Indeed.Tannin wrote:Bullshiite, David. That is 100% pure bullshite.
There was every reason possible to doubt the word of a serial liar, and a serial liar claiming something electorally very convenient to himself.
Believing Trump prior to seeing reliable, fact-based evidence to support his claim would be really, really, really dumb. Thankfully, most of us here are smart enough to realise this, and we suspended judgement pending actual evidence.
(Trump's unsupported tweet isn't ever evidence of anything.)
Note also that now the evidence is tricking in, it is full of lies and contradictions. Even his bloody doctor lies.
Clearly, the only rational position here is to not trust any word or demonstration by a narcissism-driven psychopath surrounded by paid professional liars in the most powerful office on the planet. The logic here is not even slightly complicated.
As warned, and as shown but five minutes later with the layers of deceit about his condition, everything Trump says is either a lie or embedded in a constellation of obfuscating lies. Even the truths of the malignant narcissist serve only the purpose of manipulation, as nothing said or done by such people is ever genuine.
David, you underestimate the pathology; perhaps you can't countenance that some people are so mentally ill their entire psychiatry is geared to manipulation and deceit. Everything else is superfluous. Such people can even simulate empathy and concern because they've learned that these too can serve them.
There is nothing worth bearing with here, Skywalker, and no level of even-handedness, normalisation or minimisation that can turn this reckless farce into something less dangerous and costly for the planet ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S3BD-uFl7M ).
This is a horror show from start to finish despite its comedic elements, and like Afghanistan and Iraq needed to be stopped in its tracks a long time ago.