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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.”

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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      2 hours ago

      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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      3 hours 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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        3 hours ago

        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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          2 hours ago

          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.