There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.

He is an agent of chaos, driven by greed.
- I thought his name was Vladimir.

Everything he does makes sense if he’s a Russian asset intent on destroying the US.

Nothing he says or does makes any sense and he has millions of enablers.

Calling him insane absolves him of responsibility. He's a narcissistic, cruel, racist, sexist, abuser, and bully, to name a few. Everything he's doing, he's doing simply because he can, because he's greedy and uncaring, and because people were mean to him or weren't obsequious enough to him.
- Came here to say this. He's totally sane, that's part of the fucking problem. He's just a monster and yet he's worshipped by so many. Working for him must be horrible even at distance.
- He's also a traitor.
- All those things are insane acts to do as a rational person, rather.

Insane? I don't think so. I'd call him a dangerously self-centered narcissist. (The redundancy is intentional to stress the extreme amplitude of his self-serving attitude and behaviors)

Nah he's a Russian agent. Ask what a Russian agent who became president would do differently then what he's done so far this time around. He got the get out of jail free card from scotus... Now it's a free for all to see how much damage he can do

Nah he's a cunt

Maybe I’m going on a rant today; but a big problem too is that many of his critics still somewhat normalize him, because of his office and unconscious respect given to that.
I understand his followers and the billionaire controlled press do pretend this is all too sane and normal. And they have their reasons for that.
But to treat him as anything else but a dangerous, perhaps lethal, clown is a horrible mistake that maybe cannot be undone later.
People often speak of former governments being supported by those who obey authority too much; and this is yet another example, even by many of the critics of such governance. Who will still legitimatize this in some way. No good will happen is such criticism does not change
- Fully agree. I hate these clickbait articles that for example say“Here is why Trump wants to annex Canada as the 51st state” to proceed explaining me about Canada’s strategic location and it’s mineral resources.
  No Trump does not have a rational idea about why he wants to annex Canada, beyond “it looks nice on the map”, and all the mineral wealth in the world does not make up for the cost of antagonising your closest ally.
  These ideas are all completely bonkers. You may have discovered a rational justification, but 1. Trump is not a rational actor, and 2. The justification is always insufficient to cover the damage it does to the US, and the world.
  
  I mean just watching him talk about the "Gulf of America" provides enough proof to me that you're right. He spent the entire time talking about how beautiful the name was or whatever. He doesn't have a greater purpose in mind. He's a criminal nutjob handed the keys to the presidency at the most dangerous time to do that in the history of the republic. For all of this bullshit about the land of the free, it certainly doesn't seem like anyone's free to criticize his lunatical actions as the obvious chin dribble they are either.
- Been saying this for awhile. The media created this monster and has continually bolstered a better reputation for him than he deserves. I've no doubt this man has physical and mental ailments that absolutely compromise his ability to hold office, and probably has for some time. Unless someone in the know speaks up we'll probably just have to wait for him to keel over and die to know for sure.
  
  People in the know have spoken up. They get ignored.
  Short of Putin deciding he's done with him, nothing will change.
- Eh, there can be as many theories and rational thoughts as possible but the fact remains that Americans are passive, nothing will change and the people taking action know this. They just pushed full steam ahead and there's almost no resistance. The people who are already in government and stand to lose power are doing what they can to fight but the general population is just online sending crying emojis, repeating their latest buzzwords (did "a suit without a man" fade away yet?) and getting their feelings of accomplishment online.
  It's bizarre to see a country like the USA be so passive. Absolutely amazing.
  
  It comes from being overworked and spending their entire adult lives in hierarchical organizations where there is no justice. They're used to being at the mercy of asshole bosses and they've never seen examples of people successfully pushing back. This is learned helplessness. And if you look at posts here, too many of them express that same defeatist sentiment.
  
  I used to see many people socializing outside: adults and kids. Now, 4 decades later I only see kids under 12 hang outside. I noticed people from Europe coming here expressing surprise of streets empty of pedestrians.
  At the same time, I witnessed less places and businesses where people can be together, less attendance at both bars, school sports and churches - and the decline of local politics, grassroots and community activism.
  I can’t help but think all these are related to what you say here

If we stop thinking about what what he is doing from a "he thinks this good for the country" viewpoint and start thinking about it from a "he thinks this is good for Donald Trump" viewpoint it all makes sense.
- My particular flavor of that is he realizes he was going to prison or worse based on all the legal proceedings against him. The only way to prevent that was to become president and redirect the DOJ. He was desperate.
  Now, his goal is to remain president because if he loses office, he'll be prosecuted again, at least at the state level where he can't self-pardon. Therefore he will do literally anything to remain in the presidency until he dies. I think that's his plan and nothing else really matters to him.
  What follows from that is he needs enough people around him to support the plan until he can disarm any part of the government that would remove him from office. He's willing to do anything Musk wants because Musk demonstrated that Musk will dump a practically unlimited amount of money into any political race as needed, and Trump needs that to hold Congressional seats and eventually governorships and state legislatures.
  The rest of it is Trump playing out his vindictive nature, the side effect being the fewer people in government, the more likely they're able to maintain control, perhaps by suspended elections, martial law, etc.
  There's going to be plenty of unemployed people in DC with time on their hands. We'll see if that turns into a situation like the Bonus Army.
- It isn't even that. He is just going senile and is surrounded by a bunch opportunists and basically just repeats whatever the last person said to him. The increasing simple (it was Always simple but seems to be getting worse) language he uses sounds like someone with dementia if you have ever encountered someone with it.
  
