If he believes it happened, it raises serious questions about his cognitive state. If he knows it didn’t, it’s an outrageous fabrication. Either way, imagine the media reaction if Joe Biden said it.
Whether it was on 9/11 or days after, it is all a lie. There is a video of him NEAR where the twin towers stood , however, he was in a suit and tie talking to a reporter. He was no where near any buildings.
He opens his mouth and disgusting lies stream out.
In the past, the orange fruitcake said Muslims across the street were cheering on 9-11 as the World Trade Center buildings collapsed. How could he see them cheering while he was busy rescuing people? I thnk he's so insane that he believes his own lies.
Donnab, he also said that he lost hundreds of friends. Then Lawrence O'Donnell called him out and he changed it to many friends. When Lawrence called him out again, he never talked about it again. That's what media should be doing.
Sakina, you are correct. Who were his hundreds of friends? All he has are sycophants--not friends. He buys and bullies people, and it is impossible for anyone to actually like him. He is unlikeable. The media gives him a pulpit....a big part of the problem.
Confabulation is a term used to describe fabrication of events in the past a person with dementia or other cognitive issues Does Not Remember and yet dreams up because they Wish to appear normal and fully functional cognitively.
Exactly! I was about to post the same thing. Confabulation is the appropriate term. He is also a pathological liar. I thought about that woman who was a pathological liar, Tania Head, who claimed that she was saved by firefighters on 9/11. She did not engage in confabulation, she straight up lied.
Sakina, yes, I thought about his pattern of lying with no apparent conscience. However currently confabulation seems to fit better. The woman who alleged she was there on 9/11/2001 straight up lied.
One more absolutely PATHETIC gaslighting we have to endure. How long will the Repugs continue to think this is 'normal'? They pilloried Joe Biden for much less...it just goes on and on and on...
I do remember listening to him talking about or boasting about when those buildings came down that now he has the tallest building downtown.
He never cared about those who died and he never cared about those towers. He only cared that his building at that time was now the tallest downtown. I remember at that time when I heard that I thought that was disgusting.
True, given the breadth and depth of Trump's ignorance, there are surely plenty of matters on which the crazed babble he spews is, um, "sincerely" delusional. For all the rest, thanks to the never-ending stick-to-it-iveness of much of his spectrum of enablers (nearly every Republican officeholder, of course, but also a shocking number of Dems), we're prisoners of a creature who has probably never in his adult life had the teeniest, tiniest concern for anyone or anything in the universe except: (1) his Penis of Death, (2) his bloated carcass, and (3) the tiny bit of active brain function which he has painstakingly trained to default at all times to his rage-fueled predation and perversion.
At this point it's hard to believe there's a sane cell functioning in that brain. Scary in itself, but immeasurably more terrifying considering the position this debased life form occupies. Which tells us something unimaginably terrible about the mental (and moral?) health of the U.S.A.
I live in a senior community where some people arrive here with a bit of mental impairment, and others develop dementia over the months and years. It is so sad to watch, and Joe talked about this on today's program - about the lack of family/friends intervention for either Trump OR John Fetterman, who Joe described as quite different prior to his stroke. In considering this, I know that many people reject the idea that they're losing it, and become angry with folks who try to get them some help. We can see that Trump would be like this, and while he's spinning stories and in control, nobody may be able to coax him to resign or at least see a demential specialist. After all, he thinks he's still a stable genius.
This post doesn't mean that I don't still recognize that Trump is just a POS, but hey, I'd rather that he was in a mental ward somewhere than sitting close to the nuclear codes! And I know that you (Mike) want him to last through his last two years rather than have the country subjected to JD!
trump can do nothing but lie, and whether or not he has mental deficiencies and/or decline, the simple fact is that he is evil. When the press fails or refuses to ask questions about his statements, the reasons are, that billionaires and multimillionaires own many of the media outlets, giving their reporters orders to not ask trump challenging questions or else; or the reporters themselves are afraid that if they question trump about his statements, they will be lucky only if he insults them, or in worse cases, get visits from some individuals from the FBI, all of them named Smith. The worst cases will result in these reporters being 'swatted' by law enforcement, receiving a visit from some MAGA Mafia lackeys with guns, etc..
I keep thinking back to my mother with dementia and the stories she came up with. Very similar to trump’s. Her outlandish embellishments to stories of the past were absolute truth to her. She also had intense delusions. Trump illustrates his delusions with AI images; my mother of course did not - but her delusions were just as outrageous. IMO, he is both mentally ill and has dementia - two different things.
Pamela, I feel for you, and I am sorry about your mom, yet I would not compare her decline with trump's issues; your mom was sick and in declining health. trump is simply evil.
Yes, Trump suffers from serious mental illness. How many examples of that do we need???
He suffered from mental illness since he was a child.
Whether it was on 9/11 or days after, it is all a lie. There is a video of him NEAR where the twin towers stood , however, he was in a suit and tie talking to a reporter. He was no where near any buildings.
