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Lonestarblue

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10. Trump is most likely already suffering from Alzheimer's.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Aug 3, 2025, 12:49 PM

Aug 3

Most sufferers have lucid moments and instances of speech that makes no sense within the context of what is being discussed. Trump is now at or close to the age when his father began showing symptoms. Fred Trump was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1991 at age 86, but he began showing symptoms several years before that diagnosis. Dementia runs in Trump's family. His paternal uncle, John G. Trump had Alzheimer’s and died at age 78. Last year, Trump’s nephew said that one of Trump’s cousins had Alzheimer’s, as did his sister Maryanne Trump Barry, who died at age 86.

Trump is now 79 and his partying and probable drug lifestyle as a younger man may have aged him faster than his relatives. Given what we’ve seen already, he is unlikely to finish his term without being in full-blown dementia. And given the subservience of the Republican Party, they will do nothing about it.

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Analysis 'He has trouble completing a thought': bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump's mental acuity [View all] Uncle Joe Aug 3 OP

...for all the bullshit they gave Biden... they just pretend this is 'just his personality" FirstLight Aug 3 #1

I believe one of the insidious advantages to being a pathological liar is that most if not everything they say Uncle Joe Aug 3 #2

There is more dissent at the maga FReak site than before; posters noting his incompetency more and more. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 3 #3

That's in large part because of Epstein, that's what his followers WANTED to believe in, and they actually believed him Uncle Joe Aug 3 #4

I think that was inevitable, PatSeg Aug 3 #13

good to know. barbtries Aug 3 #15

Desensitization... littlemissmartypants Aug 3 #8

There you go, thanks for the addition littlemissmartypants Uncle Joe Aug 3 #9

That style jfz9580m Aug 3 #5

Again, where the hell is "Jake Tapper" or whatever the fuck his name is? Blue Owl Aug 3 #6

"exhibited odd behavior" k0rs Aug 3 #7

Trump is most likely already suffering from Alzheimer's. Lonestarblue Aug 3 #10

Republicans did nothing about it when Reagan needed Nancy to whisper lines to him. SunSeeker Aug 3 #12

Actually, people did ask, and were told that she is only displaying the mwmisses4289 Aug 4 #19

People asked...but the reporters standing there didn't. nt SunSeeker Aug 4 #21

Since when has "coherent narrative" made even a slight difference to him? BobTheSubgenius Aug 3 #11

The way I see it, *rump has two major power leeching problems Uncle Joe Aug 3 #16

I think this is a very cogent analysis, Uncle Joe! BobTheSubgenius Aug 6 #22

SRSLY! He knows it doesn't actually matter what he says, as long as it's got that phony tough-guy flavor MAGA loves. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 4 #18

" bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump's mental acuity" MLWR Aug 3 #14

When Turnip doesn't know what to say, he just opens the BS valve wider. I wish he'd do a 404 Error, like Turtle Man. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 4 #17

This line "...for more than a year...." mwmisses4289 Aug 4 #20

He has trouble forming a thought in the first place. BobTheSubgenius Aug 6 #23