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PCIntern

(28,020 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:45 PM 3 hrs ago

I make every attempt to be medically objective

and without any hesitation I will state for the “record” or whatever the heck this is, that he is spiraling downward and the rate of change, so to speak, is increasing. The first derivative (d-shithead/d-trump for you calculus fans) is growing rather rapidly.

If a formerly cogent, high-functioning individual attended my office and possessed the affect which he had at the Davos speech, I would immediately contact the spouse or next-of-kin and recommend a full professional evaluation.

Now because he makes me violently ill, I can only watch and worse, listen to him very occasionally. It had been some time since I had and that performance demonstrated a significant decline from the last time I saw him. It is definitely a marked decline.

This is not a sentient individual and is decompensating more rapidly than ever. Hold onto your hats, it’s gonna get exciting.

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I make every attempt to be medically objective (Original Post) PCIntern 3 hrs ago OP
Hoping the meds keep him functioning until the trials. Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #1
Find Dr. Humberto lvarez Machan (nt) Kennah 6 min ago #35
I hope he consults RFK for his next round of medication tinrobot 4 min ago #37
I fully appreciate your analysis, my dear PCIntern. And I concur, absolutely! CaliforniaPeggy 3 hrs ago #2
State of the Union address... MiHale 3 hrs ago #3
Has there been any announcement of a SOTU scheduling? Ilsa 2 hrs ago #6
Feb. 24, 2026 (as of now) MLWR 2 hrs ago #8
You're no fun lol vapor2 28 min ago #27
Judging by his declining physical and mental state, Trump's 2026 SOTU address promises to be historically unhinged. sop 15 min ago #32
He's not decompensating fast enough for me. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #4
Hahaha... littlemissmartypants 2 hrs ago #9
He's not decomposing fast enough for me. Pacifist Patriot 1 hr ago #15
PERFECT description! leftieNanner 1 hr ago #16
IT doesn't have a spouse or next-of-kin who cares enough about him to recommend any LoisB 3 hrs ago #5
Is there no White House nurse with a lethal injection? Kennah 5 min ago #36
I'm still hoping for "Swan Lake." At the very least, I look forward to the neighborhood fireworks discharge 3Hotdogs 2 hrs ago #7
Narcissistic Collapse crimycarny 2 hrs ago #10
That's what I believe as well radical noodle 1 hr ago #17
I like your use of "exciting". Another good one is "interesting". erronis 2 hrs ago #11
Don't get your hopes up, his dad lived to be 93, 8 YEARS after he was diagnosed with Alzheimers. Fil1957 1 hr ago #12
I guarantee you that PCIntern 1 hr ago #13
Or snort speed...allegedly. littlemissmartypants 47 min ago #23
to add to that... NJCher 8 min ago #34
K&R spanone 1 hr ago #14
I'm sure you're correct ... he is going downhill ... FakeNoose 1 hr ago #18
You give me hope. Thanks. twodogsbarking 1 hr ago #19
Is the decline linear? I hope exponential. paleotn 59 min ago #20
Karoline leavitt"s mercuryblues 50 min ago #21
And By "Exciting" I Take It You Mean "Extraordinarily Dangerous." ColoringFool 48 min ago #22
Thanks, but I gotta ask... when you said decompensating, did you mean decomposing? ancianita 35 min ago #24
Next in line is less erratic and more focused. hay rick 32 min ago #25
You might contact his next-of-kin, but good luck ... JustABozoOnThisBus 32 min ago #26
"Not a sentient individual" mr715 27 min ago #28
Weekend at Bernie's comes to mind Horse with no Name 26 min ago #29
Maybe he just needs to drink more bleach struggle4progress 22 min ago #30
My own professional assessment of Trump is full on bat shit crazy. Botany 20 min ago #31
I am neither a medical professional nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn express, but ... Kennah 9 min ago #33

Kid Berwyn

(23,328 posts)
1. Hoping the meds keep him functioning until the trials.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:52 PM
3 hrs ago

After the record is clear for history, he can continue the necrosis.

tinrobot

(11,969 posts)
37. I hope he consults RFK for his next round of medication
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:17 PM
4 min ago

Trials or not, the sooner he croaks, the better.

MiHale

(12,690 posts)
3. State of the Union address...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:57 PM
3 hrs ago

If he decides to have one should be fun. Democrats should be heckling him all throughout…government is a joke now anyway may as well drive him into a ketchup rage.

Chants of “release the Epstein Files”, maybe “Jack is right”, loudly point out every lie..”That’s a lie” works well. “Show us the proof” at some of his statements.

No PedoPrez comments…keep it a little civil.

Ilsa

(63,935 posts)
6. Has there been any announcement of a SOTU scheduling?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:34 PM
2 hrs ago

I won't watch him blather shamelessly.

sop

(17,667 posts)
32. Judging by his declining physical and mental state, Trump's 2026 SOTU address promises to be historically unhinged.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:05 PM
15 min ago

Ocelot II

(129,437 posts)
4. He's not decompensating fast enough for me.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:58 PM
3 hrs ago

He's still waddling around, though unsteadily; he can still make word-adjacent sounds with his face that are understood well enough to scare the entire world; and he is still able to ingest grease-exuding foodlike substances sufficient to keep that quivering bundle of meat that passes for his body in an apparently undead state. By decompensating I hope what is really meant is something more like deliquescing. I won't be happy until some minion walks into the Oval Office and finds nothing behind the Resolute Desk but a puddle of foul-smelling goo.

littlemissmartypants

(31,989 posts)
9. Hahaha...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:13 PM
2 hrs ago

"word-adjacent sounds"... with his face...had to be added there to clarify and that is brilliant. Big bonus points for "deliquescing" too.

