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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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    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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    It’s totally normal, dumbass. He’s an old person and we only have old people for senior political leaders, apparently

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      He’s not even necessarily doing it because he’s old. He just doesn’t care. His handlers will tell him what to sign anyway. Why would he want to waste time listening to people talk? There’s not as much power in the presidency as he had hoped for. He can’t even get alone in a room with small children anymore now that the secret service is always present. All he’s really got left to live for is waiting for whenever he can give more orders to kill brown people.

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      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.

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        Dementia’s variable in its rate of progression, partially depending on its underlying cause, and partially due to other factors that aren’t understood. So it could be a fairly steady decline, or he could take a sudden turn for the worse. That’s especially true if it’s vascular dementia, since he closely fits the profile of someone who’s been having micro-strokes for a while, so dysfunction in the brain’s blood vessels is not unlikely to be happening too. Based on this, my guess is that it’ll be more a cascading crash-and-burn than slow rot for Pig Boy.

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      Yeah, he’s already seven years past the average lifespan here in the US.

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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.

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      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.

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        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.

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        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.

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          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.

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            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.

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              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.

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            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.

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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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      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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        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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          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.

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    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.

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        To be fair, he was a Democrat. A southern democrat in the uh, southern tradition of being a shitty racist.

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          I don’t care about party affiliation on a matter like this. If someone is mentally unfit, they should be removed. No exceptions.

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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.