Not everybody can dig holes without using a shovel, so there’s that …
He didn’t say it. He bragged about it. On national television. In front of more than 80 million people.
He will now compare this non-denial denial with “it depends on what the definition of Is is”.
Come on guys, you’re not being fair.
Let’s hold off on the interpretations until he finishes auditing… his own words.
There’s a checklist: Are the lies chronic? Frequent? Easily disprovable? Do they provide no benefit? If the answers are yes, you’ve got a symptom of mental illness going on.
Seeing you write that down, I am reminded of symptoms of addiction. Aren’t those typical—even signature—signs?
Based on Trump’s own logic, either he didn’t pay taxes or he isn’t smart. Which one is it, Donald?
That I’m not sure of. I believe I’ve read that deception is a common thing with addicts but don’t hold me to it. I’m totally agnostic about that cocaine business if that’s what you’re alluding to. The tub I’m thumping, as an amateur enthusiast, is that Trump’s an obvious malignant narcissist. This pattern of lying is strongly associated with that.
Nice !
And if elected and following his example then who would pay their taxes? Have we added megalomaniac to his list of mental problems?
He will be asked directly if he pays federal income taxes, and if yes, at approximately what level. Then you’ll see some squirming.
I think his mental illness (and yeah, its that) goes beyond just lying. It’s become clear to most sentient beings that Rump cannot accept ANY form of reality other than the one that he creates. If he’s sitting on a chair, he could easily say that he’s sitting on an elephant with no problem. He believes it and that’s all that matters,
LiVe in the MoMent, libTard. stop dwelling on the wordS that camE out of his MoUth in the past. Anyway HitlarY murdered Benghazi in her emAil Shredding machine. Where is the emails?
I’d add “complete inability to stop himself from blurting out lies even if the consequences are consistently negative” to your excellent checklist, Matt. Absolutely no self-control.
I believe there are somewhere around 80 million viewers who heard him admit it?
Trump is much worse than a malignant narcissist–although that’s bad enough in a public person. He’s a psychopath. And not the good kind.
His mike was broken !
But he couldn’t say that he’s sitting on a donkey, because then he’d be a Democrat.
(Come to think of it, shouldn’t the Democratic Party sue him for defamation? He’s giving such a bad name to asses.)
I read yesterday (somewhere, sorry I can’t recall where…) that the 80 million number didn’t yet include PBS or C-SPAN numbers, or the various youtube channels that streamed the debate. Nor did it account for the number of people who watched on a single TV. Am guessing the actual number is well over 100 million.