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Miles Archer

(23,263 posts)
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 07:16 PM Oct 2025

"(Trump) tries to call his rambling 'the weave.' It's not 'the weave.' It is some kind of emotional disorder."

'He's not okay': Trump's speech sparks cognitive concerns for national security expert

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mental-capability/

"I'm not a doctor. I'm not making a diagnosis. I'm saying as a lay person and a man of advancing years myself, that I looked at the president and I thought, he's not okay. And it's not just his physical demeanor. I think for too long we have been willing to talk about the weird, rambling, you know, what the president tries to call 'the weave.' It's not 'the weave.' It is some kind of emotional disorder, condition, where he just can't hold a thought in his head. And I think when you're speaking to 800 admirals and generals, that audience is going to notice it a lot more than a MAGA audience is at rallies because they're either looking at their phone or laughing or not really paying attention."

Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling agreed with Nichols, saying that he heard from former colleagues on Tuesday evening who said some of the same things.

"It seemed to be disconnected thoughts," said Hertling. "And I would agree with Tom, when you know you're going into an audience of that kind of folk, the people who are the generals and admirals and senior enlisted officers, you know you've got to be on your game."

He went on to say that one of the top military people he knows typically takes a lot of notes, and halfway through the speech, he quit writing, knowing that nothing that was being said could be taken back to his troops.
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"(Trump) tries to call his rambling 'the weave.' It's not 'the weave.' It is some kind of emotional disorder." (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2025 OP
The"Woven One" has unraveled. BattleRow Oct 2025 #1
It's insanity. spanone Oct 2025 #2
+100 trillion Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #6
I listened Just Jerome Oct 2025 #3
Everyone was analyzing him. BidenRocks Oct 2025 #4
I'm surprised anyone Figarosmom Oct 2025 #5
He's so full of shit that it's leaking out of his diaper---- thus Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #7
The Trump Smell BidenRocks Oct 2025 #10
I guess you have something against Walgreens... Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #11
Neither BidenRocks Oct 2025 #15
Ah, ok!!!! I didn't watch his show enough, Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #17
Or a cognitive disorder Sparkly Oct 2025 #8
Good luck getting that story on the networks johnnyplankton Oct 2025 #9
Well, the stories about Trump's 'possible cognitive decline' Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #12
Do they not show video of him speaking? Oeditpus Rex Oct 2025 #16
It's NOT an "emotional disorder".... his only 'emotion' is ANGER! Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #13
I'm really tired of wove politicians struggle4progress Oct 2025 #14
I'm surprised Chump didn't appear for his "Weave" Hassler Oct 2025 #18
The only weave he knows canetoad Oct 2025 #19

BidenRocks

(3,263 posts)
4. Everyone was analyzing him.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:47 PM
Oct 2025

Strengths? None

Weakness? Nothing but!

Respect? Only as required by the UCMJ.

Military bearing? Chump can't even dress properly. An old, obese Dicktator with mental degradation.

They saw it first hand. Chump is insane!

Do your duty!

BidenRocks

(3,263 posts)
15. Neither
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 11:05 PM
Oct 2025

I was thinking of Jimmy Kimmel.

He does some crazy commercial with the 'Available at Walgreens', as the ending.

Nothing nefarious.

Jack Valentino

(5,011 posts)
17. Ah, ok!!!! I didn't watch his show enough,
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 11:29 PM
Oct 2025

or late night TV anymore either enough to get the joke---
but I DID watch his historic 'comeback'!


johnnyplankton

(635 posts)
9. Good luck getting that story on the networks
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:19 PM
Oct 2025

Whenever Biden stumbled just a bit, they pounced. Unfortunately, Trump's going to have to get way worse before they even think about hinting at any type of decline...

Jack Valentino

(5,011 posts)
12. Well, the stories about Trump's 'possible cognitive decline'
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:50 PM
Oct 2025

are rapidly multiplying on my smartphone news app-- "SmartNews"

I don't even watch much "network news" anymore, except for Sunday morning, I mostly read my news, and I'm an "old guy"...
The younger folks are likely more inclined to get their news from apps and the internet,
than I am....

Trump's UN speech combined with the military meeting speech,
are starting to look like an 'inflection point' that will eventually take him down---
and his polling was looking very bad BEFORE these events!

"The networks" have 'declining influence' now,
and will have even LESS by the time the 26 midterm elections roll around....

MEANWHILE, PRICES continue to rise.... and those people
who believed the Trump LIE that he would "lower prices on Day One"
(which no President has the power to do)
WON'T FAIL to notice THAT, even if they DON'T "read in their spare time" !





 

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
16. Do they not show video of him speaking?
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 11:24 PM
Oct 2025

Viewers can draw their own conclusions from that.

Jack Valentino

(5,011 posts)
13. It's NOT an "emotional disorder".... his only 'emotion' is ANGER!
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:56 PM
Oct 2025

It is a MENTAL DISORDER----

more commonly known as "DEMENTIA" and/or Alzheimer's disease---

and according to numerous experts, was CLEARLY evident before the 2024 election....


Hassler

(4,921 posts)
18. I'm surprised Chump didn't appear for his "Weave"
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:17 PM
Oct 2025

Dressed like Mussolini, right down to the jodhpurs and riding crop.

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