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You don't have to be a retired psychiatrist to see that DJT is a madman, although we might quibble over the exact diagnoses. I have written about Our Mad King (wannabe) Donald's psychological development and current mental health (or lack thereof) on Greeley's Newsletter elsewhere on Substack, for anyone interested in the subject. Thanks, Thom, for all you do and for telling the truth about our current existential threat due to willful ignorance and complicity by the GQP and the monied scoundrels behind them.

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"Madman" may not be in any version of the DSM, but it aptly conveys his self-aggrandizing capacity for, and track record of harm to others. He may be intellectually impaired, as well as "mad", but he has no shortage of slyness or ability to recruit others to effect his nefarious aims.

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Thanks for the reply! I'm afraid that you and the MSM are giving Our Mad King (wannabe) Donald far, far too much credit for the "slyness" that he has always purchased from lawyers willing to anything, anything at all, for MONEY. DJT's motive is almost uniformly to avoid abandonment and the terror he must have experienced at 2yo, when his mother was suddenly transported to the hospital for an extended stay following the complicated birth of Little Donnie's younger brother, Robert. The GQP supports him as their entertaining public face because he shills for them in every way possible, irregardless of the harm to us or our nation as a whole. And, we must admit, he is a great entertainer. Most of the MSM commentators are still calling him "president Trump", only to hurridly correct themselves. Their brains have worms too, ear worms.

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Doc, I am no psychiatrist, but have had three 2 year olds, 11 great 2 years olds at some point in time, and was myself a 2 year old.

I can't think of anything that would cause some emotional trauma in a two year old.

The only thing I can remember is lying in a hospital bed in a ward, after my tonsils were removed, and being chased by a Billy Goat.

But I am with you as to why the cult worships him. He is their avatar, They see in him the manifestation and reality of everything that he wish for, the savior that assuages their fears and fulfills their needs.

It matters not his flaws,crimes, perversions or what he has done to them, the only thing that matters is that through him they will achieve and maintain white male Christian dominance

And the minorities, be they black brown, gay, and their camp following women, are bought and paid for, just like Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

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We now know the truth. What are we going to do about it? The elephant in the room is an uninformed public, voter suppression in all its manifestations to make the election a farce.

I believe we need a million man march on Washington, headed by leading democratic members of congress and celebrities like Taylor Swift to get the youth vote there. Dan Goldman, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jamie Raskin, Thom Hartmann, HCR are just some of the names that come to mind. We're running out of time!

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