Those close to Donald Trump fear the former president “may have legit PTSD” from the assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally last month.

That’s according to a Vanity Fair report published Wednesday that claimed those in Trump’s inner circle have noticed that he’s become fixated on a seven-second clip that shows the moment he nearly lost his life.

“He’s been watching that seven-second clip of how close he was to getting shot right in the head—over and over and over again,” said a Republican close to the campaign, reported Vanity Fair.

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PTSD is serious and difficult to live with and I feel sorry for anyone who has it. Not really something to joke about.

I would be freaked out too if I almost got assassinated. He is a human being.

I don’t want him to be president. But that doesn’t change my basic humanity for the victim of a crime.

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29 points

I have PTSD. I have zero sympathy for him. I hope he suffers even more than me.

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Well, you can have PTSD and be a dick, both are possible.

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30 points

I just don’t believe in well-wishing to actively malicious literal Nazi fucks. Guess that’s radical.

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15 points

Where is Trump’s basic humanity for all the people he’s hurt?

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14 points

The amount of trauma this man has created for others, it makes me want Hell to be real. I hope this incident completely unravels him.

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8 points

nah, no sympathy. most people with ptsd probably didn’t fuck around like there are no consequences for your actions. this fucker deserves every bad thing that is coming to him, including finding out that he is hated and people want him dead.

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Are we absolutely sure about that human thing? Color me skeptical.

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He is a human being.

I have real trouble with this. He seems to lack any kind of human qualities - no empathy, no wit or warmth.

If someone ripped his orange mask off, Scooby Doo style, and it revealed some kind of mindless racist/sexist slur and weak-insult spouting robot underneath, I think it would explain a lot.

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We see his public facing persona. It says things that are more or less within the realm of normal for most of society.

I bet when he is with the wealthy follks the real Don comes out. Says things that rich and wealthy want to hear, akin to agenda 2025 but more focused on poors being confined while they still get to break laws.

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6 points

Agreed with what you said, but nah, fuck him.

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4 points

Nah, fuck him. I’m just worried it’ll make him more erratic.

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I would be freaked out too if I almost got assassinated. He is a human being.

Donald Dump is an especially self absorbed human being so he almost surely freaked out even more than a normal person would.

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