  He reminds me of my great-great-aunt when she was towards the end. I wonder when he'll fall off his bed and start flat lining?

btw trump doesn't come up with these ideas himself; he has thinktanks and conservative thought leaders giving him ideas and suggestions.

Don’t characterize him as insane. Characterize him and his ilk as calculated psychopaths. Do not let them get away with an insanity defense at the next Nuremberg Trials.
- Dementia, insanity and morally devoid are not mutually exclusive you can indeed be a demented psychopath who happens to be devoid of morality and potentially insane.

Fuck off with this shit! Trump isn't insane; he's dangerous and we will lose and die if we keep underestimating him!
- It's possible to be insane and also very dangerous. Consider Stalin or Hitler.
- Being insane and dangerous aren't mutually exclusive.
  The complete absence of accountability and the power he has makes his insanity more dangerous, not less.

I keep seeing opinion pieces like this, but I remain unconvinced. Sure, if his sincerely held intention was to do anything at all positive for the US and its allies, his actions would read as insane. But if he actively, deliberately desires to harm and destabilize both, then he's going about it the right way. Screw Hanlon's razor: stupidity is inadequate to explain any of this.
- I couldn't give a shit about his motivations. I want him held accountable for the damage he's done.
- I'm too stupid to get in trouble needs to stop being a get out jail free card.
- If he just wanted to destroy the US, he'd be more subtle about it. I'm not saying he doesn't want to do that, but he's simply incapable of doing anything well. He's as comically unqualified for the job as it's possible to be. Literally any person, animal or inanimate object could do a better job than him.
  
  If he just wanted to destroy the US, he'd be more subtle about it.
  (Emphasis mine)
  Like hell! That fucker is literally incapable of being subtle!!
  No. Fuck no, in fact. He's not calling the shots. Whether he's suffering from dementia or not, he's a fucking idiot. His craven levels of stupidity also happen to reinforce his malignant narcissism, but that's a whole other thing.
  No, he's intentionally not being subtle to run our faces in it, even though it's extremely doubtful he even understands that there's a master plan. In fact, he's probably at least dimly aware that Daddy Putin has a plan, but he doesn't care cause now he gets to be king.
  Point is, he's both malicious and dumber than a bag of rocks.
  
  If he just wanted to destroy the US, he’d be more subtle about it.
  Why should he bother being subtle? Fucking look around! Do you really think his current strategy isn't working well enough?!

No, he's following orders from Putin
- Putin actually struggles to predict the actions of Trump’s administration, which complicates ties.
  Trump approved of two major arms sales to Ukraine during his last presidency. The latter sale in spring 2018 even included Javelin anti-tank missiles. Even Obama refused to conduct such action against Putin. The Trump administration even trained Ukrainian troops.
  Putin doesn’t control Trump.
  Or to quote someone else,
  “He's arrogant, he won't listen to anyone, he doesn't know how to make a deal, and tries to cover up his shortcomings and insecurities by lying about everything. He's a petulant ten year old.
  The Russians have know this for years. They've known about him ever since the Brighton Beach crowd started going to Atlantic City to launder their money in his casinos, where they saw how dependent Trump was on their business.”
  
  they [The Russians] saw how dependent Trump was on their business
  Exactly.

He's doing exactly what Putin wants.
- And Putin wants chaos in the West.

I keep reminding everyone that wants to have this debate .... Trump is already a known idiot
The insane ones are the American government and it's people who just passively accept all this and a good percentage even join in on it.
Trump is indeed insane ... but he is only the fine tip of a nation of insane people.
- Microplastics making everyone dumber I bet.

Specifically, is a narcissist and a a psychopath.

he’s “boiling the frog” too quickly, which will lead to Vance using the 25th to “restore normalcy” allowing MAGA to continue destroying the country, just a little more quietly.
- Nope, no one in the Republican party has the balls to do it and why would they when Trump is giving them everything they want? There's no going back now, he broke rules that weren't made to be broken. Also in case you forgot NOTHING a Alzheimer's president does is illegal now. We have lost any sort of way of getting rod of him because our entire country is spineless.
  
  Dementia, not alzheimers. And there's definitely still a way to get rid of him.
- There's no normal, and there never was.
  Trump is doing exactly what the people who put him there want him to do. Imagine you wanted to rob a bank, and you managed to acheive the ability to unlease Godzilla on the city. He'll knock the bank building down, opening the vault for you to plunder, and keep emergency services too busy to stop you. You could loot the entire city, and when it's over, buy the decimated land for cheap and get the government to pay you to rebuild it. There's literally no downside to you, because all the harm is done to other people.

Doesn't take a genus to figure a method or motivation for that matter.
WWPW: what would putin want.
That simple. Burn the country down and sell the ashes. Burn bridge's with old allies while forging alliance's with our old enemies. Solidify fascistic oligarchy at all costs, retain power.

I can't read the article. I'm sure Trump has mental issues, but he's got an entire cabinet, other advisors, and a shadow president behind him. There are reasons behind what they're doing.

25th Amendment, babe.
- That's as high a bar as impeachment. It won't happen. They'll keep him on even if he's in a coma.
- And who's going to enact that? They all fully support him.