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PCIntern

(28,090 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:45 PM Jan 22

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 Jan 22 OP
Hoping the meds keep him functioning until the trials. Kid Berwyn Jan 22 #1
Find Dr. Humberto lvarez Machan (nt) Kennah Jan 22 #35
I hope he consults RFK for his next round of medication tinrobot Jan 22 #37
People! People! People! popsdenver Jan 23 #46
I fully appreciate your analysis, my dear PCIntern. And I concur, absolutely! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 22 #2
State of the Union address... MiHale Jan 22 #3
Has there been any announcement of a SOTU scheduling? Ilsa Jan 22 #6
Feb. 24, 2026 (as of now) MLWR Jan 22 #8
Thank you. nt Ilsa Jan 22 #38
Yikes! What a shit show that's gonna be. Joinfortmill Jan 22 #43
You're no fun lol vapor2 Jan 22 #27
Judging by his declining physical and mental state, Trump's 2026 SOTU address promises to be historically unhinged. sop Jan 22 #32
He's not decompensating fast enough for me. Ocelot II Jan 22 #4
Hahaha... littlemissmartypants Jan 22 #9
He's not decomposing fast enough for me. Pacifist Patriot Jan 22 #15
PERFECT description! leftieNanner Jan 22 #16
IT doesn't have a spouse or next-of-kin who cares enough about him to recommend any LoisB Jan 22 #5
Is there no White House nurse with a lethal injection? Kennah Jan 22 #36
Apparently not. Seems we have to wait for MacDonald's to kick in. LoisB Jan 22 #39
I'm still hoping for "Swan Lake." At the very least, I look forward to the neighborhood fireworks discharge 3Hotdogs Jan 22 #7
Narcissistic Collapse crimycarny Jan 22 #10
That's what I believe as well radical noodle Jan 22 #17
I like your use of "exciting". Another good one is "interesting". erronis Jan 22 #11
Don't get your hopes up, his dad lived to be 93, 8 YEARS after he was diagnosed with Alzheimers. Fil1957 Jan 22 #12
I guarantee you that PCIntern Jan 22 #13
Or snort speed...allegedly. littlemissmartypants Jan 22 #23
to add to that... NJCher Jan 22 #34
Here ya go... keep_left Jan 22 #41
K&R spanone Jan 22 #14
I'm sure you're correct ... he is going downhill ... FakeNoose Jan 22 #18
Maybe so, but serving catshit on a silver platter does little to improve what you're serving . . . hatrack Jan 22 #40
You give me hope. Thanks. twodogsbarking Jan 22 #19
Is the decline linear? I hope exponential. paleotn Jan 22 #20
As I said: PCIntern Jan 23 #44
Karoline leavitt"s mercuryblues Jan 22 #21
And By "Exciting" I Take It You Mean "Extraordinarily Dangerous." ColoringFool Jan 22 #22
Thanks, but I gotta ask... when you said decompensating, did you mean decomposing? ancianita Jan 22 #24
Next in line is less erratic and more focused. hay rick Jan 22 #25
You might contact his next-of-kin, but good luck ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 22 #26
"Not a sentient individual" mr715 Jan 22 #28
Weekend at Bernie's comes to mind Horse with no Name Jan 22 #29
Maybe he just needs to drink more bleach struggle4progress Jan 22 #30
My own professional assessment of Trump is full on bat shit crazy. Botany Jan 22 #31
I am neither a medical professional nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn express, but ... Kennah Jan 22 #33
Can't happen soon enough. Joinfortmill Jan 22 #42
Your reference to 'derivative' (like the example, too) really takes me back!!! BobsYourUncle Jan 23 #45
Cowards enable this bullshit. Nobody even threw shoes at the monster. usonian Jan 23 #47

Kid Berwyn

(23,641 posts)
1. Hoping the meds keep him functioning until the trials.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:52 PM
Jan 22

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

popsdenver

(1,871 posts)
46. People! People! People!
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 01:14 PM
Jan 23

We all say: Trump this, and Trump that...................

Trump wouldn't have gotten into office either time, or stayed in office either time, for more than a week if these groups didn't keep him in office:
100% of all the Republicans in the U.S. Senate

100% of all the Republicans in the U.S. House

100% of all the Republicans in the U.S. House

100% of all the Republican Governors in the U.S.

