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Two psychologists are warning that President Donald Trump’s frequent confusion and mounting physical issues may be pointing to something more troubling than just aging. On their podcast Shrinking Trump, psychologists John Gartner and Harry Segal argued that the 79-year-old president is showing both physical and linguistic symptoms of what they call “early dementia.”
“Early” ?!?!?
Yeah… As someone who has a lot of geriatric patients, even elderly people in good health can regularly doze off during certain parts of the day. Not sure how anyone could claim any cognitive decline at his age and weight could be considered early onset.
Tbh he is doing fairly well for his weight at that age, meaning he’s still alive. Which is baseline better than most 80 year old overweight and inactive men.
Imo I think he had a little stroke when he went up to Alaska to meet Putin. I think that’s why all his staff looked scared as shit during that trip, and why he’s been less active and traveling less since then. Long plane rides are pretty bad for people with peripheral edema, and clotting issues. Also explains the bruising on his hands, they got that dude stuffed to the gills with blood thinners.
This was my reaction.
To be fair, I’m pretty sure they’re basing 100% of their analysis on his public appearances, which is likely when he’s at his best. He’s either following a script or he’s been coached on what to say immediately prior to going in front of a camera.
In any case, America is cooked. He’s not going to step down, and there’s still a nontrivial amount of support for him to be installed as grand pubah.
The insane MAGA cult is Trump; they’re inseparable. After he dies, Trump’s gonna be pickled and put on display like Lenin on the National Mall. They can’t let him go.
That’s optimistic, I expect them to prop him up and have him continue being their leader well after he starts to decay, weekend at Bernie’s style.
Is it just me or does anyone else remember when everyone and their mother was in an outrage over Bidens age? Did that really happen or am I just dreaming?
That was different
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Guess it’s like the whole kids getting shot versus a cunt of a podcaster getting shot thing.
On the other hand, none of this is true and the “psychologists” are just bad guessers. Any real news out there or just made up scenarios?
… and Erdogan has cancer, Putin is seriously ill and the Russian economy is about to collapse any day now …
Instead of wishful thinking, protest, resist, and challenge authoritarianism in every way possible.
…we can assess his brain for abnormalities during autopsy. For now let’s just treat him as what he is currently: a domestic enemy to the US and its constitution, a rapist, and a pedophile, among other things.
Maybe a small, round projectile will give us a glimpse of those abnormalities at the same time as his death. A girl can dream!
Add murder to the list. Having Epstein killed in his cell is likely, but is obviously impossible to nail down at this point.
He has however bragged about bombing those Venezuelan fishermen on his order.
Sleepy Don! That’s what everyone calls him folks. He’s low energy and old. So old. I remember when my dog was old like that. Kristi Noem said to me “just shoot him, take him out back and shoot him” and I did. Just like that! Bang! No more sleepy useless old dog. And lots of people said it was a good thing, including my good friend Jeff.
You guys realize the GOP already has a handle on this kind of political candidate right?
This is the third dementia riddled presidential term they’ve had.
I know Reagan was one, who was the other? Are you counting trump’s first term or somebody else?
Dubbya proportedly abdicated a ton of responsibility.
With the Patriot Act in full effect, we really have no idea what was going on.
purportedly
I don’t think that was dementia. Profoundly stupid, yes, but that’s different.
What if trump is just the monkeys paw fulfillment of “I wish George Bush weren’t the dumbest fucking president in American history”?
He was mentally unfit long before signs of aging and dementia started appearing. His supporter base will remain in denial about it for as long as he has a pulse.
I’m betting on longer. They’ll worship him for another 100 years.
Reagan 2.0, now with more stupid and twice the spite!
you’re optimistic !
EARLY? He’s 79 years old.
Early dementia refers to the progression of the disease, he’s unlikely to die from it during this term.
As opposed to early onset dementia which is when a younger person than usual is diagnosed.
Early as in the stage/symptoms, not “early on-set”.
OK but he’s been showing symptoms for years.
Listen to interviews of him in the 80s, 2000s, and 2016. His vocabulary and coherence had dropped significantly before his first term. It hasn’t gotten better.
Yeah, he’s already seven years past the average lifespan here in the US.
What do psychologists have to do with this?
Not even our first Republican president to get carried through his second term with the onset of dementia.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/17/ronald-reagan-alzheimers-president-son
The GOP president was always a mouthpiece anyway.
It’s why I try to talk about the Heritage Foundation policies instead of Trump. It’s a lot of rich assholes, not old white crazy guys with mob-boss style speaking.
No. Fucking. Shit.
If it weren’t for his army of handlers he’d be answering a hot iron instead of his phone whole trying to rape an AC power outlet while waiting on hold with Epsteins office
Bullshit. No way he can multitask like that. I mean, he’s already trying to do all of that anyway, and just look at how well that’s gone for him.
They just need to feed him some more uppers with his hamberders
Expect plans to accelerate. They need to get to the point where they don’t need Trump, asap.
They can’t only one could have successfully taken over Maga without issue was just gun down. Why they are so mad. Vance, Miller, hell no one that could rain in Maga and keep up the momentum that Trump spurred. If Trump dies before the term the movement won’t die but it will splinter.
You also watch as all the Republicans falling in line for Trump would suddenly pivot and pretend they were against the Trump administration from the beginning.
So lets hope Trump dies asap.
Even though I think they are preparing for that too. They are probably at this moment building an AI platform to make Trump look alive until they are at the point they don’t need him. So if suddenly Trump stops public appearances altogether and only way we hear from him is prerecorded videos and tweets then you will know he is dead.
I have no doubt they are willing to weekend at Bernies Trump to keep MAGA in line.
When he croaks, they will make him a religious figure, and things will get really weird.
That plan was already in effect for when he lost the 2024 election, but then their election fraud strategies worked, and he got in office, and the religious strategy was shelved. If he leaves office, or does, however, it could easily be revived.
Even if it’s not as president, Trump as an icon, mascot and priest is very possible. Not like his family, who would control his estate and likeness, won’t use his likeness to their advantage after he’s dead.
Sure but have you seen his sons? Those two twats couldn’t wraggle the Trump base. They probably follow in his footsteps and bankrupt the Trump brand within a year.
Apparently you’ve forgotten he has 3 sons, and we don’t know much about Barron, or how compotent or incompetent he is. I have a feeling he’s been getting coaching for him to take over his father’s political legacy.
He came from Trump sure he just fucking dumb. But yeah he might be the true anticrist no telling what they are doing with him.
They do seem to keep in out of the spot light. Either he brain damaged and they don’t want us to know. Or they are grooming him for something bigger and they don’t want us to know.
Regardless Trump dies his other two brothers will probably fight him for the power and the tear it apart with infighting. I am just trying to be hopeful.
Nah, they’ll lose ownership of it and then become targets of their own father after his death if they don’t do what they’re told. I can only imagine the deeply ingrained behaviors they could trigger even when they know it’s not really him.
Oh, I dare say he’s been demented for quite some time now. It all started when he was regrettably born, and then it went downhill from there.
And this will matter fuck all.
