Trump’s Dementia

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And the evangelical crowd is unbothered. I’m sure they would be equally unbothered if Biden or Harris posted this exact photo of themself.
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Here’s the thing: Donald Trump has been able to get away with saying and doing things that no other president in the history of this country has ever been able to. For some bizarre reason that no one can explain, the normal rules don’t apply to him. His reign will be the subject of study and analysis for many years to come.

No, it won't. The only historical footnote of his presidency will be as the transition from the TEA Party to whatever follows MAGA (America First?).

Trump has done little that will last long term. While corrupt, he's only one in a long line of corrupt presidents going back to Clinton. The rules fell apart when Obama broke so many, and people noticing Trump's destruction of norms simply admit they haven't been paying attention when their side has done the same.

People need to stop using this playbook: saying "but the Democrats did something too and it was worse." Such BS. No one compares to Trump when breaking norms; no one, not even a Republican. Come on, he knocked down part of the White House!

My favorite thing about Trump is that different people pick different things that he's done as *the* thing that crossed the line. Some say it's knocking down the East Wing. Some say it's pardoning a guy who helped him and his family make billions in crypto. Some say it's accepting a jet from Qatar. Some say it's the war in Iran. Some say it's posting a picture of himself as Jesus. And really there are no wrong answers here - he's crossed lines the likes of which no one has seen before.

The Jesus thing is nowhere close to the worst thing he has done. It’s quite possibly the most bizarre and unhinged though.

The fact that for many MAGA, THIS was the line he finally crossed is so illustrative of how little they care about anything real that actually matters. Their concerns are entirely fictional.

MAGA doesn’t trust the news. They believe liberals exaggerate and make up things. And they are not wrong.

This blasphemy was sourced directly to the president himself. This is why. If the nytimes reported he was mocking Jesus, maga would not believe it. Again, a reputation the news media earned.

That’s absurd. The NY Times is part of the right wing media ecosystem. Its current editorial mission is to sanewash, carry water for authoritarianism, and amplify RW talking points and fake problems for MAGA to fixate on. MAGA loves lies. They should be lapping that up with a spoon.

this is a lie. the NYT has been running stories of his lapses. MAGA does not read the NYT.

The NYT only recently started this. Most of the time, they sanewash . I have a running discussion with my brother about this and write him at least once a week with several egregious examples, usually when they minimize or downplay something outrageous and inexplicable while all the international press points it out front and center.

[Anonymous]

I was reminding Sam Alito,
We love to say Uh-leeee-toe,
I was reminding him Arr-Bee-Gee,
The notorious RBG, Ruth Badah Ginstein, died on the bench.

They say she died on the bench,
So I was telling Sam 'Sam, Let me nommminate someone,'
Someone terrific.
So we'll have to see.

We'll have to see what happens.

[Anonymous]

He's perfectly healthy but keep lying to yourself.

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Finally! I am delighted. What happens next?

Not much because Republicans will squash it. I appreciate the effort and eventually the news will sift down to the politically clueless. The more this stays in the news, the better. It’s dawning on a few MAGA that something’s wrong with their guy.

[Anonymous]

“I read the NYT and WaPo every morning. Stories of Trump's mental incapacity - distinct from stories that criticize his decisions without mentioning his mental health - are exceedingly rare, and there has NEVER been an editorial about it in either newspaper during his second term! Recently, some Opinion pieces have been allowed to talk about it, either directly, like in the recent NYT piece, or very circuitously, like some WaPo articles.

So the main centrist newspapers are not on board yet. They have to get on board and be more forthright about his recent, very clear symptoms of dementia, such as when he was told to tell the press the Jesus image was doctored, but instead he said he thought it depicted him as a doctor. This is dereliction of duty at this point.”

Good summary.

It was dereliction of duty for the GOP to not wrest the codes from Trump when he threatened to destroy Iran.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's perfectly healthy but keep lying to yourself.

And you keep deluding yourself into thinking that this is normal behavior from a POTUS.

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Anonymous wrote:He's perfectly healthy but keep lying to yourself.

And you keep deluding yourself into thinking that this is normal behavior from a POTUS.

Great lead-in to this:
https://www.psypost.org/cognitive-dissonance-helps-explain-why-trump-supporters-remain-loyal-new-research-suggests/
(There's a link in the article to the study abstract)

The researchers did 3 online surveys of Trump supporters to find out how they handled reports of sexual misconduct and illegal activities by Trump along with their own beliefs about such conduct in general. The first was in Oct 2019 (before first impeachment), then in Dec 2019 (after first impeachment), then Oct 2022 after he was arraigned in connection with Jan 22.