He opens his mouth and disgusting lies stream out.
In the past, the orange fruitcake said Muslims across the street were cheering on 9-11 as the World Trade Center buildings collapsed. How could he see them cheering while he was busy rescuing people? I thnk he's so insane that he believes his own lies.
Donnab, he also said that he lost hundreds of friends. Then Lawrence O'Donnell called him out and he changed it to many friends. When Lawrence called him out again, he never talked about it again. That's what media should be doing.
Sakina, you are correct. Who were his hundreds of friends? All he has are sycophants--not friends. He buys and bullies people, and it is impossible for anyone to actually like him. He is unlikeable. The media gives him a pulpit....a big part of the problem.
Been going on for decades. Simply put, he’s a deluded
con artist.
Wait a second! Trump has friends? More like business acquaintances of disposable convenience.
It’s just sickening. The constant lying and the media’s complicity.
Confabulation is a term used to describe fabrication of events in the past a person with dementia or other cognitive issues Does Not Remember and yet dreams up because they Wish to appear normal and fully functional cognitively.
Exactly! I was about to post the same thing. Confabulation is the appropriate term. He is also a pathological liar. I thought about that woman who was a pathological liar, Tania Head, who claimed that she was saved by firefighters on 9/11. She did not engage in confabulation, she straight up lied.
Sakina, yes, I thought about his pattern of lying with no apparent conscience. However currently confabulation seems to fit better. The woman who alleged she was there on 9/11/2001 straight up lied.
Who knows what he believes. All I know is that confabulation is a sign of dementia!
Exactly! I just responded to Rebecca.
One more absolutely PATHETIC gaslighting we have to endure. How long will the Repugs continue to think this is 'normal'? They pilloried Joe Biden for much less...it just goes on and on and on...
Whether he's lying or too demented that he's engaging in confabulation, he needs to be asked for proof of what he speaks. Righto.
I do remember listening to him talking about or boasting about when those buildings came down that now he has the tallest building downtown.
He never cared about those who died and he never cared about those towers. He only cared that his building at that time was now the tallest downtown. I remember at that time when I heard that I thought that was disgusting.
True, given the breadth and depth of Trump's ignorance, there are surely plenty of matters on which the crazed babble he spews is, um, "sincerely" delusional. For all the rest, thanks to the never-ending stick-to-it-iveness of much of his spectrum of enablers (nearly every Republican officeholder, of course, but also a shocking number of Dems), we're prisoners of a creature who has probably never in his adult life had the teeniest, tiniest concern for anyone or anything in the universe except: (1) his Penis of Death, (2) his bloated carcass, and (3) the tiny bit of active brain function which he has painstakingly trained to default at all times to his rage-fueled predation and perversion.
At this point it's hard to believe there's a sane cell functioning in that brain. Scary in itself, but immeasurably more terrifying considering the position this debased life form occupies. Which tells us something unimaginably terrible about the mental (and moral?) health of the U.S.A.
As usual, the Il Orange Douché ruins another important anniversary.
I live in a senior community where some people arrive here with a bit of mental impairment, and others develop dementia over the months and years. It is so sad to watch, and Joe talked about this on today's program - about the lack of family/friends intervention for either Trump OR John Fetterman, who Joe described as quite different prior to his stroke. In considering this, I know that many people reject the idea that they're losing it, and become angry with folks who try to get them some help. We can see that Trump would be like this, and while he's spinning stories and in control, nobody may be able to coax him to resign or at least see a demential specialist. After all, he thinks he's still a stable genius.
This post doesn't mean that I don't still recognize that Trump is just a POS, but hey, I'd rather that he was in a mental ward somewhere than sitting close to the nuclear codes! And I know that you (Mike) want him to last through his last two years rather than have the country subjected to JD!
trump can do nothing but lie, and whether or not he has mental deficiencies and/or decline, the simple fact is that he is evil. When the press fails or refuses to ask questions about his statements, the reasons are, that billionaires and multimillionaires own many of the media outlets, giving their reporters orders to not ask trump challenging questions or else; or the reporters themselves are afraid that if they question trump about his statements, they will be lucky only if he insults them, or in worse cases, get visits from some individuals from the FBI, all of them named Smith. The worst cases will result in these reporters being 'swatted' by law enforcement, receiving a visit from some MAGA Mafia lackeys with guns, etc..
I keep thinking back to my mother with dementia and the stories she came up with. Very similar to trump’s. Her outlandish embellishments to stories of the past were absolute truth to her. She also had intense delusions. Trump illustrates his delusions with AI images; my mother of course did not - but her delusions were just as outrageous. IMO, he is both mentally ill and has dementia - two different things.
Pamela, I feel for you, and I am sorry about your mom, yet I would not compare her decline with trump's issues; your mom was sick and in declining health. trump is simply evil.
If
Trump says it he believes it.
I don't believe that he has read anything, but I am sure that he watched Leni Riefenstall,s Trumph Des Willens.
One thing is for sure. He desperately needs alot of us to believe the story.