I'm right there with you.

LoisB

(12,442 posts)
5. IT doesn't have a spouse or next-of-kin who cares enough about him to recommend any
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:58 PM
3 hrs ago

medical intervention. They are probably as anxiously awaiting "that day" as we are.

3Hotdogs

(15,093 posts)
7. I'm still hoping for "Swan Lake." At the very least, I look forward to the neighborhood fireworks discharge
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:53 PM
2 hrs ago

from my neighbors. I don't care if their celebration keeps me up all night.

crimycarny

(2,044 posts)
10. Narcissistic Collapse
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:13 PM
2 hrs ago

I think part of the spiraling is due to his malignant narcissism and the pathological intolerance for criticism and ridicule. There is a name for it: "narcissistic collapse," and I think that's what we're seeing. That, combined with some cognitive decline.

radical noodle

(10,495 posts)
17. That's what I believe as well
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:58 PM
1 hr ago

The things he is saying and doing are only different in that they're more extreme versions. He's still the lying con man he's always been, only more so.

erronis

(22,843 posts)
11. I like your use of "exciting". Another good one is "interesting".
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:18 PM
2 hrs ago

As in the curse: May you live in exciting times.

Fil1957

(600 posts)
12. Don't get your hopes up, his dad lived to be 93, 8 YEARS after he was diagnosed with Alzheimers.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:27 PM
1 hr ago

His mother lived to be 88.

So he can easily finish out his term, although he may be less functional than he is now. And as long as doesn't drool, throw feces or run into the middle of the street naked and screaming, no matter how mentally incompetent he gets, there's no way the 25th amendment will be invoked by this Republican party.

NJCher

(42,592 posts)
34. to add to that...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:12 PM
8 min ago
his daddy didn’t eat mcDonald’s three times a day.

He has three sandwiches at each "meal" from McD's. I posted about this a few weeks ago. Can't recall my source at the moment, but when I do I'll edit this post.

Back in the early 80s, McDonalds national headquarters in Oak Brook, IL had a regular employee cafeteria.

They changed it over to serving only McDonald's food, i.e., what you would find at their restaurants. They called this cafeteria "The Golden Arches."

Within a few years their executives began keeling over with heart attacks and other illnesses caused by such a diet. Needless to say, the company cafeteria went back to the prior format.



FakeNoose

(40,409 posts)
18. I'm sure you're correct ... he is going downhill ...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:59 PM
1 hr ago

... but he was also seriously jet-lagged, probably on speed or some other drug as a pep-me-up.

Even in Chump's first term, he used to show up in Europe, or Japan, or wherever on the day of his appointment and never a day early. The jet-lag (super-tired goofiness) was always noticeable even then. I can't believe his minders allowed this, old people are really affected by it much worse than younger people.

He should have arrived at least 24 hours ahead, and slept or rested for most of the first day. THEN he would have been ready and perhaps a little more coherent.

Not that it mattered, because his speech was ridiculous anyway. But his delivery would have been a little better.

paleotn

(21,697 posts)
20. Is the decline linear? I hope exponential.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:21 PM
59 min ago

Maybe even factorial! n! The faster the better not only for our sanity but to limit the damage.

mercuryblues

(16,190 posts)
21. Karoline leavitt"s
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:30 PM
50 min ago


new excuse.

Trump is merely getting Botox in his hands to make them bigger. The bruise was caused by the Dr. getting distracted by Trump's big brain, Trump knows more about this than the Dr's. They are so impressed that the gave him a Medical degree.

They gave him some needles and Botox. On the way out the door, they told him he knows more about it than they do, he can go ahead and do it himself.

ancianita

(43,054 posts)
24. Thanks, but I gotta ask... when you said decompensating, did you mean decomposing?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:46 PM
35 min ago
The second word seems more to your point about his health.

hay rick

(9,406 posts)
25. Next in line is less erratic and more focused.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:48 PM
32 min ago

We are in a bad place and the hoped-for fair 2026 elections are an unreliable lifeline.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,619 posts)
26. You might contact his next-of-kin, but good luck ...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:49 PM
32 min ago

... finding a next-of-kin who actually gives a shit.

Horse with no Name

(34,223 posts)
29. Weekend at Bernie's comes to mind
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:55 PM
26 min ago

What was that other movie? Dave?
This bastard is not long for this earth. Thanks god.

Botany

(76,543 posts)
31. My own professional assessment of Trump is full on bat shit crazy.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:01 PM
20 min ago

Just a few days ago he said, that was an insane asylum and the democrats in New York closed them
So in California they have a problem… and did I tell you that I was the best baseball in N.Y. state?
…. Skipping over the whole Mickey Mantle thing

Or some kind of gibberish like that

Kennah

(14,565 posts)
33. I am neither a medical professional nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn express, but ...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:11 PM
9 min ago

... I used to be a very activist Union Shop Steward. More than once, I've had the experience of a person going through medical issues, Reasonable Accommodation, and unfortunately, Medical Separation. I would tell people not to tell me their medical issues as I didn't need to know, but I would say if they wanted to share to feel more comfortable, then they could. I know more than I ever wished to know about so many people.

There is one person who sticks in my mind. HR contacted me and said this person needs a Steward. I said, well okay, but it's up to them, and if they tell me to fuck all the way off, then I have to step out. HR understood. Five minutes talking to this person, and I was reasonably confident they'd suffered a stroke and their short-term memory was shot. I never got confirmation, and fortunately, no one ever shared what they should not have shared. I never asked the person, and the person never volunteered their medical issues. I remain 99% certain about what they'd been through.

I am even more certain that Trump suffered a stroke, dementia, or a combination thereof.

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