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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.”

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[–] 121 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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    [–] 92 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    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

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    Early as in the stage/symptoms, not "early on-set".

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    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.

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    [–] 53 points 1 year ago

    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.

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    [–] 43 points 1 year ago

    And this will matter fuck all.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago

    ... 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.

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    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Trump should be forced to do what he wanted Biden to do. Where's all those cognitive tests now? What happened to all the concern about elderly presidents in the last 3 years? It was a #1 crisis when Biden was president and every yawn in public was dissected, but now that Trump is dozily walking around, suddenly age doesn't matter.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Dude’s fallen asleep on duty several times before. Why the sudden debate?

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    [–] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Early? Where have they been for the last several years?

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    [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    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?

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Just fucking stroke out already

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Expect plans to accelerate. They need to get to the point where they don't need Trump, asap.

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    [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    It wasn't normal when he was awake

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Nothing about our wanna-be third-world style dictatorship is normal.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He sure as shit won't be getting any better. But it won't matter. A big part of his usefulness is distracting us from what the real fascists are doing in the background. Should Vance, for some reason, have to take over, he'll serve a similar function.

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What do psychologists have to do with this?

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    [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Trump is the same age Biden was in 2021.

    Just sayin'.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    He's just working Dreamotely.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Keep tossing leaves in the pool, Nancy.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Oh yes... This is what we need the "alarms" for... Sleeping...

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