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In reply to the discussion: I wish people here would quit with the "diaper Don" comments. [View all]Hekate
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🌸The knowledge of his condition has been available since The Apprentice. My comment upfront: the concern is Mental health of a POTUS and the Dark Triad of psychopathy.
His behavior around his bowel incontinence is not one of self-care or any kind of adult modesty instead it ranges from apparent unawareness to outright aggression, which are traits of infancy and toddlerhood. Anyone who has potty-trained toddlers knows this behavior and normal people outgrow it.
The real issue is his mental health, which now includes dementia and imperils all of us. Psychiatrists & psychologists have been warning anyone who would listen for many years. In his case, his behavior around his bowel incontinence is but one manifestation, shown in his attitude toward others.
You and other DUers are dealing with health challenges as best you can. The rest of us are dealing with a would-be dictator who has convinced enough followers that he is a demi-god and enough oligarchs that it is to their advantage to back him, that he may well become that dictator.
Which is to say it isnt about you, its about bringing down the demi-god and dictator.
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The term Dark Triad refers to a trio of negative personality traitsnarcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathywhich share some common malevolent features. The construct was coined by researchers Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dark-triad#
Noel Casler of The Apprentice:
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https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/18sa3cl/whats_going_on_with_trump_and_diaperssmells/
Answer: The comic Noel Casler worked on Celebrity Apprentice for six seasons. Unlike his colleagues, Casler thwarted his nondisclosure agreement, enabling him to tell us what he witnessed over his time working on set in close proximity to Trump:
He's [Trump] incontinent from all the speed, all the Adderall he does, the cocaine that he has done for decades. All that stuff has a laxative effect on your bowels and his are uncontrollable.
Casler said that Trump has been wearing 'diapers since probably the 90s'. Adding that they often had to stop the show in order for Trump to change his diaper, Casler said that Keith Schiller's job was to take Trump offset and wipe him down. "Our nickname for Keith was wet wipes."
Casler added that Trump does it and he almost sits there unaware of it, and one time he saw Ivanka have to kind of go whisper in his ear and then Keith came and took him offstage.
Trump not cleaning himself when changing out Depends, it is because he wears a hard plastic girdle and he doesn't have the freedom of movement. It's why you see him turn his body from the waist so strangely when standing.
He would soil himself often after flying into a rage and cursing out the Script Dept because he couldnt read a word. One time there was the word 'arbitrage' on a cue card and he freaked out and started screaming that the script department was setting him up then very loudly evacuated his bowels and you could smell it.
I should also mention that Casler originally came out about this in 2019 (around the start of the pandemic), but the story was mostly buried. This discourse was reignited by a recent tweet from former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger:
Im genuinely surprised how people close to Trump havent talked about the odor. Its truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can.
Google 'noel casler trump' and you will find even more Casler interviews on YouTube. There are too many to post here.
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To prove the audio isn't doctored I'm also linking the full press conference from CSPAN's view and the same conference from PBS's view.
(End Reddit quote go there for live links)