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  In that case he needs to be put away.
context: I think his rampant narcissism won't allow him to plead insanity. In his mind, that would be admitting weakness, which I would bet he's damn near physically incapable of.   
  If he DID plead insanity, I would love to hear his follower's reactions and rationalizations. >
  
  First of all.. Texas!
  And I think you laid out why he is insane.
  And his followers would do what any cult members do.. double down. >
  
  They'd say he faked it to get acquitted. These are the same people that said that him cheating on his taxes was smart. >
  
  It wouldn’t have to be faked but no he will never use. He will never believe that he will actually be held responsible for his crimes because he never has been. Also in his mind, I truly believe that he thinks he didn’t do anything wrong. The world exists to serve him >
  
  
  I truly believe that he thinks he didn’t do anything wrong
  
  If that were the case, he wouldn't lie and deny. >
  
  He's not legally insane. He's just an enormous ignorant asshole. >
  
  I think he has personality disorders including a degree of psychopathy and a shit ton of narcissism but that’s not the same thing as insanity. >
  
  Insanity is the inability to tell right from wrong. You don't think you did anything wrong and it doesn't occur to you that others would say you did something wrong, so you don't attempt to hide your crime or lie about it. It's deep psychosis like the woman who beheaded her mother then asked the first responders to revive her. >
  
  Well you can come out of your psychosis and say you didn’t do it and defend yourself. Psychosis isn’t necessarily a continuous and equal state. >
  
  Considering that he claims to have "aced" a mental test with person, man, woman, camera, TV, I don't see that working. >
  
  First test he's ever gotten a gold star on. He should be proud. >
  
  
  "Look, your honor, my client is an idiot, okay?  His sheer stupidity should be counted as a handicap or a disability; how can my client be called 'sane' when he hasn't got the intellect necessary to discern true facts about the world?  He thinks Fox and Friends lives inside his TV, your honor.  I've worked with this man for over eighty hours in preparation for this case and I can tell you right now he hasn't said a single rational thing in that entire time, you'd get more coherent answers from a half a pineapple.  Simply stated, your honor, Mister Trump is a dingus, an absolute rattle head, that gormless, confused expression on his face isn't an act, he has no idea what's going on right now, he'd get trapped inside a one sided paper bag is what I'm saying, he has a gold toilet, your honor.  A gold toilet." >
  
  Ignorant and deluded but not insane. He knew exactly what he was doing in every single one of the myriad crimes he committed or oversaw. >
  
  I think as soon as it looks like he is done they will claim dementia.  He will become the dementia poster boy.  I’m sticking with this scenario. >
  
  I’m sticking with my call.  Man, person, camera, tv…. >
  
  Trump in a padded room or Trump in a cell... >
  
  or fleeing to Russia.  I'm actually ok with that. >
  
  
  or fleeing to Russia. I'm actually ok with that.
  
  I'd be like... SUPER okay with that.  Not only would he not at all end up with the life he would be picturing there, but it might be just about the only thing that would kill the MAGA cult of personality around him.  His brand would become so toxic to Republicans that you would be hard pressed to find people a few years later that were willing to admit that they voted for him. >
  
  
  you would be hard pressed to find people a few years later that were willing to admit that they voted for him
  
  "Well it says here that almost 63 million people voted for him, but I'll be damned if we can track down a single one of 'em, sir" >
  
  His lawyer will make the plea, and a third party physician will make the diagnosis and testify, because Trump himself is incapable of admitting any fault or wrongdoing, due to his condition... >
  
  His ego will not let him go that route >
  
  He is a lot of things as, an idiot savant whose outstanding skill is a feral understanding of human  nature (weaknesses) but he is not insane. Insane people don't get to be US president. Trump's "Big Lie" is no delusion of an addled loser, it's a schtick. >
  
  Meh he can be found guilty and suffer zero consequences.   
  House arrest in your 100 million dollar home in your 80s.  Oh no.  
  Most people that age don’t go out much anyway >
  
  He wouldn't be able to golf.  Sounds perfect. >
  
  Osteoporosis will take care of that soon enough. >
  
  It will be interesting to see how right wingers spin the acceptance of an insanity plea when they have been fighting against that option for decades >
  
  edit: tribe wasn't serious, from his twitter
  
  I obviously wasn’t speaking literally when I tweeted that Trump should plead insanity, but it says quite a lot that some people thought I was
  
  Would never work. I don't want to/am not smart enough to argue with Tribe but then again I didn't see him saying that was a strong defense. If narcissistic personality was enough for an insanity defense there would be no one in prison.
  insanity defense is like you legit think that person is a monster killing your grandmother and you kill the monster, but it is actually a person standing in the street and grandma is long dead. It's a defense that goes to a person's mental state not being capable of being criminally culpable >
  
  Being insane and fucking crazy are two different things. I don't think Trump would ever agree to an insanity defense. The only way this would work is if his family had him committed. Considering how he handled Fred Trump's alzheimer's disease, Trump would never allow this to happen. >
  
  This should nail George Santos?? >
  
  He could plead insanity but it wouldn’t work. 
  There’s no way that the US is going to admit to the world that for four years it allowed a madman to control the US military, along either the Nuclear Deterrent. Not a chance. He might get jailed, banned from public office, exiled, whatever. But NOT as a madman who only just got extracted from the Oval Office! >
  
  Um ok. Then 5150 him for 72 hours like they did me. See how fun it is Donny boy. >
  
  This would to take into account Trump playing along with it. As a proud Stable Genius, i don’t think he would allow the defense. >
  