In the first survey some people said they didn't care about personal flaws or that other people did the same kinds of stuff, but half said they didn't believe the news articles.

After reading the summary, participants answered questions about how accurate they felt the information was and whether it made them feel bothered or uncomfortable. This step allowed the researchers to measure the actual emotional discomfort associated with cognitive dissonance. Participants then wrote open-ended responses explaining how they reconciled their support with reports of illegal election interference.

The results from the third study echoed the earlier findings, though participants relied even more heavily on disbelief. Over 60 percent of the respondents claimed the accusations regarding election interference and the Capitol attack were false. A small minority of participants, about 13 percent, noted that they had supported Trump in the past but no longer did so after learning about his actions.

The researchers found a positive association between feeling bothered by the news article and expressing disbelief in the allegations. Participants who experienced higher levels of mental discomfort were more likely to claim the accusations were fabricated. This suggests that the denial is not just a calm rejection of information, but rather a direct response to the psychological distress of cognitive dissonance.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol…

And the evangelical crowd is unbothered. I’m sure they would be equally unbothered if Biden or Harris posted this exact photo of themself.
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Here’s the thing: Donald Trump has been able to get away with saying and doing things that no other president in the history of this country has ever been able to. For some bizarre reason that no one can explain, the normal rules don’t apply to him. His reign will be the subject of study and analysis for many years to come.

No, it won't. The only historical footnote of his presidency will be as the transition from the TEA Party to whatever follows MAGA (America First?).

Trump has done little that will last long term. While corrupt, he's only one in a long line of corrupt presidents going back to Clinton. The rules fell apart when Obama broke so many, and people noticing Trump's destruction of norms simply admit they haven't been paying attention when their side has done the same.

People need to stop using this playbook: saying "but the Democrats did something too and it was worse." Such BS. No one compares to Trump when breaking norms; no one, not even a Republican. Come on, he knocked down part of the White House!

My favorite thing about Trump is that different people pick different things that he's done as *the* thing that crossed the line. Some say it's knocking down the East Wing. Some say it's pardoning a guy who helped him and his family make billions in crypto. Some say it's accepting a jet from Qatar. Some say it's the war in Iran. Some say it's posting a picture of himself as Jesus. And really there are no wrong answers here - he's crossed lines the likes of which no one has seen before.

The Jesus thing is nowhere close to the worst thing he has done. It’s quite possibly the most bizarre and unhinged though.

The fact that for many MAGA, THIS was the line he finally crossed is so illustrative of how little they care about anything real that actually matters. Their concerns are entirely fictional.

MAGA doesn’t trust the news. They believe liberals exaggerate and make up things. And they are not wrong.

This blasphemy was sourced directly to the president himself. This is why. If the nytimes reported he was mocking Jesus, maga would not believe it. Again, a reputation the news media earned.

The NYT is full-on MAGA these days. Guess they should have realized who was actually paying for subscriptions before they kissed the ring of a failed businessman with dementia.

No it is not. They have stories every day about the president’s dementia

Please. Just no.

Joe Biden’s (but not Donald Trump’s) age: A case study in the New York Times’ inconsistent narrative selection and framing.
https://css.seas.upenn.edu/new-york-times-a-case-study-in-inconsistent-narrative-selection-and-framing-that-tends-to-favor-republicans/


New York Times finally reports on concerns that Trump is ‘clearly insane’.
https://presswatchers.org/2026/04/new-york-times-finally-reports-on-concerns-that-trump-is-clearly-insane/

[Anonymous]

I only read the NYT because I get it for free.

It completely ignores Trump's crazy rants. It rarely reports on them, or only in the 17th graf which no one reads.

It doesn't post videos of his rants either.

I'm done with the NYT, but it's free, so I look at it.

[Anonymous]

My dad, a Yale phi beta kappa grad, had dementia.
He was able to speak coherently with a good vocabulary for a few minutes. Then he'd start repeating his questions, and veering off into incoherent stuff. Then I'd ask him a question about the past, and he'd snap right back into clarity and would talk about things that happened in his past that he remembered and enjoyed talking about.
The NYT only posts the moments when Trump speaks with clarity, as my dad did during his good moments. But the NYT never posts the moments when Trump veers off into demented side rants. Never. Fox News doesn't either.
Clearly, Trump has dementia, and clearly his team is covering it up with the help of the GOP in Congress, who want to keep him in office so they can get re-elected.

