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Seems like trump has been a bit calmer the past few days (Original Post) mucifer Aug 2016 OP
Meds ? CentralMass Aug 2016 #1
Thats my thinking too Lebam in LA Aug 2016 #7
My thought as well. Particularly when he was reading his script. politicaljunkie41910 Aug 2016 #12
He didn't WANT to commit it to memory. He wanted it to be 100% clear that he tblue37 Aug 2016 #21
LMAO sarae Aug 2016 #31
Carson is sharing. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2016 #24
Somebody probably got to him, but I doubt this subdued behavior will last Siwsan Aug 2016 #2
Nope rjsquirrel Aug 2016 #3
I hear he's busy watching the Olympics. Unfortunately, he'll be back. SaveOurDemocracy Aug 2016 #4
Yes. You missed his comment on the Japanese Generic Brad Aug 2016 #5
Has he lashed out at Tibetans yet? thucythucy Aug 2016 #37
Took away his meth katsy Aug 2016 #6
Horse trancs work. Better living through chemistry. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2016 #8
Watching the Olympics, huh? He's probably chastened Hortensis Aug 2016 #9
He was told to keep the hate focused on Hillary, but he's back to hitting back @anyone and everyone Native Aug 2016 #10
Not really. For now, he is focusing his hatred on Hillary Clinton, Mass Aug 2016 #11
He switched to Quaaludes. nt DURHAM D Aug 2016 #13
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No doubt! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2016 #26
Time for mercuryblues Aug 2016 #14
It really doesn't take much at all... sarae Aug 2016 #32
Give it a day or two - he will strike back on the Melania/immigration story and blame Clinton for it yellowcanine Aug 2016 #15
We need Elizabeth Warren. ReformedGOPer Aug 2016 #16
It never lasts Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #17
Catching you up: Hillary is 'weak' 'unstable' 'unhinged' 'brainwashed' 'Monster' emulatorloo Aug 2016 #18
Maybe they gave him a dose or two of thorazine, but he won't take it consistently. kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #19
Every time Trump speaks, his polls go down axiom3 Aug 2016 #20
The MSM considers just LITERALLY demonizing Clinton a WIN JCMach1 Aug 2016 #22
We don't want calm ailsagirl Aug 2016 #23
Comrade Melania gave him an injection as he slept. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #25
Someone took him aside for a heart to heart talk DFW Aug 2016 #27
I think his handler scared him into a moment of partial sanity. napi21 Aug 2016 #28
Somebody else was doing the tweeting the last few days. The_Casual_Observer Aug 2016 #29
The quiet won't last DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #30
rump enid602 Aug 2016 #33
Not really. He's been focusing his hate on Hillary instead of grieving Muslim parents pnwmom Aug 2016 #34
He's in a box. He has to be crazy angry white guy to keep his base. BlueStreak Aug 2016 #35
He has been saying INSANE things about Hillary Clinton, callinger her a "monster"... HE IS NUTS!! RBInMaine Aug 2016 #36

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
12. My thought as well. Particularly when he was reading his script.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:43 PM
Aug 2016

There was nothing in those endorsements which any teeny, tiny competent person running for national office couldn't have committed to memory. I.e. I endorse Paul Ryan. Paul's a great guy. Great guy. I endorse John McCain. I endorse Ayott.

If he continues on this path, I'm going to make an anonymous call to Adult Protective Services.

tblue37

(65,340 posts)
21. He didn't WANT to commit it to memory. He wanted it to be 100% clear that he
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 06:33 PM
Aug 2016

was being forced to endorse them and did not mean a word of it. He wasnted His "endorsement" to be worse than not endorsing, so the establishment Republicans would learn their lesson and not try to rein him in and control him.

Undoubtedly his passive-aggressive performance seriously ticked off the GOP honchos, and they might have responded with credible threats to disavow him altogether and run fierce ads against him. That would rein him in for a short while, but he is like a Tourette's sufferer. If he can't express his tics, they build up to the point where they suddenly explode in a frantic flurry. He will be back, and when he returns we will see just such a flurry of tweet-tics or comments in interviews or at rallies.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
31. LMAO
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:16 PM
Aug 2016

I think you should place that anonymous call - I'm worried, too...


Seriously, how pathetic is it when his family/the GOP are ecstatic that he's gone a day without shitting his pants?

