally ill -- it's far worse [View all] B.See May 16 OP

The asshole needs an exorcist, not a psychiatrist. dalton99a May 16 #1

Exactly! He is pure evil. Grim Chieftain May 16 #3

It drives me crazy FHRRK1 May 16 #2

Precisely. B.See May 16 #8

Morally evil and mentally ill are not mutually excludve. wnylib May 16 #27

THIS malaise May 16 #30

I was going to posit the same thing - he is both. yellow dahlia May 16 #34

I'd agree they aren't mutually exclusive. He's B.See May 16 #43

And he's not dumb. He's a diabolical genius. nt pnwmom May 16 #4

BULLSHIT. He is profoundly stupid. Even Rex Tillerson recognized that in his first term. AZ8theist May 16 #6

Yes, he is mentally dull NJCher May 16 #7

What that means is that his genius, i.e., his superpower, is in being evil. nt pnwmom May 16 #15

He is completely immoral Cosmocat May 16 #31

Violence Whip-poor-will May 16 #16

He may be somewhat stupid; but even more so Profoundly Ignorant and doesn't care... electric_blue68 Monday #45

Or maybe he's gotten a free pass for evil, underhanded s---- that would've gotten anyone else LOCKED UP, long ago. B.See May 16 #9

NOPE Skittles May 16 #12

an evil genius wd intelligently pick his targets. mopinko May 16 #22

It's just an issue of word choice NJCher May 16 #28

Why. Can't. He. Just. Die? Grim Chieftain May 16 #5

Trump is sly...he knows how to manipulate racists BlueWaveNeverEnd May 16 #10

doesn't take "sly" to do that NJCher May 16 #24

He won't die and go to hell, Satan doesn't even BigmanPigman May 16 #11

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 ..... ♾️ live love laugh May 16 #13

Paint "Old Smokey" gold. BidenRocks May 16 #14

I AGREE. THANK YOU, B.SEE. Cha May 16 #17

Thank you, Cha. B.See May 16 #44

Trump has The Dark Triad Personality no_hypocrisy May 16 #18

Thank you for your summary and your willingness to share your story. yellow dahlia May 16 #35

Woah especially about that last (then) possibility. electric_blue68 Monday #46

I think a person can be both evil and mentally ill. The notion calling Trump mentally ill is somehow harmful to those Vinca May 16 #19

a psychiatrist once told me NJCher May 16 #25

He's at the center of a Venn diagram of evil, stupid, and crazy. Ocelot II May 16 #20

What his best friend said about him... Kid Berwyn May 16 #21

Malignant narcissism is a mental pathology Martin Eden May 16 #23

I've only been saying this forever. BlueTsunami2018 May 16 #26

I will not grant trump the sympathetic response that "mentally ill" deserves. Totally Tunsie May 16 #29

Yes yes yes TommieMommy May 16 #32

Evil schmevil. gulliver May 16 #33

Technically incorrect. returnee May 16 #36

Histrionic Personality Disorder, less recognized in men. Obvious in this one Maru Kitteh May 16 #41

we tend to think of monsters as fictional beasts agingdem May 16 #37

Regarding Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Martin Eden May 16 #39

Correct mvd May 16 #38

Evil is a religious construct and not very useful. He certainly IS mentally ill. Maru Kitteh May 16 #40

Frontal lobe dementia plus sadism: loves to hurt people, deliberately. lindysalsagal May 16 #42