  Narcissism is not insanity. Being a horrible human is not insanity. He is very much sane. Just an absolutely horrific person. >
  
  I think what happens is the following. the democrats have already enough evidence against trump in many many matters (taxes,6 of January, confidential documents). however they are not pushing it, on purpose. If Trump gets out of the field now, Desantis will run for president and the democrats will encounter a really tough competitor. If they leave it as it is however, Trump will try to run and the republican party will have many internal fights which will weaken them further... >
  
  Wow you know i kinda like that. Let the Republican Party destroy itself. But what if that’s the real plan. Then what happens? These crazy mf’s get to battle it out for whatever psycho second party gets to run against the Dems? Then what happens? We just keep voting dem while this entire process destroys us further and further with endless in fighting and sabotage? It still looks like game over for us. I say you prosecute and convict the motherfucker, Force the Republican Party to get their act together and start working on fixing everything in the country on both sides because they caused this entire Shit show and to stop chasing goddamn looney conspiracies all the time to obstruct the progress of this country and stop being general pieces of garbage. Get rid of all these thirsty nationalist fascist losers…that’s what needs to happen. People need to start looking themselves in the mirror and start helping out. Stop being a piece of Shit and always looking for the easiest way out. Make some sacrifices and compromises. I’m tired of living in such a garbage society >
  
  I generally agree with you. just, what about the democrats, will they bring Biden again,really??He is a smart person...and what the hell,over 80 then? do we want to have a clown show with someone stumbling and not knowing which way to go on a stage or do the democrats finally wake up as well and make space for other well qualified, and energetic candidates...that d the big issue...you can the republican having their fights or not...finally though it s also to bring someone new from the democrats...Biden is much over the peak,he  will sleep in a peace meeting with putin...bring someone new... >
  
  Hey i agree 100% >
  
  No. No he doesn’t get that. He is a sociopathic rapist criminal liar but he’s a sane sociopath. Fuck him >
  
  Sure, put him in an insane asylum for as long as Hinckley was there. Take away his phone and limit his visitors and communication with the outside world. After he has been there for 20 years let him out so he can pursue a music career or whatever. >
  
  Not guilty by reason of insanity would mean he's not able to legally be responsible for his behavior which would be a mess for any contacts he has and his role in his business. Also, not that he'd ever see a jail or treatment center but hospitals full of people too psychotic or impaired to be held accountable for their actions are fairly intense. >
  
  Certainly believable. >
  
  Could you imagine the republican backtracking if he claimed he wasn't mentally fit to be running the country and they all have to decide whether he's a liar or they were following a lunatic?
  It would be beautiful. >
  
  He isn’t crazy or insane, he’s just a criminal who thinks he’s above the law! >
  
  Trump is evil and stupid, but he is not insane. >
  
  I'm pretty sure that Cadet Bonespurs already has a doctor who's willing to pronounce him insane. >
  
  Might make the ‘24 campaign difficult. >
  
  It would explain a great deal but there’s no way he’d allow that. >
  
  No way…trump could never go for that. His ego would not allow it. Also he clean bill of health from the white house doc is oroof he wasnt insane and he was talking about election being stolen and rigged before he became president and 2020-21 was just a continuation of that whole scheme and strategy. He knew what he was doing, hell bannon came out and blatantly stated that that was trumps whole strategy. He said trump would claim the election was stolen and that trump won even if he didn’t win he would just say he won. Roger stone said “Fuck you nope we won too bad” they are the deep state >
  
  So that’s why he released those NFTs.  4-D chess indeed! >
  
  No. Unexceptable. >
  
  There could be no other way to get him away from any communication device. The way they treated Ronald Reagan when he lost his mind. Security details were minimal because he wasn’t going to be going anywhere or talking with anybody. It’s be a twist explaining in the history books that America was led by a crook or a loon. What a sad sad era this was for Americans and America. >
  
  This man would NEVER admit to be mentally ill in a million years!! Even if he knew doing so would keep him out of jail his narcissism would never allow it! >
  
  Would the affluenza defense be his only hope? Is that defense considered precedent? >
  
  If the Twinkie defense worked in the past, I could see something akin to that unfortunately working in his case. >
  
  Incompetency is not the same as insanity. >
  
  I get furious when mass shooters get insanity defense (always deemed sane enough to buy weapons but insane after pulling trigger), but i’d take the insanity defense from Trump. I don’t care what happens to him, I’m over it, he was a goid stress test to our democracy, but truth is we enabled it and allowed it to happen. We need to be better >
  
  I read an interesting one today. Basically his first move is going to be a pocket pardon and we’re going to find out with this SCOTUS if he can even do that and just delay more. >
  
  Look at his pardons. Hes dirty. >
  
  Even he runs with the insanity defence and somehow makes it work.. it should:
  a) result in him being interned in a suitable facility indefinitely
  b) disqualify him from holding office ever again due to lacking the mental capacity to do so
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  All things considered, that's a hefty home goal in comparison to criminal conviction, and potentially worse overall.
  At least with a prison sentence it's possible he could get home detention or some other form of cushy incarceration due to being an ex-president and secret service detail still technically available for protection. Can't exactly have someone in a prison with their own security detail effectively living with them - they aren't designed that way.
  Plus, he can get a pardon for a criminal conviction so it's possible to walk away completely free and clear. Which is better than insanity since as far as I know you can't give a pardon for being declared insane. The only way you get out of that situation is by medical clearance. >
  
  A stable genius could never use an insanity defense, it would be an insult to his ego. >
  
  and sad to say it would make the most sense lol