What if Trump acting more and more unhinged is deliberate?

[Desert grandma]

I wonder if internal polls show the Orange Maggot that he is losing in the critical states, and that the only reason it is showing that it is close is the abundance of right wing biased polls that are included in the averages? If that is true, then it would not surprise me if he has a strategy Plan B to demonstrate that he is mentally ill in order to avoid prison time after he loses? I mean, would we really incarcerate a mentally ill man with beginning dementia in prison? I bet he doesn't think so. He may not be smart, but he is cunning. Anyway, it is an interesting thought because he seems to be behaving more unhinged every day.

[Probatim]

1. I think he knows the plan is for Vance to replace him via the 25th Amendment.

So there's no fire in his belly.

That and the elevator doesn't quite make it to the penthouse.

[democratsruletheday]

3. Exactly, you can SEE him losing his shit

more and more by the day. Fucker needs to lose and lose bigly.

[GoodRaisin]

12. I don't think so. He knows prosecution and perhaps prison await him

unless he is President.

I believe he just plans to steal the election and declare himself Dick Tater.

[Probatim]

13. Maybe he knows it's the 25th or prison? Either way, he's fucked.

[CrispyQ]

2. His ego would never let him look stupid or foolish. -nt

[SeanHG]

4. Oiy!

Everyone thinks Pervert Hoover plays some 4-dimension chess with the American public.

He's an octogenerian narcissistic grifter, nothing more. Cunning? Maybe in his younger days, but now it's the fight of a trapped hyena.

Please don't attribute intelligence to this half-wit. He only LOOKS smart because his base is so incandescently stupid.

[slumcamper]

5. More inclined to think the GOP has a plan to steal it all via the House certification.

The role of the House in certifying the Electoral College vote--moreover, whether Speaker "MAGA Mike" Johnson will do so--will be the determinant. TFG's cavalier antics suggest he is not the least worried about losing. or that he is confident the fix is in place.

[TBF]

6. Yes - and probably has worked out his exit plan

It's pretty apparent that Shady Vance & Project 2025 are the Republican plan for this country.

[surfered]

7. A friend also promoted this theory.

If he wins the election, a newly appointed compliant Attorney General makes the Federal cases go away, but not the state cases. There is more incentive to win.

However, if he thinks he’s losing the election, he may be laying groundwork for an insanity offense to avoid continued prosecution or actual jail time, getting some sort of supervised house arrest.

But the courts won’t just take his word for it. There will be evaluations by medical professionals.

I believe he is actually suffering from some sort of cognitive decline. His narcissism has forced him to project intelligence, a stable genius. It also prevents him from being managed by some else’s advice or plan.

He’s always had these psychological issues, but with age, they’re getting worse. My hope is that voters get to see it before the election.

[ZonkerHarris]

8. I'll let him off the hook when he starts wandering around Maralago in his bathrobe like an old gangster.

[FrankBooth]

9. Any theory that he is purposefully tanking the election for some other end is silly

The answer is a lot simpler. He's 'behaving more unhinged every day' because he is unhinged, and has been for some time. The mental capacity is diminished, there's no diabolical plan. He's a 78-yo grifter who has gotten away with shock tactics and media manipulation his entire adult life. He senses it all slipping away so he's throwing some red meat to his loyalists, and since they are a bunch of racist assholes, he says racist asshole things. There's nothing tactical or magical about it.

[Patterson]

10. "Medical professionals" will be ringers.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

11. I have started thinking this exact same thing!

I think he knows he's toast!

There's no country to flee too when surrounded by Secret Service.

[chowder66]

14. Vincent Gigante, The 'Oddfather' Mob Boss Who Pretended To Be Crazy

For nearly 30 years, Genovese crime boss Vincent Gigante pretended to be mentally ill to avoid prison. And it almost worked.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/vincent-gigante

We all know how much Trump loves the mob.