re: #156 freetoken

Trump is not dumb, unlike some may portray him. He’s just ultra-narcissistic so when he speaks in public everything has to be about himself. His low language skills in public-speaking are, I think, in part an act, as he knows his marks are among the least educated of the populace.

No, must disagree. He’s also dumb. Fundamentally incurious about any aspect of the world outside of himself. His low language skills appear genuine, rather than an act, since he doesn’t display any greater command when speaking to a more educated audience. He hasn’t used any part of his conscious mind to consider anything other than his own howling need for approval for so long that the things we would normally consider to be normal cognitive functions have atrophied.

To be honest, I almost consider that he might qualify for innocence by virtue of mental defect - perhaps not legally, but functionally. I genuinely believe that he doesn’t have the capacity to tell right from wrong, which might be pitiable in another person, but since he is sociopathic, this manifests in a profound cruelty and inability to tell when others are in pain, other than a vague sense of mental pleasure at the thought of inflicting it. I do believe he doesn’t think anything he’s done is wrong, because it wouldn’t occur to him that breaking the law, if indeed he even knows what the law is, or purposely hurting people might be wrong.