‘Donald Trump is losing his marbles,’ former Congressman and Republican Adam Kinzinger said
Republicans are concerned that party leader Donald Trump is having a “public nervous breakdown” after he made a series of offensive outbursts about Vice President Kamala Harris as he slips behind her in the polls.
The former president has made a number of insulting personal attacks against his Democratic rival since she moved to the top of the ticket. Last week, Trump questioned Harris’s racial identity at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. Over the weekend, he accused Harris of having a “low IQ.”
New polls indicate Trump is slipping behind the vice president in the popular vote and races are tightening in battleground states.
“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist and former Trump state department appointee, told Politico.
It’s called a Narcissist Shame/Rage Spiral.
This guy analyses.
There’s only a handful of people in the world trump could beat in an election…
And he never imagined Biden would actually get out of the way, so he has no idea what to do now that it’s not Biden.
I am absolutely convinced that Trump’s entire election strategy was to just coast to victory on “Biden old” and “I got shot”. By the time of the republican convention he was confident that he had it in the bag and didn’t need to keep trying, so when Biden dropped out it completely shattered his plan and he’s got nothing to replace it. He does not have the cognitive ability to pivot against Harris/Walz and his ego is way too big to actually listen to his campaign strategists (if he even has any that aren’t just yes men).
* this should not be interpreted as complacency. It is definitely not a sure thing that Harris will win
Harris isn’t a guaranteed win, but she’d have to royally fuck up to blow this election.
trump just isn’t as popular as he used to be. The last two elections there was trump shit all over my red state. I haven’t seen a single trump bumpper sticker. Not even old ones from prior elections.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my life, though, it’s to never underestimate the ability of a Democrat to royally fuck something up.
She’s got a long list of stuff to fix that will require both houses of congress. If we give her a majority of non-moderate Dems there’s hope. Obama didn’t fuck up too bad besides trying to compromise with Rs for “bipartisanship” until they retook the House and Senate at which point they kneecapped him politically. He was too much an idealist imo. She seems wise enough to not fall for that. Maybe I’m giving her too much credit but being media quiet while VP has allowed her to more easily distance from Biden’s shittier policies like Israel-Palestine and push for more on climate/women now that she has a campaign lead by herself.
Since I know and support many of her stated policy stances the biggest question for me is how to reform SCOTUS, regulate voting rights (e.g. RCV or France style) and stop media disinformation without infringing on the 1st amendment.
The only reason anybody has ever put out a Trump flag, bumper sticker, worn a red hat is because they want to bait people into a confrontation. It turns out, it’s just a way of telling people not to talk to you because you are just looking for a confrontation.
That shit is still everywhere where I am. Vote as if he’s a popular as he ever was, because in some areas he sure seems to be.
I think this is something that is hard to overstate. Back in 2016, I went out to northern Pennsylvania to see a friend out there, and the amount of Trump shit I saw blew my blue state mind. Then I did another trip down to North Carolina and saw so much.
In 2020, I went out to both of those places again and there was a bunch of 2016 stuff out there, but not as much new stuff.
I haven’t been up to see my friend in a few years now, but driving through parts of North Carolina I don’t see anything, new or old. I think the rank and file are getting sick of him.
And on top of that, I think Democrats are genuinely excited about Harris Walz. Everyone I know in my blue state went from quiet resignation in voting for Biden to energized. Obviously it only matters if you actually vote, but hopefully everyone feels like they have a good reason this time to vote for someone instead of just against someone. It’s not enough to just win the presidency, we need to run up the numbers and take congress.
I get the rage but shame? That’s not a thing Trump has
narcissists don’t shame themselves, they try to shame non-loyalists.
I think he feels shame, but not about things that would make a normal person feel shame. Like, I’m pretty sure losing or appearing weak make him feel shame, but hurting people doesn’t.
No, I don’t think those things make him feel shame, either, just anger.
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“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed and we will deserve it.” - Lindsey Graham
Important to note that what Lindsey meant was that they would get “destroyed” in the election (which obviously did not happen), not that the party itself would be destroyed. But I hope that second meaning comes to pass regardless.
Let’s hope in hindsight it feels like a Monkey’s Paw Event
“Took fucking long enough”-me
His Olympic-level mental gymnastics abilities are starting to fail at keeping him convinced that what is happening to him isn’t someone else’s fault.
‘Donald Trump is losing his marbles,’
He had some?
“Yeah, he lost 'em good!”
These are his marbles. These are his happy thoughts :)
If he wins, his legal troubles go away. If he loses they come back with a vengeance.
Looks like this weird old man is starting to get nervous and lash out.
Please continue.
Finding out the Supreme Court isn’t going give him unlimited power might’ve blown a gasket.
On top of what you said if Harris wins a prosecutor who Trump constantly insults will be president, and Biden, who Trump also insults and put his son in prison, will have 3 months to do whatever the fuck he wants. Lol
All true except Biden had nothing to do with his son being prosecuted. At most, Biden will allow him to go to prison by leaving office without pardoning him (which I believe he will do, because it’s the not-corrupt thing to do.)
No, he absolutely should pardon Hunter. He should acknowledge the hypocrisy in a public statement, though. He should note the broad power the Supreme Court has given him to take Official Actions like this with impunity, and double-dog dare Congress to do whatever it takes to rein in abuses like that.
I mean, this is what I’d do.
I try hard to hold onto my moral compass and practice what I preach, but when it comes to my kids I probably could go hard. Especially if they were facing a future in a cage. If I had the power I just wouldn’t let it happen.
