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Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:19 PM Aug 2016

Trump Lobs Insults At Clinton, Calling Her 'Unhinged' And A 'Liar'

Source: Talking Points Memo

During a Friday rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Donald Trump took several of the criticisms lobbed at him during what was a rough week for his campaign and redirected them at his opponent Hillary Clinton.
A big theme of Trump's speech was that Clinton was "unhinged" and has a bad temperament, which he said makes her unfit for the presidency.
"She's really pretty close to unhinged," he said. "You've seen it, you've seen it a couple of times. The people in the background know it, the people that know her know it. And she's like an unbalanced person."
Trump also called Clinton a "dangerous liar" several times during his rally.




Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-lobs-insults-at-unhinged-clinton

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Trump Lobs Insults At Clinton, Calling Her 'Unhinged' And A 'Liar' (Original Post) Stuart G Aug 2016 OP
How did the crowd react? LisaM Aug 2016 #1
Trump rally attendees Still In Wisconsin Aug 2016 #2
Make one hope for rain, doesn't it? Thor_MN Aug 2016 #30
Lock Her Up! Lock Her UP! DURHAM D Aug 2016 #6
I do not know...?? I would say his crowds are a bit "unhinged" Stuart G Aug 2016 #8
And that's putting it mildly... sarae Aug 2016 #27
And he's clearly senile. Going and confusing a mirror for Hillary. ck4829 Aug 2016 #3
he is mentally unbalanced according to many. SHARE THIS ARTICLE :::: trueblue2007 Aug 2016 #38
Well isn't he just a big ol' projection booth. Ellen Forradalom Aug 2016 #4
Trump thinks attacks always work...???always attack Stuart G Aug 2016 #7
He projects more than Sony. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #34
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #35
Talk about projection! It sounds like Cheeto is talking about himself! kimbutgar Aug 2016 #5
Yes Donny, we've all seen an unhinged dangerous liar with a bad temperament IronLionZion Aug 2016 #9
Next up . . . Roy Rolling Aug 2016 #10
^^^^ THIS kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #24
LOL sarae Aug 2016 #28
Projection! Too funny...what a loser he is. apcalc Aug 2016 #11
Has this guy ever once talked about policy? llmart Aug 2016 #12
Of course! Build a wall, register Muslims, default on our debt,.... unblock Aug 2016 #26
So true. smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #36
He forgot he was looking in the mirror. Project much? onecaliberal Aug 2016 #13
Kind of a pathetic hit at her. Chicago1980 Aug 2016 #14
Those are just meaningless words he throws around ailsagirl Aug 2016 #16
It's OK ailsagirl - you'll have a little relief with wall-to-wall Olympic coverage spiderpig Aug 2016 #19
Should be interesting ailsagirl Aug 2016 #20
Two things he most assuredly is!! ailsagirl Aug 2016 #15
"No, Trelane." Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2016 #17
Has his head exploded yet? It gets more bizarre every day! LuckyLib Aug 2016 #18
CRAZY DONNIE STRIKES AGAIN. RBInMaine Aug 2016 #21
We've really gotten inside poor Donnie's head bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #22
he gets confused easily when he is standing in front of a mirror and his hair isn't combed. olddad56 Aug 2016 #23
Reading from notes? Actually regretting past mistakes? Bring back Lewandowski!!! Peregrine Took Aug 2016 #25
Dear Benedict Donald: kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #29
He actually had to read his attack words from his notes. Looked down at them at least 4 times. WTF? Native Aug 2016 #31
Yes, a crowd all wearing the ELI Manning 'Derp' face. Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #32
After that oh-so-sincere, read-off-the-page endorsement of Paul Ryan, et al. Paladin Aug 2016 #33
Trump calling Clinton unhinged is like the Joker calling Batman unhinged Rocknrule Aug 2016 #37

trueblue2007

(17,228 posts)
38. he is mentally unbalanced according to many. SHARE THIS ARTICLE ::::
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 03:05 PM
Aug 2016