But gas prices... food prices... all prices... are going UP, and it's because of Trump's policies -- war, tariffs for starters.

It is long past time for the 25th amendment. This man MUST GO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad, a Yale phi beta kappa grad, had dementia.
He was able to speak coherently with a good vocabulary for a few minutes. Then he'd start repeating his questions, and veering off into incoherent stuff. Then I'd ask him a question about the past, and he'd snap right back into clarity and would talk about things that happened in his past that he remembered and enjoyed talking about.
The NYT only posts the moments when Trump speaks with clarity, as my dad did during his good moments. But the NYT never posts the moments when Trump veers off into demented side rants. Never. Fox News doesn't either.
Clearly, Trump has dementia, and clearly his team is covering it up with the help of the GOP in Congress, who want to keep him in office so they can get re-elected.

But gas prices... food prices... all prices... are going UP, and it's because of Trump's policies -- war, tariffs for starters.

It is long past time for the 25th amendment. This man MUST GO.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad, a Yale phi beta kappa grad, had dementia.
He was able to speak coherently with a good vocabulary for a few minutes. Then he'd start repeating his questions, and veering off into incoherent stuff. Then I'd ask him a question about the past, and he'd snap right back into clarity and would talk about things that happened in his past that he remembered and enjoyed talking about.
The NYT only posts the moments when Trump speaks with clarity, as my dad did during his good moments. But the NYT never posts the moments when Trump veers off into demented side rants. Never. Fox News doesn't either.
Clearly, Trump has dementia, and clearly his team is covering it up with the help of the GOP in Congress, who want to keep him in office so they can get re-elected.

But gas prices... food prices... all prices... are going UP, and it's because of Trump's policies -- war, tariffs for starters.

It is long past time for the 25th amendment. This man MUST GO.

Would you be willing to submit a piece to the NYT about this? See if they take it. Personal stories hit differently.

[Anonymous]

Is it another brick in the wall, or is this a tell that he has cancer?

Trump thinks Diet Coke kills cancer cells, because it kill grass. Therefore, he consumes it bigly.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/trump-diet-coke-soda-kills-cancer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad, a Yale phi beta kappa grad, had dementia.
He was able to speak coherently with a good vocabulary for a few minutes. Then he'd start repeating his questions, and veering off into incoherent stuff. Then I'd ask him a question about the past, and he'd snap right back into clarity and would talk about things that happened in his past that he remembered and enjoyed talking about.
The NYT only posts the moments when Trump speaks with clarity, as my dad did during his good moments. But the NYT never posts the moments when Trump veers off into demented side rants. Never. Fox News doesn't either.
Clearly, Trump has dementia, and clearly his team is covering it up with the help of the GOP in Congress, who want to keep him in office so they can get re-elected.

But gas prices... food prices... all prices... are going UP, and it's because of Trump's policies -- war, tariffs for starters.

It is long past time for the 25th amendment. This man MUST GO.

I'm old and I know lots of elderly people. Elderly people have very good days and good moments of mental clarity; even those in the early dementia stages. Elderly people aren't cut out for 24/7/365 of being the most powerful person on Earth. You'd think this would be common sense but oh them American voters!

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Anonymous wrote:My dad, a Yale phi beta kappa grad, had dementia.
He was able to speak coherently with a good vocabulary for a few minutes. Then he'd start repeating his questions, and veering off into incoherent stuff. Then I'd ask him a question about the past, and he'd snap right back into clarity and would talk about things that happened in his past that he remembered and enjoyed talking about.
The NYT only posts the moments when Trump speaks with clarity, as my dad did during his good moments. But the NYT never posts the moments when Trump veers off into demented side rants. Never. Fox News doesn't either.
Clearly, Trump has dementia, and clearly his team is covering it up with the help of the GOP in Congress, who want to keep him in office so they can get re-elected.

But gas prices... food prices... all prices... are going UP, and it's because of Trump's policies -- war, tariffs for starters.

It is long past time for the 25th amendment. This man MUST GO.

I'm old and I know lots of elderly people. Elderly people have very good days and good moments of mental clarity; even those in the early dementia stages. Elderly people aren't cut out for 24/7/365 of being the most powerful person on Earth. You'd think this would be common sense but oh them American voters!

This. My father is a retired professor, same age as Trump. Since he doesn't have a job he has time for both physical and mental exercises to keep himself sharp - but there are still days when it's clear he's lost a step.