The 95% U.S. Media, which is owned operated by Republican Oligarchs
Including, but not limited to Fox News, and 100% of all RW Radio stations across the entire U.S.

The "NEW" Republican Robber Barrons and Republican Uber Wealthy Oligarchs. Bill Gates, Bezos, Etc

Every last U.S. Corporation in the U.S. and many foreign Corporations

The infamous NRA in the 2016 election that was funneling/laundering Russian Oligarch money to support Republican's in the elections

Many U.S. enemy Foreign Countries, using covert hacking, and money, like Russia and China.....

Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, Russell Vought, and the entire 2025 CABAL, and Herritage group.

Throw in the FBI, FEC, SEC, Republican State National Guards, Border Patrol, U.S. Military, and countless other U.S. Gov't Agencies

WE HAVE TO FRAME THESE ENTIRE TREASONOUS, SEDITIOUS, GROUPS..... MUCH MORE THAN "TRUMP" FOR ALL THE DAMAGE BEING DONE TO THE U.S. ECONOMY, OUR BELOVED DEMOCRACY, AND OUR CONSTITUTION................

MiHale

(12,758 posts)
3. State of the Union address...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:57 PM
Jan 22

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.

sop

(17,927 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
Jan 22

Ocelot II

(129,730 posts)
4. He's not decompensating fast enough for me.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:58 PM
Jan 22

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

(32,803 posts)
9. Hahaha...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:13 PM
Jan 22

"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

(12,563 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
Jan 22

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

3Hotdogs

(15,148 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
Jan 22

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

crimycarny

(2,069 posts)
10. Narcissistic Collapse
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:13 PM
Jan 22

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

(10,508 posts)
17. That's what I believe as well
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:58 PM
Jan 22

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.

Fil1957

(624 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
Jan 22

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

(42,756 posts)
34. to add to that...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:12 PM
Jan 22
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.



keep_left

(3,187 posts)
41. Here ya go...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:29 PM
Jan 22
Don't forget the chocolate shake and the second Filet-O-Fish (which Trump calls a "Fish Delight" for some bizarre reason).

He also recently berated McDonald's executives for being too skimpy with his "Fish Delights" when it comes to the tartar sauce!

https://democraticunderground.com/100220940403#post26

According to a book co-written by Corey Lewandowski (Trump's 2016 campaign manager), this was Donnie's "standing dinner order" on Trump Force One: two Big Macs, two Filet-o-Fish, and a "chocolate malted" (actually a shake--McDonalds doesn't serve malts).

https://democraticunderground.com/100220792773#post27

Anyone remember this scene?

FakeNoose

(40,728 posts)
18. I'm sure you're correct ... he is going downhill ...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:59 PM
Jan 22

... 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

(21,834 posts)
20. Is the decline linear? I hope exponential.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:21 PM
Jan 22

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

mercuryblues

(16,240 posts)
21. Karoline leavitt"s
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:30 PM
Jan 22


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

(43,162 posts)
24. Thanks, but I gotta ask... when you said decompensating, did you mean decomposing?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:46 PM
Jan 22
The second word seems more to your point about his health.

hay rick

(9,456 posts)
25. Next in line is less erratic and more focused.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:48 PM
Jan 22

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

Botany

(76,697 posts)
31. My own professional assessment of Trump is full on bat shit crazy.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:01 PM
Jan 22

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

(14,578 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
Jan 22

... 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.

BobsYourUncle

(205 posts)
45. Your reference to 'derivative' (like the example, too) really takes me back!!!
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 08:03 AM
Jan 23

About fifty six years. Thank the lard I never had to deal with them again—both of my ‘real jobs’ ended up with me working computers and helping people get computers to do what they wanted.

The topic of your example is so far and away responsible for my mental anguish. Only in the last two weeks I’ve recovered myself from a four-month long PAIN-IN-THE-NECK—left deltoid muscle. (Mind over muscle spasm). I eagerly anticipate Orrex receiving a verifiable positive response to his(.) question.

usonian

(24,111 posts)
47. Cowards enable this bullshit. Nobody even threw shoes at the monster.
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 02:19 PM
Jan 23


His actions will get crazier as the Epstein Event Horizon approaches.

Go find your old bomb shelter.
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