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Once the Epstein files were released, Trump lashed out at his political opponents with dangerous, vengeful rhetoric that was shocking, even by his standards.
In response to that video address to military and intelligence leaders, over the legality when refusing illegal orders; Trump went ballistic. He called the message “seditious behavior at the highest level” and said the Democratic lawmakers should be punished “by death”.
By the end of the week, the Epstein affair had faded to the background – by design.
rbudrick
I hope he suffers incredibly as he dies.
Ilikestyx
People with dementia can start to become more aggressive as the disease progresses... they will lash out more often, use words they normally wouldn't... say things beyond what you would expect from them normally...
Drew442
He feels his power slipping. He knows we see his failing health and it bolsters us. His lies aren't working as well. He sees the public not buying his excuses as often. He's going to become more unstable and hostile as this escalates.
imeatingpizzaandfuckit
There. Is. No. Design.
RetrogradeLlama
Increasing Dementia, worst ratings ever, failing economy, and serious pressure from the Epstein files problem.
BasinStreetDesign
His narcissism advances and as the situation deteriorates he becomes more desperate and panicky.
McBzz
HE ISNT IN CONTROL, NONE OF THIS IS HIS PLAN.
GorillaFLicks
He’s dying. (Not quickly enough IMO).
Because he’s so narcissistic he’s gonna literally blow everything up because he can’t take it with him.
Like, “I’m gonna be dead soon so I’m gonna get exactly my way for my remaining days and fuck anyone else.”
InfocalypseRising
Fascists only know how to do one thing, attack. The worse things get, the more they attack. It's not really a mystery.
friendsofsandwiches
Older=meaner
ratchedRDH
Who’s bubba?
LunaAtlas
Somebody with a dick that Mango slut sucked
eromitlab
Or Ghislaine Maxwell's horse
LeoGrun19401
He's reacting like any other scared animal
eromitlab
This is the answer. He's backed into a corner, not in control anymore, scared, he's losing, he's going to die soon. Of course he's going to lash out.
JustAPileOfCats
Anger and aggression can increase as dementia reaches the middle and advanced stages.
iusedtodream
Exponentially when it's happening to a narcissist
idiotsonfire
Because he's sundowning and he doesn't give a shit. He wants to kill his enemies, his enemies are all people who don't worship him.
Giantmutantcrab
Conservatism is a death cult, a hate group and a bottomless pit of stupidity, fascism and pedophilia.
EroticZombiePants
He's lashing out more than ever because he knows he won't be alive much longer. Plus, the increasing dementia. The people within the circle are pushing him to keep going nuclear for the reason you mentioned. So, yeah, it's by design, but it's not him running it. I'm very willing to bet there are people in his inner circle also on the list who is deflecting for their behalf.
spontaneous9
He's a spoiled toddler, that's why.
medimr
People need to stop giving this cretin so much credit as some manipulative mastermind.
He lashed out because that's what he always does. It's just going to get worse as his mental health continues to nosedive and his handlers can't shield him from the fact that he's almost universally unpopular/hated outside of his circle of sycophants.
iamthemurray
I wonder if he's realized he's destroyed the Trump "brand" Once he's gone everything about him and his family will fall into obscurity. His legacy is dead and he's crashing out.
LuveBunny
D E M E N T I A
TrueNorthernLights
This. Trump isn't smart. At all. Three quarters of the shit he does are the ideas of his babysitters looking to line their pockets. He's getting worse because he has the mentality of a child, and he's throwing a tantrum.
forelle
He lashes out whenever he needs a distraction and he needs more of those than he can proeuce right now
Nuuttiparoni
Exactly. Changing the subject isnt mastermind behaviour.
awholelotofnothin
He's a fucking narcissistic sociopathic toddler and rapist felon con artist. Everything he does is for the grift or to stroke his own ego. He believes he is the most important person in the world, and can't stand to be disproven of that belief.
bajeezus
I thought Thanksgiving was gonna be bad but we just argued about AI. Everybody including boomers and above hated Trump
MeekrabJones
If anything, his handlers just choose to slacken the leash occasionally. That way they get the distraction they want and Trump gets to be live his best petulant manchild life.
