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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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.
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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.
Yeah, he’s already seven years past the average lifespan here in the US.
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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.
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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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.
...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.
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.
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And this will matter fuck all.
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.
... 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.
"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.
I think it's the good old : "A cheeseburger a day keeps the doctor away"
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.
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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.
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"?
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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.
How many people will need to get shot in the neck till you realize they are hypocrites ?
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hypocrisy is a defining characteristic of the modern right. That's why discourse and argument with them has become pointless. Nothing they say can be trusted to be in good faith.
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Dude’s fallen asleep on duty several times before. Why the sudden debate?
Just fucking stroke out already
Seems pretty clear he's been having TIAs, which greatly increase the odds of a CVA!
Champaign stocks are going to go through the roof. Get in early.
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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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I like him better when he’s sleeping. It’s the only time he shuts up.
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Expect plans to accelerate. They need to get to the point where they don't need Trump, asap.
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It wasn't normal when he was awake
Trump is the same age Biden was in 2021.
Just sayin'.
He's just working Dreamotely.
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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Nothing about our wanna-be third-world style dictatorship is normal.
Keep tossing leaves in the pool, Nancy.
Oh yes... This is what we need the "alarms" for... Sleeping...
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