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[leicsmac]

13 minutes ago, Spiritwalker said:

I watched a very good documentary series a few years ago about Trump the business man, a running theme throughout was that every time Trump made a major fck up he

blamed everyone around him including close friends and threw them under the bus.

 

That is very unsurprising.

 

One wonders how he manages to inspire loyalty when he shows next to none of it in return when things go wrong.

[LCFCCHRIS]

It’s been said before but when the movie Idiocracy seems like a better run version of America than real life, you know something went wrong 

[Sampson]

39 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

That is very unsurprising.

 

One wonders how he manages to inspire loyalty when he shows next to none of it in return when things go wrong.

Likely because he promises people things like power, money or erasing people’s mistakes in life. 

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, Sampson said:

Likely because he promises people things like power, money or erasing people’s mistakes in life. 

And people keep falling for the promises in spite of how rarely he keeps them. 

 

Have to have a grudging respect for how far he's elevated the grifter act.

[Muzzy_no7]

56 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Putin has made a dogs dinner out of Ukraine, they have zero chance of doing anything more than this. 

Sooner Europe gets its arse in gear and strengthens its capabilities the better.  
 

Poland is a shining example. Fair play to them. 
 

Europe has way more than enough to deal with and deter Putin. 
 

Too long have we hidden behind the US and so many nations in Europe spent next to nothing on defence allowing Putin to expand his territories. 
 

As good a move as Starmer has made with taking money from foreign aid and increasing defence spending is, it isn’t enough. More of the same please and other European nations to follow suit. 

[Jattdogg]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

That is very unsurprising.

 

One wonders how he manages to inspire loyalty when he shows next to none of it in return when things go wrong.

He was buddies with epstein....

[SpacedX]

3 hours ago, Spiritwalker said:

I watched a very good documentary series a few years ago about Trump the business man, a running theme throughout was that every time Trump made a major fck up he

blamed everyone around him including close friends and threw them under the bus.

 

He was abominable to his late brother Freddy. 

[SpacedX]

3 hours ago, Lionator said:

Just to reiterate that anyone who genuinely considers that Britain fighting Russia would be a good idea is insane. 
 

And before anyone says “well what about when Adolf Putin is rolling across the German border?”, Russian don’t have the capability to do that. 

But only a week ago you yourself were speculating about the dangers of Russia invading Poland until it was pointed out to you that for the same reasons, that too is not going to happen. 

Edited 5 March by SpacedX

[WigstonWanderer]

4 hours ago, Tommy G said:

No way am I giving up amazon next day delivery 

I have an Amazon subscription myself and I know what you mean, but I always felt guilty swapping support for local business with the convenience of free home delivery from a company owned by an American oligarch. Bezos’ recent behaviour with the Washington Post and sucking up to Trump will tip me over the edge. We all have to make small sacrifices.

Edited 5 March by WigstonWanderer

[bmt]

Just an aside, but I bet Russia's nukes don't actually work

[jgtuk]

35 minutes ago, bmt said:

Just an aside, but I bet Russia's nukes don't actually work

Nobody changed the batteries recently 😂

[Dunge]

It is entirely possible that most of them don’t work.

However, most of them don’t need to and I’ve no desire to find out.

[Lionator]

1 hour ago, SpacedX said:

But only a week ago you yourself were speculating about the dangers of Russia invading Poland until it was pointed out to you that for the same reasons, that too is not going to happen. 

And it’s up to us to show them that it’s not worth trying. But us intervening in Ukraine would be crazy like them invading Poland.

[Spiritwalker]

4 hours ago, bmt said:

Just an aside, but I bet Russia's nukes don't actually work

Our most recent Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test didn’t work either.

[Trav Le Bleu]

5 hours ago, WigstonWanderer said:

I have an Amazon subscription myself and I know what you mean, but I always felt guilty swapping support for local business with the convenience of free home delivery from a company owned by an American oligarch. Bezos’ recent behaviour with the Washington Post and sucking up to Trump will tip me over the edge. We all have to make small sacrifices.

It's a tiny sacrifice.

 

The world would be a much better place without Amazon.

 

There's a place for online stores, but the utter reliance on them (often because the likes of Amazon have steamrollered the little guys) is killing the economy.

 

So much money channeled towards so few people.

[Trav Le Bleu]

27 minutes ago, Spiritwalker said:

Our most recent Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test didn’t work either.

So we're all safe, hurrah!

[Sampson]

I wonder if Farage will get the hint.

[Dunge]

7 minutes ago, Sampson said:

I wonder if Farage will get the hint.

I wonder how much the next US election will affect ours, particularly with regard to Reform. In theory it’ll happen 6 months before ours, so you’d imagine Farage would be hoping for a Republican win to give him a psychological boost.

[leicsmac]

22 minutes ago, Dunge said:

I wonder how much the next US election will affect ours, particularly with regard to Reform. In theory it’ll happen 6 months before ours, so you’d imagine Farage would be hoping for a Republican win to give him a psychological boost.

He might hope for that but given the current attitude of the vast majority of the UK population towards the Repubs them winning in 2028 may have the opposite effect to what he wants.

[Parafox]

9 hours ago, leicsmac said:

That is very unsurprising.

 

One wonders how he manages to inspire loyalty when he shows next to none of it in return when things go wrong.