B3N15
I think we're past the point of "Trump is a distraction for X." If you want someone to be a distraction, you don't then let them turn your organization into a cult of personality, gut it so its full of grifters and yes-men, then let him run it into the ground, force you to make really bad political decisions, and make you deeply unpopular and unelectable.
Badprenup
You do if the end game is also enriching yourself and removing elections from the equation entirely.
B3N15
No, you don't. You don't draw attention away from corruption and anti-democratic plans by having an unpopular grifter talk about ending elections as he's openly being corrupt. Trump is dangerous and has the potential to wreck our democracy, but he's not some Machavellian-esque masterplan designed to draw attention. He's an attention starved narcissist awkwardly flailing about government because he hired a bunch of D-lister yes man and got enough of the Republican base to scare Congress
Zootsoot
Trump is a malignant narcissist.
They hate growing old, losing their looks, looking foolish or feeble, and having people look at them with pity, instead of attraction or fear. They also can’t imagine a world without themselves in it- so they don’t care what they blow up on the way out.
He has always lacked any real emotional control. And now he‘s lashing out even worse than before, because he clearly know he‘s dying.
Shawnofavitch
You misspelled megalomaniacal Maniac.
pt2016
He never had any looks to start with.
Copperbrat
Narcissistic collapse. Aging, losses piling up, loss of supply (obedience/respect/admiration). He will continue to spiral from here on out. Luckily for him he's making billions for his efforts. Sadly for him those billions won't do a thing for him in the coming years except make him a bit more physically comfortable than the rest of us.
NickNoltesDrinkingShack
It seems he was a plant all along. Career cunts that have been driving the country into the ground, needed a foil, a lightning rod if you will. People were so enticed by "drain the swamp", a person without the history of politics, let him be the champion of the people. They keep doing shitty stuff while this retarded child man turns the country into an OJ level event again.
Apeofdeath
The more noise he makes, the more distraction from the Epstein files, he cannot afford to lose his base
Selfinflictedwounds
Most of his base will stay with him no matter what comes out in the Epstein files. Right wing propaganda will down play it and they will view it as fake media liberal lies..
People are failing to realize the power right wing media has over the party base, and just how cult like that core has become. Its about power. Ethics and legality have no sway there
dawnkelly3160
I think a lot of of the power base comes from those Godless Megachurches and their grifting, unethical pastors who control their congregation .That follow the pastors without thinking for themselves. Bad Churches and their captive, obedient followers afraid of death and damnation and given some targets and license to hate .
cabalin
They’re Christians, they have I long history of embracing child rape.
LuveBunny
Hence lets start a war in Venezuela - not sure how that reconciles with a Nobel Peace Prize mind you
Selfinflictedwounds
Venezuela is a nice distraction, but it is more about their oil reserves and ending "communism" than anything else...
WolvesAreTheBestPeople
He is losing. It is over. He acts out like a child.
TheMershedPerderder
wejustdontknow
Suppose I was unfathomably wealthy and pushing 80 years old. The last things I'd do are pretty much anything this guy does daily. How exhausting and pointless.
medimr
He wouldn't be as wealthy and free to do what he wanted if he hadn't been elected again. He's gotten like $5 billion in bribes and shit since taking office, and most/all of those cases against him (any one of which would have destroyed a normal person's life) have conveniently been dropped.
Muffyns
i means thats what happens when you elect a dictator and dont challenge it at all when they admit to cheating
bngd
Not to his family. He is setting them up to be one of the wealthiest families in the world.
wejustdontknow
But why? How much money is enough money?
bngd
It’s about power.
Malak224
And we made a man give up his peanut farm.
bngd
Right? As it should be
Autittuderp
Pure insanity Clinton gets a blowie and is impeached and drowned in scandal...and *this* is happening without a squeak. Repugblicans have gone full on reactionary w everything to lose
DocFunkenstein
They're evil, hypocritical, fucktards. They don't care about ANY of the shit they whine and rage about; they oppose treating other people like human beings unless they're fat, ugly, white, and stupid fuckwits like themselves. That's it. That's the summation of their belief system.
LunaAtlas
They are Republikunts.
Autittuderp
Repuglicunts
yesdearmetoo
Repugnantcans
eromitlab
republiKKKunts
LunaAtlas
Winner...