The Party Of Honest Abe Now Stuck With Dishonest Don
Historians see in Trump the biggest liar in presidential politics. Ever.

~~~~~> MIDWAY DOWN THE ARTICLE:

"Trump’s need to invent facts about his own success appears to be a trait associated with narcissistic personality disorder, according to mental health professionals who have studied his public remarks, with the possibility that the malady may be antisocial personality disorder ― formerly known as sociopathy.

That certainly was the assessment of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R), who, on the day he lost the critical Indiana primary in May, lashed out at Trump’s relationship with facts. “This man is a pathological liar. He doesn’t know the difference between truth and lies,” Cruz said. “I say pathological because I actually think Donald, if you hooked him up to a lie detector test, he could say one thing in the morning, one thing at noon and one thing in the evening, all contradictory. And he’d pass the lie detector test each time. Whatever lie he’s telling, at that minute he believes it.”

Whether Trump’s behavior is actually a sign of mental illness is something only a professional assessment could determine, and it’s unknown whether Trump has ever sought one. His campaign did not respond to queries, and the physician who wrote a letter attesting to Trump’s health ― which closed with the line: “If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency” ― declined to speak to The Huffington Post."


***********BEGINNING FEW PARAGRAPHS ABOUT Trumps Dishonesty.



“In American history, we’ve never had a major presidential candidate who fabricated facts with the regularity of Donald Trump,” said Douglas Brinkley, a history professor at Rice University. “He just simply makes up things.”

In the span of a few days last week, Trump falsely claimed that the NFL had sent him a letter complaining about this autumn’s debate schedule, when in fact it had not. He claimed that the Koch brothers had tried to meet with him about offering their support, when in reality they had no interest in doing so. And, most astonishingly, he claimed he had seen a video showing hundreds of millions of dollars being unloaded from a plane in Iran, fabricating embellishments about the video’s provenance, even after his campaign conceded that no such video existed.

Theda Skocpol, a government and sociology professor at Harvard, agreed that Trump’s dishonesties have set a new standard. “Trump lies constantly and shamelessly. I do think he is in new territory,” she said.


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-historic-liar_us_57a72edce4b03ba680129d06?

Ellen Forradalom

(16,160 posts)
4. Well isn't he just a big ol' projection booth.
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:22 PM
Aug 2016

Projection, one more hallmark of narcissistic personality disorder.

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
7. Trump thinks attacks always work...???always attack
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:24 PM
Aug 2016

He is attacking with manure (his own) and it flies back to him..(too stupid to know it is not wise to do that) or that it is his manure, or even that it has hit him...

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
35. +1000
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 02:44 PM
Aug 2016

The man is completely incapable of seeing his own flaws. Every nasty insult he spits out at others is just a reflection of his own character.

Roy Rolling

(6,918 posts)
10. Next up . . .
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:34 PM
Aug 2016

Trump calls out Clinton for her disparaging remarks to the Gold Star family of Humanyun Khan.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
28. LOL
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 10:23 PM
Aug 2016

I laugh, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear him say that, or to start lambasting her for her "desire to ban all Muslims."

He's one of the most ridiculous people I've ever seen.

llmart

(15,540 posts)
12. Has this guy ever once talked about policy?
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:38 PM
Aug 2016

Or anything of substance? He's like a 10-year old.

All the money in the world hasn't been able to buy him any class or brains.

unblock

(52,253 posts)
26. Of course! Build a wall, register Muslims, default on our debt,....
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 10:13 PM
Aug 2016

That's policy.

Hateful, idiotic policy; but policy nevertheless.

Chicago1980

(1,968 posts)
14. Kind of a pathetic hit at her.
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:45 PM
Aug 2016

When has she ever shown herself to be unhinged?

When has she shown bad temperament?

Whatever.....

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
16. Those are just meaningless words he throws around
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:50 PM
Aug 2016

"unhinged" is two syllables-- I'm surprised, since he tends to favor one-syllable words, whether for his followers' ease of understanding or else because his vocabulary is essentially a hodgepodge of simple words.

It's been hell having him in the news all day every day.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
19. It's OK ailsagirl - you'll have a little relief with wall-to-wall Olympic coverage
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:57 PM
Aug 2016

Uninhabitable Olympic village, collapsing piers, sewage in the water, theft of team property, bribes from the committee...

Me, I'll be streaming Netflix.

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
15. Two things he most assuredly is!!
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 08:47 PM
Aug 2016

From the biggest and most blatant liar I have ever had the misfortune to "know."

And he's not exactly the model for good mental health, either.

Excellent irony, dummy!! (even though you don't know what that is)

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
23. he gets confused easily when he is standing in front of a mirror and his hair isn't combed.
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 09:44 PM
Aug 2016

he starts talking to himself before he realizes he isn't looking at Hillary.

Peregrine Took

(7,415 posts)
25. Reading from notes? Actually regretting past mistakes? Bring back Lewandowski!!!
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 10:06 PM
Aug 2016

At least his numbers went up back then. Manafort? Nope!

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
29. Dear Benedict Donald:
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 11:58 PM
Aug 2016

That person you claim is unbalanced, with a bad temperament, nearly unhinged? That would be a strong, intelligent, educated, experienced adult woman - something you clearly have never had dealings with before.

Get used to it. There are millions more coming down the pipe.

Paladin

(28,265 posts)
33. After that oh-so-sincere, read-off-the-page endorsement of Paul Ryan, et al.
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 11:09 AM
Aug 2016

Spoiled, pouty rich-kid persona on display for all to see. I cleaned up a pile of dog vomit this morning that showed more presidential traits.....

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