He famously barely sleeps on planes and insists that there is a staff member at all times near him to chat with. |
That sounds like "pressured speech" which some dementia and bipolar people have, where they just can't be quiet. |
Donald Trump is not a normal human being. He is driven by a profound need for attention and unrelenting greed. The spotlight and money are like oxygen for him. He can't turn it off. For 80, he still seems reasonably sharp and energetic - certainly compared to Biden, who spent most of his presidency shuffling and mumbling. Why both parties embraced geriatrics will forever be a mystery. But Trump doesn't seem near death to me, particularly given his very demanding schedule. His mind is likely to rot quicker than his body is unfortunately. |
I’m the PP whose dad had dementia. He (my dad) had this same stance and mouth gape. It’s uncanny. |
But I’ve seen nothing that suggests that Vance and Miller would work well together without their current goal of placating Trump. I’m imagining a major power struggle that possibly ends with Miller getting pushed out and Vance realizing that that adulation that Trump got won’t transfer to him. |
Maybe. I doubt he can bathe himself though. If true, that would be stage six. |
We are already seeing the items you list. |
I hate to compare my dad to this monster but the expression with dead eyes and open mouth looks like my dad in the very late stage of Alzheimer’s. |
|
Whenever I come across a YouTube video about Trump’s health, I scroll straight to the comments looking for posts from retired or practicing medical professionals. It eases my stress. Anyone else?
From the comments section: I am a neurologist. This is NOT early onset alzheimer's. It's END STAGE DEMENTIA Ok,so, I've worked in end-of-life care for 20 years and this is exactly what I think too. I know that everyone is saying Alzheimers and Frontal Temporal Dementia but I honestly don't see that. I've worked with more Dementia patients of all kinds than I can count and multi infarct Dementia is the speech, behavior, and waxing/waning of symptoms that he actually is exhibiting. I mean, I could write a whole paper about the differences but, yeah, it just fits better. Frontal Temporal brain decay, millions of neurons burned fkd-off, leading to evident no-possible-to-cover--up senile dementia, like the one that affected his dad Fred tRUMP. -----Having worked in the field I've said the same to friends. |
MAGA ladies and gentleman the party so proud of their stupidity. |
Rabid dog. |
|
My mother died of frontotemporal dementia (age 73), but hers was not the behavioral variant. Thankfully she was docile, but quickly lost the ability to speak and also developed the speech/swallowing variant (bulbar onset) of ALS. (At least it was over in under two years.)
The behavioral variant is a nightmare. |
| ... I should add that my mother never lost her memory--she still recognized people, and still would go to the fridge and get them a beverage. But since she couldn't talk, we had very little idea of what was going on in her brain. |
How about… educating our children so that no one votes for these monsters? |
Yep. And how about using what we already have: The 25th amendment. The Republicans maintaining Trump in office are well aware of his deficiencies. |