Siwsan

(26,261 posts)
2. Somebody probably got to him, but I doubt this subdued behavior will last
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:16 PM
Aug 2016

After he gets over his pout, he will probably return to daily spewing of the ridiculous.

 

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)
3. Nope
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:16 PM
Aug 2016

Last night he called Hillary "unhinged" and a "monster" and said disparaging racist things about the Japanese.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
5. Yes. You missed his comment on the Japanese
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:18 PM
Aug 2016

Just when you think there is no one for him to lash out at and alienate, he comes up with another,

thucythucy

(8,050 posts)
37. Has he lashed out at Tibetans yet?
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:00 PM
Aug 2016

Also, the good citizens of Peru haven't yet received a Trump shout out.

Then again, it's three months until the election so he has time to run down the list.

I mean, surely Madagascar cannot have escaped his notice.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. Watching the Olympics, huh? He's probably chastened
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:32 PM
Aug 2016

also by the reaction to his running amok after the discipline of the convention. This is becoming a pattern. After this controlled period, he'll probably break out and be himself again, but maybe not so bad for a while. He understands he's in trouble.

His disorder tells him he's right about everything and, because he can't think and feel like normal people, he only knows he's seriously violated social norms when reaction comes from outside his circle of sycophants. And this is the first time in his life that every stupid and astonishingly ignorant thing he says is broadcast for immediate national reaction.

Native

(5,942 posts)
10. He was told to keep the hate focused on Hillary, but he's back to hitting back @anyone and everyone
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:34 PM
Aug 2016

His latest tweet:

I see where Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore is pushing Crooked hard. Look at the job she has done in Baltimore. She is a joke!

Mass

(27,315 posts)
11. Not really. For now, he is focusing his hatred on Hillary Clinton,
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:38 PM
Aug 2016

so reporters call that being more focused, but his tweets are still weird, simply more on target.

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
14. Time for
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 04:20 PM
Aug 2016

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to give another speech. That should set him off. It honestly doesn't take much to get him digging again.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
32. It really doesn't take much at all...
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:20 PM
Aug 2016

I'm thinking it's about time for the next person to start poking at him. I wonder who's next in the cue?

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
15. Give it a day or two - he will strike back on the Melania/immigration story and blame Clinton for it
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 04:24 PM
Aug 2016

Count on it.........3...2...1.....

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
17. It never lasts
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 04:36 PM
Aug 2016

He has had times where he seems to ease up on the crazy behavior for a few days before going full on batshit again.

emulatorloo

(44,120 posts)
18. Catching you up: Hillary is 'weak' 'unstable' 'unhinged' 'brainwashed' 'Monster'
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 05:23 PM
Aug 2016

That was Friday, I beleive there's some new stuff today.

Trump Says Clinton Is a ‘Monster’
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2348384

 

axiom3

(54 posts)
20. Every time Trump speaks, his polls go down
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 05:55 PM
Aug 2016

Part of the reason why Trump seemed to be competitive during July is due to Clinton's email controversy, and the fallout over the DNC leaks. Of course, after the disastrous RNC, along with the relatively successful DNC, as well as the ongoing Khan controversy where Trump couldn't stop talking out of his ass, Trump's support plummeted significantly, while HRC got a major boost.

The debates between Clinton and Trump will probably finish off Donald's campaign for good. After all, Trump chickened out of debating Sanders, and will probably crumble when debating Hillary.

DFW

(54,370 posts)
27. Someone took him aside for a heart to heart talk
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 08:41 PM
Aug 2016

Upon finding that he HAD no heart, they obviously injected him with some strong sedative or something. It'll wear off soon enough.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
28. I think his handler scared him into a moment of partial sanity.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 08:42 PM
Aug 2016

Probably by showing him the latest polls. I don't think he really wanted to win the Presidency when he jumped into this race, but now that he's the Pub candidate, he can't stand the thought of losing. Fortunately, I don't think this calmness will last. It's just not HIM!

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
30. The quiet won't last
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 08:54 PM
Aug 2016

He listens to his handlers for a few days, and then there he goes, off to the motormouth races.

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
34. Not really. He's been focusing his hate on Hillary instead of grieving Muslim parents
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:41 PM
Aug 2016

or other R's -- so the media haven't been writing as many articles about how nuts he is.

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