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Trump’s Naps Are Actually Worrying (www.theatlantic.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 137 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But they shouldn’t be mere comic fodder, nor accepted as normal: They are a worrisome sign about a leading presidential candidate. If Trump can’t manage to stay awake during a trial when his very freedom is on the line, what are the chances that he will be able to focus on the intricacies of a spiraling regional war, a trade policy, or any new crisis that might face him if he returns to the White House?

This kind of bizarre hypothetical is so 2016. We are WAY past that. What are the chances he’ll be able to focus? Seriously? NONE! Just like last time!

Again, we all know the answer, so what is the friggin point of asking that question? Atlantic are you casting about for the mythical undecided voter or some other ridiculous thing?

Yeah, he’s not all there, no kidding. He’s a demented rapist fraud with thick slimy orange makeup who smells like shit. And he’s demanding to be instated as king! Why are you still - after ALL the shit he’s already pulled, after all you already know with 100% certainty - why are you still writing about him as any sort of normal person?

I can only come up with one reason, and it’s not a good one.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

His very freedom is on the line.

Yeah yeah right, as if he's ever gonna see a prison cell from the inside. He might be an idiot but even he knows how corrupt and stupid the american justice system is.

[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

At this point, are we sure he knows what a prison is? Or where he is at any given moment? Or half the alphabet?

Feels like his brain is halfway to soup

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You’re saying the person who correctly identified “man, woman, person, camera, TV” is not a stable genius? Wow. 🤯

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still think one of the weirdest things about donnie is that not only did he take a early dementia test, but that he BRAGGED about it. Repeatedly. And that this did not end his political career, even among the lowest of low-info supporters.

That last part is one of the most baffling and disconcerting. It's one thing for someone like donnie to have so much Dunning-Kruger and/or mental decline that they brag about taking a test to detect dementia; it's another for people to continue to support him after...

[–] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

To me the weirdest thing isn't how they still support him, it's how little it seems the rest of US could care.

It's like the thing with Nigerian scammers and how they weed out the folks who aren't gullible and get fat off the rest. The flamboyant absurdity that turns off normies is what attracts his victims (this is the first time I've actually thought of his voters as victims). I'm also reminded of whale sharks and how they filter out water and get fat off the plankton.

But where are the Democrats in this? There's no adversarial someone out there between a scammer or filter feeder and their prey. And sure, the people that are going to vote for him aren't going to listen to a Dem. But what about the entire apathetic electorate? That's the seawater Trump is using to filter feed on his victims. Without that apathy he can't win. If only there were some way Democratic electeds could reduce apathy amongst the American people. Some way that wouldn't upset donors, that is.

sigh

I'm afraid it'll be voter apathy vs whale shark scammer this November.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm no clinician, but I know an ill person when I see one. And in this case, it is five exits past obvious.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The author writes this as if Donald Trump has a baseline of competence they are worried he won't meet. Where the hell was he during the first administration?

[–] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I think the tactics here are aiming to be read by the Red hats. If the piece were more generally how Trump is A steaming pile of shit they would categorically reject it as anti-Trumpist propaganda. This seems to be trying to errode confidence from his base by accepting their premise that he is effective.

Basically like trying to give a dog a pill. You stick it in the mid of a tasty sausage or something so they don't automatically spit it out.

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Being unable to stay awake for his criminal trial is one of the least surprising things about a man whose aides had to dumb his daily presidential reports down to one page, with bright colors, pictures, and bullet points in order to get him to pay any attention to them whatsoever. You know who is surprised about him falling asleep in court? People who have paid 0 attention for the past 8 years.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

I’m more worried that he’s not gonna have a stroke and die during the trial.

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Is it because they're rejuvenating him and prolonging his life? Because that's what would worry me. Or is it a symptom of a rapid decline in health and sanity? Because we should discuss your definition of "worrying".

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Gift link you can edit into the original post, so that everybody can have seamless access to the article

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gift link you can edit into the original post, so that everybody can have seamless access to the article

or https://archive.ph/Ks2rK

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago

I'm a big fan of using a gift link in the top-level post because they preserve the domain, so people have some idea what they're clicking into.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

"Contrary to the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today. I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it ALL in!!!"

  • Inmate #P01135809
[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

My working theory is he's been struggling with some kind of Long COVID since he caught it around the time of the 2020 presidential debates.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Or he's just a very old man, and his time is drawing closer. Especially with the Big Mac diet.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I knew this guy at my old warehouse job, fat fuck, always eating fast food drinking nothing but soda. He was always drowsy, passing out at lunch, dragging his feet, and we'd always tell him it was cause he ate like shit and never got any exercise, but he didn't believe us.

That's what Trump is, an old, fat fuck, who eats McDonald's and drinks coke all the time, and thinks exercise is bad for you. Not surprised that he falls asleep every time he sits.

[–] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It's time to drag that 3:00 am phone call ad back out of the archives.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

https://archive.ph/Ks2rK

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ol' Drowsy Don over here, doing what he does best

[–] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Wonder if he did it during his wh briefings...?

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

You fools, it's clearly been attacked with all that Fentanyl them immigrants are smuggling!