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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, 11:49 AM

Aug 2025

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 2025 OP

...for all the bullshit they gave Biden... they just pretend this is 'just his personality" FirstLight Aug 2025 #1

I believe one of the insidious advantages to being a pathological liar is that most if not everything they say Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #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 2025 #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 2025 #4

I think that was inevitable, PatSeg Aug 2025 #13

good to know. barbtries Aug 2025 #15

Desensitization... littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 #8

There you go, thanks for the addition littlemissmartypants Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #9

That style jfz9580m Aug 2025 #5

Again, where the hell is "Jake Tapper" or whatever the fuck his name is? Blue Owl Aug 2025 #6

"exhibited odd behavior" k0rs Aug 2025 #7

Trump is most likely already suffering from Alzheimer's. Lonestarblue Aug 2025 #10

Republicans did nothing about it when Reagan needed Nancy to whisper lines to him. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #12

Actually, people did ask, and were told that she is only displaying the mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #19

People asked...but the reporters standing there didn't. nt SunSeeker Aug 2025 #21

Since when has "coherent narrative" made even a slight difference to him? BobTheSubgenius Aug 2025 #11

The way I see it, *rump has two major power leeching problems Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #16

I think this is a very cogent analysis, Uncle Joe! BobTheSubgenius Aug 2025 #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 2025 #18

" bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump's mental acuity" MLWR Aug 2025 #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 2025 #17

This line "...for more than a year...." mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #20

He has trouble forming a thought in the first place. BobTheSubgenius Aug 2025 #23