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[–] 174 points 2 years ago (26 children)

It’s difficult to tell with Trump, because he’s so dumb to begin with.

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    People keep saying he's getting worse, but to me he just seems like the same old narcissistic racist asshole that he's always been 🤷‍♂️

    Maybe his "charisma", if you can call it that, is faltering a bit, but he may just be off balance from the sudden storm of twists over the past month.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Odd timing to say this as his last 4-5 appearances at a microphone have mostly been a disaster. He was definitely prone to rambling in 2016 and 2020 but now he rambles all the time and in ways that don’t make a lick of sense. I really think that this is less cognitive issues and more just age of the brain slowing him down and confusing him.

    We still have a long ways to go until November. So many more court appearances, rallies, engagements. I’m wondering if he even has the stamina because I think he’s weighing that and new poll data and having a meltdown about it currently.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My grandfather had dementia, for a long time it was pretty hard to tell what was dementia and what was just him not giving a fuck. He was always someone who just did whatever he wanted and wasn't afraid to go against the grain and didn't really care what anyone thought of him, and he was kind of always that way. It would be really hard to pick apart which of his quirks were dementia related and what was just him. Standing naked in the doorway of his room at the nursing home waggling his dick at the lady across the hall sure sounds a lot like a dementia patient, but it also sounds like something an immature, womanizing troublemaker would do if they knew they were pretty much immune from getting in any actual trouble.

    He didn't have the most severe case of dementia, it didn't progress super fast, I'm sure if I went months or years without seeing him I could have picked out some changes, but since we saw him regularly it was really difficult to see the changes over time.

    And if he had an army of lackeys getting paid to cover up his mistakes and trying to keep him in line, he probably could have passed as relatively mentally competent almost up until the very end.

    I won't pretend that my grandfather's moral compass always pointed north, but he definitely had one. He could also be pretty charming and personable when he wanted to. If he threw his morals out the window and had any political ambitions, he probably could have become an even more dangerous trump if someone had given him a small loan of a million dollars. Luckily all he ever really wanted to do was drive a bus.

    Funnily enough, most of his siblings ended up fairly rich thanks to a successful business venture my grandfather wasn't interested in. Those branches of the family turned out a lot of real conservative assholes, and once the money started drying up, also a lot of criminals a generation or two down the line.

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    [–] 100 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I get the feeling…. His family doesn’t like him.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Ivanka and Jared stuck to him like glue during his presidency, nowadays they are nowhere to be seen. I think they lost interest once the grift ran out.

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Just do the same as with his dad. Put him in a room with a fake phone giving him random stuff to sign so he thinks he still has a say in anything

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    This has always been the way

    Edit: play-diet-cokes

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I was disowned for pointing out my mother was losing her faculties. They both died without once acknowledging it. Preferring instead to pretend no one noticed until it couldn't be ignored. That nephew is probably right but that doesn't mean those shitbags wont try to punish him for it.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    This has real David Cross "starting to regret my vote for Trump" energy.... XD

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    You really made me scared that David cross was a trumper. Lol glad I watched that clip and found out otherwise.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He deserves it. I hope his last clear thoughts are full fo pain and dispair.

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