 

He's been diagnosed (remotely, by MH experts) as a paranoid narcissist. If it doesn't get his way, he shouts down at others. The others then attempt to show loyalty to the big and threatening voice in the room.

 

He has no trust that anyone but he himself can make the right decisions. He will only accept those into his inner circle that confirm and entirely support him.

 

JD Vance, for example.

 

He has to be surrounded by sycophants. A narcissist needs these people to enable them to gain and maintain control and power and keep telling them they're right.

 

 

 

[Bilo]

1 hour ago, Sampson said:

I wonder if Farage will get the hint.

The moment he could have done so has probably passed. He's been so far up Trump’s rectum for so long that he simply couldn't claim not to be at this stage and be taken seriously. He'd just look like a flip-flopping opportunist, which shows why it's insane to tie your political fortunes to anyone else - let alone someone as erratic and unpredictable as Trump.

 

42 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

He's been diagnosed (remotely, by MH experts) as a paranoid narcissist. If it doesn't get his way, he shouts down at others. The others then attempt to show loyalty to the big and threatening voice in the room.

 

He has no trust that anyone but he himself can make the right decisions. He will only accept those into his inner circle that confirm and entirely support him.

 

JD Vance, for example.

 

He has to be surrounded by sycophants. A narcissist needs these people to enable them to gain and maintain control and power and keep telling them they're right.

 

 

 

It's BvFTD.

 

https://resolutesquare.com/articles/3aFmXDcuHNveRvlF5a5cPv/anatomy-of-smear

[Dunge]

33 minutes ago, Bilo said:

The moment he could have done so has probably passed. He's been so far up Trump’s rectum for so long that he simply couldn't claim not to be at this stage and be taken seriously. He'd just look like a flip-flopping opportunist, which shows why it's insane to tie your political fortunes to anyone else - let alone someone as erratic and unpredictable as Trump.

 

It's BvFTD.

 

https://resolutesquare.com/articles/3aFmXDcuHNveRvlF5a5cPv/anatomy-of-smear

Interesting article, but difficult to take that seriously given how they start by stating that Biden was not suffering from significant cognitive decline despite his own side ultimately admitting that he’d been suffering from it for years.

Edited 5 March by Dunge

[The Fox Covert]

Trump is not only a paranoid narcissist and a would-be dictator, he is also an old man in a hurry. The rumours that he has been a KGB agent for decades ring true with the recent events. Trump's businesses have been bailed out with Russian money more than once and in 2016, Russia did its utmost to sabotage the campaign of Hillary Clinton and get Trump elected for the first time. They did it again in 2024. Most likely, the present events have been triggered by Trump failing to get any concessions out of Putin, an essential step in the path to getting Ukraine to agree to participate in talks to end the war. Putin probably told Trump that Russia has helped him and now it is payback time. Trump then tried to bully Zelenskyy into accepting a settlement which his government could not possibly accept. So Trump has shown himself to be the mardy immature brat that he is and he has now ceased shipment of US aid and sharing of intelligence with Ukraine. Trump not only speaks with the limited vocabulary of the average fourteen year old, but he and Vance are ready to behave like the bullies behind the bike shed to get their way. 

[Parafox]

2 hours ago, Bilo said:

The moment he could have done so has probably passed. He's been so far up Trump’s rectum for so long that he simply couldn't claim not to be at this stage and be taken seriously. He'd just look like a flip-flopping opportunist, which shows why it's insane to tie your political fortunes to anyone else - let alone someone as erratic and unpredictable as Trump.

 

It's BvFTD.

 

https://resolutesquare.com/articles/3aFmXDcuHNveRvlF5a5cPv/anatomy-of-smear

 

Very interesting article. Thanks for the link.

[Parafox]

2 hours ago, Dunge said:

Interesting article, but difficult to take that seriously given how they start by stating that Biden was not suffering from significant cognitive decline despite his own side ultimately admitting that he’d been suffering from it for years.

 

But it is significant in that it more or less confirms a non-degenerative mental health issue with Trump.

 

I think we all recognised the decline in Biden's cognitive behaviour and the many faux-pas he increasingly made. 

 

The difference for me is that Trump is not suffering with cognitive decline but is displaying very real traits and behaviours of the typical paranoid narcissist:

 

 Malignant Narcissism and Delusions of Grandeur

"Experts consistently point to Trump’s malignant narcissism, characterized by a grandiose self-perception and complete disregard for truth and honesty.

Dr. Lance Dodes describes Trump’s mental state as dominated by "severe narcissistic, antisocial character disorder," manifesting in an inability to tolerate losses and a propensity for destructive behavior when faced with accountability.

Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist, and Donald Trump’s niece, reinforces this view, noting her uncle's "untreated psychiatric disorders," including delusions of grandeur and extreme narcissism. Mary Trump describes him as having been "reasonably adept at getting his point across" in his younger years but now exhibiting clear signs of "mental confusion" and an "inability to communicate effectively."

Cruel Sadism and Lack of Empathy

Trump’s behaviour has also been characterized by a lack of empathy and a penchant for cruelty. Dr. Justin Frank, a psychiatrist, describes Trump as a "cruel sadist" who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on others. His policies and public statements often reflect a disregard for the suffering of others, consistent with traits of malignant narcissism".

 

However, he is POTUS and that role exactly fits with his personality disorder given the power it bestows upon him to inflict his aberrant will on others.

 

That is a very worrying trait.

Edited 5 March by Parafox