It’s widely known that Donald Trump is a straight up textbook sociopath like his father. Not my opinion, that’s the opinion of his clinical psychologist niece. But I wonder what Mary Trump or any other mental health professional will say when they listen to the tape I’m about to share with you. Trump was on Dr. Phil’s show and he said, among other things, that God had saved him from an assassin’s bullet and when he wins, that will be proof that he, Trump, was saved so that he could save not only the nation, but the world. I remember reading as a little kid about how people in nuthouses thought that they were Napolean or maybe even Jesus Christ, but I never thought I would see somebody that delusional running for president of this country. Fast forward to 7:57 to hear Trump’s messianic pronouncement. If you can stand to listen to this he also said that Butler, Pennsylvania could have been like the Mandalay Bay mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017. (12:56)
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“Bullets were coming at me. And they were coming right on top of me.” And of course he had to mention windmills and the dead birds under them. Kamala of course came up. “She’s going down as the worst vice president. Five years ago she was known as a joke. Laughed at scoffed at.” Then he comes up with some imaginary “list” that Kamala was on the bottom of. But “the fake news media got behind her and now she can do no wrong.” I’d love to see the list.
Dr. Phil is not exactly Jonathan Swan, let’s just leave it at that. Swan did a boffo interview that was refreshing in terms of broadcast journalism. This interview is broadcast journalism at its worse. There isn’t even a softball question, Trump is just allowed to sit there and free associate.
Plus Dr. Phil is obviously in Trump’s camp. “She’s been commander in chief of the border.” Since when? Did Joe Biden ever proclaim that Kamala Harris was in charge of the border? And of course that’s the opener for the dirge about the “murderers, drug addicts, prisoners,” all pouring over the border.
“They’re coming from Africa, from the Congo. Congo. 158 countries are represented crossing the border illegally.” I’m put in mind of that scene from Men In Black where there are space aliens coming across from Mexico in the back of a pickup. Remember that?
And then Trump goes into the “crime cities.” Murderers can just leave town without posting bail, isn’t that amazing?
Another great passage is at 27:42 where Trump claims, “If Jesus came down and was the vote counter, I would win California.” Trump then goes on to tell Dr. Phil how beloved he is in California, but California has bizarre voting practices. “38 million and they don’t have a voting booth.” (Psst…lived there for forty years, went to lots of voting booths.)
I find it amusing that he can’t stop himself from trashing mail-in ballots. The Republicans desperately need to have mail-in votes but Trump keeps undermining the process. Even Kellyanne Conway said after the 2022 bloodbath that banking mail-in ballots was essential. Don’t look for it in this election, Kellyanne. Donald doesn’t want it.
37:11 is a good passage. Trump claims that Joe Biden “made it very difficult for us to have the proper number of Secret Service.” So it’s Joe’s fault what happened in Pennsylvania? What Trump doesn’t seem to get is that the Democrats don’t want him dead. They want him to rot in prison first.
Trump does not believe that he’s a threat to democracy. He “fixed the military, got rid of ISIS, I took a bullet.”
Dr. Phil says, “They demonize you a lot,” and then he brought up the “you won’t have to vote again” comment. Trump said that, “Christians don’t vote. We gotta win this election. I’ll straighten everything out in four years.” He made it clear that he wasn’t saying that there wouldn’t be elections, only that he would make life perfect in four years. Uh huh.
Same drivel, different day.
Groan. What psychotropic has Trump been legally prescribed, or got by some unlawful scuttlebutt. Begs the question as to what normalising effect does Trump get to experience on his affect, at this point in time, from interfacing with Dr. P?
See, a REAL reporter or interviewer might have asked Donald how HE voted in the recent Florida primary election. He was NOT in Florida on Election Day and the Palm Beach election board website showed that Trump requested a mail-in ballot for the August 20 primary.
But, then again, “Dr” Phil wasn’t much of a doctor, and he certainly doesn’t qualify as a reporter or interviewer.
Dr. Phil is the mango messiah’s shill.
Geez orangebob shitpants…’God’ told me just now, as I was reading this, that should I encounter you on the street, without your armed guards, I should beat you like a drum. Since my message is so current, I guess it’s the right one.
People actually watch “dr” phil?
I blame Oprah for that bald headed know it all freak.