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Trump signs executive order to bring back mental institutions
notthebee.com ^ | Jan 21, 2026 | Dr. Jones

Posted on 01/21/2026 10:58:30 AM PST by V_TWIN

In a blow to liberals everywhere, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to bring back insane asylums and mental institutions.

President Donald Trump revealed that he had signed an Executive Order to bring back mental institutions and mental asylums, stressing the importance of getting 'people off the streets.'

During a press briefing on Tuesday, Trump highlighted the accomplishments of his administration.

'[I] Signed an executive order to bring back mental institutions and insane asylums,' Trump said. 'We're going to have to bring them back. Hate to build those suckers, but you've got to get the people off the streets.'

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To: V_TWIN
Trump will be long out of office way before even one new mental institution opens its doors. If a democrat gets in the WH this would be canceled immediately anyway. This problem was brought to us by liberals and it will remain because of liberals.
21 posted on 01/21/2026 11:24:48 AM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: ansel12
The last bill JFK signed was to empty the state mental hospitals and to try and federalize mental health.

Ver much like today's immigration dilemma: la-la landers want them to be treated kindly, no policing or harshness, just community niceness and understanding... accommodate their special needs. It'll all be fine.

22 posted on 01/21/2026 11:29:52 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: Bullish

You know Trump should just put out a message: “It is dangerous to jump off cliffs”, and that would be the end of the democrat lemmings...


23 posted on 01/21/2026 11:30:33 AM PST by aklurker
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To: V_TWIN
So-called "liberals" have managed to convince millions of morons that mental illness is merely a variation of normal and doesn't really exist.

We can start back on the road to honesty and sanity by acknowledging that gender dysphoria, including homosexuality and transexuality, is a mental illness. It is a reaction to injury resulting in a malfunction of the human reproductive system, just as kidney disease is a malfunction of the excretory system, heart disease a malfunction of the cardiovascular system, etc., all reactions to injury.

24 posted on 01/21/2026 11:31:47 AM PST by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
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To: V_TWIN

Buy futures in brown female hair dye.


25 posted on 01/21/2026 11:32:59 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: Reily
Yes weren’t the almost all state institutions?

Now if he provided federal funding the states would likely get in line and reopen them

Yep! But look out!!!! for the outfits salivating at the thought of Minnesota-daycare-type establishments.

26 posted on 01/21/2026 11:34:12 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: V_TWIN

Like Amnesty, this was the doing of Reagan.

Repeal of the MHSA (1981): Reagan signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA), repealing most of the MHSA signed by President Carter, which had provided federal funding for community mental health services.

Accelerated Deinstitutionalization: With reduced federal support for community programs, states closed many state hospital beds, but community resources weren’t adequately built to replace them.
Negative Consequences: The lack of community support led to increased homelessness, higher incarceration rates for the mentally ill, and ongoing struggles for access to care.


27 posted on 01/21/2026 11:35:01 AM PST by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: V_TWIN

Francis


28 posted on 01/21/2026 11:35:36 AM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: V_TWIN

They’ll get around that by having mail in ballots. There will be volunteers to “help them” fill out their ballots, and then collect them to turn in.


29 posted on 01/21/2026 11:35:50 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Rappini

Here’s hoping.


30 posted on 01/21/2026 11:36:18 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: V_TWIN

Good idea.


31 posted on 01/21/2026 11:36:30 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: grobdriver

I’m with you on this one.


32 posted on 01/21/2026 11:36:48 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Mariner
Unfortunately, an EO won’t build even one.

It would be much easier to put a wall around Democrat cities such as New York City.



33 posted on 01/21/2026 11:36:57 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: PAR35

Pronto.


34 posted on 01/21/2026 11:37:11 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Valpal1

“This lays the groundwork to relitigate those 60’s and 70’s era court decisions that contributed so much to this mess.”

Not really. There’s no basis for a case over an EO that cannot be effected.

We’ll just have to classify it as The Will of the President.


35 posted on 01/21/2026 11:39:13 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: DCBryan1
Buy futures in brown female hair dye.

Oh they can try to hide but the internet is forever. Besides, their normal family members will notice the 'radical' change!

36 posted on 01/21/2026 11:39:36 AM PST by Kudsman (47 is making things right again. )
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To: V_TWIN

This where transgender sports league will start.


37 posted on 01/21/2026 11:42:57 AM PST by bobrlbob (I BELIEVE IN LAW AND ORDER. )
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To: AuntB

Not fair. Reagan exchanged direct federal funding for block grants to be overseen by the states. This is as it should be, IMHO.

But as we have seen, the states won’t do it, so if we want it, we have to pay for it, one way or another.


38 posted on 01/21/2026 11:47:41 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: T.B. Yoits

Minnesota anthem is well known:

“They’re coming to take me away, haha
They’re coming to take me away, hoho
To the Funny Farm
Where life is beautiful all day long
And people work in their clean white coats
And they’re coming to take me away.....”


39 posted on 01/21/2026 11:48:14 AM PST by Veto! (Trump is Superman)
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To: Mariner

All it takes is one stupid dem lawfare case.


40 posted on 01/21/2026 11:48:50 AM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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