It’s not an abuse, or at least not a new abuse. Presidents always had pardon power, and trump himself pardoned his friends. Nothing to do with the SC ruling.
But he can now highlight it as an “official act”, which means that he can do whatever he wants, no backsies.
He can further drive the point home by publically stating that Hunter gave him a $5 “gratuity” afterwards, and daring Mike Johnson to impeach him over it.
This would actually be pretty cool, and might even work to restore some balance to the scales of justice. Alas, I don’t think Biden has the requisite cojones.
Since it involves his kid, though, he might find the juice to do it.
I don’t think it’s a matter of having the chutzpah or not.
Biden at his core is a pretty solid straight lace public servant. He listens to the majority of the people and tries to do what’s best for the country. While that move would be great for the country, it goes against his straight lacedness.
Hmm, that’s a good point.
Is it? Presidents had pardon power before the SC ruling.
And it was always a bad idea.
Biden should direct the ATF to pull Marijuana Receipts and IDs from dispensary logs. Then compare that against FID card dates and charge the lot of them.
Conservatives would howl about prosecution, then he can just pardon all of them, including his son.
Amazing how quickly things can turn around. I was getting worried when Biden was still in the race. Now it’s open season on those peculiar far right oddballs.
How would you be able to tell?
… But they will vote for him anyway, because doing otherwise is basically admitting you were wrong all along, and they would never do that.
In less than two months Trump will be able to sell his shares in Trump Media/Truth Social. The value of those shares are artificially inflated. Put yourself in his shoes. Sell while the price is still high and stab everyone in the back or wait until the election which he risks losing and possibly see the stock crash hard. If he loses, his political career is certainly over and the GOP will know his brand of politics can’t win national elections. They’llbe lookingto sweep him under the rug. If he cashes in early all that money could buy a lot of lawyers to drag out the trials he faces and that’s been his strategy so far.
Headlines like this have existed for the entire time Trump has been in the political spotlight.
Do not trust conservatives will see this and agree. Do not get complacent. Vote. Encourage friends and family to vote.
At this point the people who are already Trump supporters will not be swayed. He was always nuts, he was always weird, he always spewed out nonsensical word-salad. The fight is for independents who are still on the fence, and everyone on both sides considers them gullible idiots, and campaign strategy will reflect that.
Also the supporters who aren’t diehards. Most races are won largely by just how motivated likely voters are to show up.
Largely why Hillary lost.
Everyone correctly considers them gullible idiots when it comes to politics.
All those people will have other areas of individual expertise as well.
They’re not wrong, it’s just that being in a breakdown/meltdown state is normal for him.
My concern with Harris running is all the positivity will get people complacent due to the polls.
Polls don’t mean shit. Get out and vote. Tell everyone to go vote.
The Republicans will cheat, swindle and intimidate to win this election. They will break every rule they can, and they don’t even need the popular vote in order to win. Trump might be shitting the bed but this is still far from over. The only way to keep him out of the white house is if people vote against him in vast enough numbers to counteract their cheating.
Could just be his old man dementia finally surfacing. He’s fucking old, the oldest presidential candidate for sure. He’s done, he should just drop out, it’s pathetic. #donewithdementiadon
Donold Trump.
How come when this guy has a public nervous break down it’s big news, but when the rest of us have one it’s “suck it up and get therapy?”
I want people to get worried about the country when I have a nervous breakdown.
How is your nuclear engineering? You could potentially make folks quite nervous, indeed.
I have no certifications, but I do understand more than I need to about PWR and BWR plants. I mean, I couldn’t run a plant myself, I don’t know what all the buttons do, and I don’t know the various smaller parts and components.
I mean if you gave me time and low enriched nuclear fuel, a machinist, an electronics technician, and some money to buy other components and generators I could probably get one built. Would it be safe? Unlikely, but it would work.
But that’s also sort of the same lines as, yes technically I’ve worked on a flight control computer for commercial air craft, or heart pumps. I’ve definitely been capable of working on missile control systems but I decided I didn’t like the idea of building weapons.
So I mean, in all, how worried I make other people is entirely dependent on what makes people worry.
Being commander in chief seems to make a lot of people worry without a lot of effort
Had Trump not regularly insulted people who seek out therapy there might be a bit more sympathy for the situation he finds himself in.
To be fair, there’s a lot of bad blood between Kinzinger and Trump.
Is there anyone he does not have bad blood with
I mean, there’s not an open feud with most Republican senators. Kinzinger essentially retired because he was anti Trump, like most anti Trump Republican congresspeople.
I mean Trump
This article is bullshit.
Republicans don’t actually think that.
And, I dont understand how he could, now, be having a public nervous breakdown, if he wasn’t before. He always made personal attacks.
When narcissists become triggered they have a fight or flight response. Trump is having that same response every day of his life. He was having it during the coup, he was having it when he was raping, he was having it when he got convicted. The observation that Trump is mentally crumbling is true. But it’s something that he does daily.
Just think how contorted someone’s thinking must be I’m order to derive their self worth from a poll.
Yeah, it’s just one of the Never Trumpers who doesn’t even have a seat anymore, Kinzinger. The others have either kissed the ring or been kicked out of office.
That’s just his personality when he doesn’t get what he wants. He always has gone off the rails. He’s a rich, entitled brat that never had to grow up because he has always been able to just get rid of anyone who didn’t do everything he wanted.
Hell yeah public meltdown LET’S GO!
