I'm betting trump*'s insides are just as clenched, inflamed and tense as his outside appearance

[Siwsan]

You don't display that degree of exterior distress without paying an interior price.

[rownesheck]

1. WTF

is with his foldy arms cwybaby crap?! He does that every time he knows some shit he can't control just went down, just like a widdle cwybaby. One of his parents (or both) really did a bang up job destroying him psychologically. Proof that his ass should never be anywhere near anything which requires leadership and decision making. My lord!!! I hate his 30% fan club!!! How do they not see this?! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!!!

[milestogo]

2. He's training up for a cardiac event.

[PearliePoo2]

3. Let's hope the stress (along with Big Macs and ice cream) helps Mother Nature take her toll.

and SOON!

Here...I'm sending early "thoughts and prayers" and "condolences" upon hearing that it was one too many buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken that finally did him in.

[Orsino]

4. Living a lie is hard for most people.

A life of nothing but lies has got to be wearying. There's just so much to remember!

Trump's approach has been outright denial of reality, retreating to generalities and bluster when media bother to question his lies. The constant pretending has left him with little energy for anything else, for which I suppose we should be grateful. If there's a cure for this national ill, it's to get him on the record in a setting with legal consequences for fabrication. A first step will be the deposition of the man who has buried the bodies for this president.

[Dave Starsky]

5. Trump lies as easily as breathing.

Whereas lying brings shame and cognitive dissonance to most people, it's absolutely no problem when you:

1) Are never called out on it.
2) Don't give a fuck.
3) Are too stupid to know what the truth is even if you did want to tell it.

I think Trump just says what he thinks someone wants to hear, regardless of whether there's a grain of truth to it. Unless, of course, he's talking about himself, during which he ALWAYS lies his ass off.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. It would be interesting to hear an in depth psychological

Analysis. He seems to have no moral compass or conscience at all. However he has been aware of what is legally wrong. Cohen has been his fixer for many years. You know what actions are wrong if you know you need a fixer.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. In another milieu he would have been a gangster, albeit an ineffective one.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Can You Imagine Him Going Head To Head With Luciano?

Way too dumb, way too impulsive. Look what happened to Dutch Schultz.

[Orsino]

7. It's the lack of accountability that lets him go on this way.

He grew used to satisfying only the tabloids, by supplying a steady stream (ahem) of fake drama. MSM are unwilling or unable to corral him into a coherent set of questions and answers that would have him contradicting himself in seconds.

"He lies as easily as breathing," indeed, because his whole life has been easy. I think he's also really stupid, and the childish, laughable lies he spouts still must tax him greatly, as we see in his retreat from the duties of his office.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Yup ! he mastered it - surrounding himself with yes men and a congress who

has a vested interest in not ruffling feathers and a press that is just not qualified/capable enough to hold him accountable. They are doing EXACTLY what he wants them to do....looking at the shiny object each day and forgetting about the duller one from yesterday.

How many times have you done this...you hear or think about some appalling thing from a couple weeks ago and think "omg...forgot about that ! Can't believe he is getting away with it."

Perfect example - gun control and students.

[Orsino]

11. I hesitate to credit him with mastering anything...

...when he so clearly has drifted through life, exerting himself only for petty vengeance and sexual assault.

He's no master; he's a pampered princeling who never learned much of anything.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Agree except that he had the ability to learn how to play the game - which IS

something. He learned how to hide bad behavior - whether it's to out-lawyer and delay litigation - like v. State of New Jersey to make a casino tax go away. He learned how to cheat on his wife (wives) and to hire a fixer to make things disappear. I actually believe him when he says he knew nothing about Cohen's deal with Stormy. I can picture it - "You do whatever it takes - and keep me at arms length so I never get in trouble". (he knew not to sign NDA) He probably even had a money handling fixer - don't tell me how you did it - just make sure Cohen's paid when he needs to be paid.

[Orsino]

17. I think he's just thrown money at smarter people to try to make his fuck-ups vanish.

And he keeps fucking up. As a private citizen and as good tabloid fodder, this served him well enough...but nothing seems to have prepared him to withstand presidential scrutiny.

I have never hears him say anything remotely smart that he wasn't reading off a teleprompter. He seems to be incredibly lazy, uneducated and stupid.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Totally agree. How many times have we heard that a Democrat couldn't run

for this or that because they had skeletons. Wonder how many told Trump that - surely some.

If you read Fire and Fury it talks a lot about his dysfunction. Not only can he not read but they don't think he can even skim or follow visual diagrams. Believe it was Mattis, who came in with a chart diagramming the war effort in Afghanistan (Iraq?) - whatever. Trump couldn't follow. When it was over, he wanted him fired. Others told him he is well liked - Trump said, well, ok, just do not ever let him in my office again - way too boring.

[Mariana]

12. Living a lie is easy for people like Trump

as long as everyone either believes the lies or pretends to believe them. It's having the lies exposed and having to pay a price for them that is hard.

[SummerSnow]

9. Sounds like a Big Mac attack

[Achilleaze]

13. Sphincter Shock

[malaise]

15. And that's the good news