Quote from: TwitchySeal on April 29, 2020, 04:59:07 PM

Quote from: Spendulus on April 29, 2020, 03:43:48 PM

Quote from: TwitchySeal on April 29, 2020, 12:07:23 PM

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My TDS makes me think Trump says whatever he thinks will make him look good (or his opponents look bad) with very little regard for the truth. Even at White House Press briefings during a national crisis.....

I don't think it's that calculated or cunning. Perhaps it's more like a very brilliant but half autistic person that blurts things out sometimes. I'm okay with that because I have had the privilege of working with several scientists who were somewhat similar, and know the personality profile.

Anyway, it's certainly not the sort of cold, calculated lying such as that by Hillary on say Bengazi, in which there's total disregard for the deaths of innocent people.

When he brags about how smart he is...do you believe him?

He said this recently while touring the CDC:

"You know, my uncle was a great person. He was at MIT. He taught at MIT for, I think, like a record number of years. He was a great super genius. Dr. John Trump.
I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of these doctors said, How do you know so much about this? Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for President.
But you know what? What theyve done is very incredible. I understand that whole world. I love that world. I really do. I love that world."

With my TDS it's very clear he really wants people to think that he is so intelligent that he's basically and expert in most things. We've seen him do some version of that quote with all sorts of subjects: cannons on an air craft carrier, foreign relations with NK, Global Pandemics, doesn't matter. And it's not just him saying those things. He will contradict an expert like Faucci or the head of CDC on how viruses work right in front of them while the country watches.

I'm assuming this is most likely true, as I can see Trump saying it, but can we have a link here to this quote? Kinda just want to read / watch this interview and see went on here.

Personally I think that everyday people have taken watch to this too and have compared Trump to other public officials who are doing a much better job during these press briefings. I'd have to point to someone like Andrew Cuomo, who I hate on a policy side of things, but I do think he does great at explaining things in a press briefing and has done pretty well for NY. Trump needs to take a step back and leave it to the public health experts, or just stick to the script that's given to you by the experts / advisors.

Public support for the Trump response is pretty bad, they've really got to change something big to help him out.