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trump is not well
Expert warns Trump's health rapidly declining: 'Heâs losing the brakes'
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-02-05T19:50:10.000Z
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-health-deteriorating/
Dr. John Gartner, psychologist, psychiatrist, and a former assistant professor at John Hopkins Medical School, told British publication The i Paper that there have been increased concerns over the president's health and suggested signs of cognitive decline.
The main way to diagnose dementia is that we see a deterioration from someones own baseline in these four areas: language, memory, behavior, and psychomotor performance, Gartner said.
Hes deteriorated since his last administration noticeably but now were seeing deterioration almost week over week. The rate of decline is accelerating, Gartner said.
Trump has made several statements, including his mix-up over Iceland and Greenland, among other comments that have led to further unease around his health.
The high-pressure job can also accelerate cognitive dysfunction, Gartner added.
ProfessorGAC
(76,735 posts)...that bit at the end about high pressure jobs accelerating dysfunction doesn't apply.
Trump is doing anything; isn't running anything; just focusing on his pet, pointless "projects".
His dysfunction may be accelerating but it's not because of job pressures.
Assuming he is enduring the same pressures as other presidents presumes he's doing the job like the others.
He is not a normal president (in a bad, incurious, lazy way). Applying any "normalness" to his situation is misplaced.
Intractable
(2,114 posts)Sounds exhausting!
ProfessorGAC
(76,735 posts)It's all he's ever done.
The goals, objectives, and intentions change every 36 hours so there is never any pressure to deliver.
tavernier
(14,444 posts)He has no notion of what he should be doing, so he works hard trying to make it look and sound like hes on top of it with some nonsensical double talk and bluster. And he seems to think that directing building construction is the main job qualification of a POTUS.
dalton99a
(94,207 posts)consequences
Johnny2X2X
(24,216 posts)He's like a cockroach.
ITAL
(1,328 posts)Hell I used to say it! I know this doctor is an expert, but doctors were predicting his demise and/or him losing his marbles in his first term too.
NameAlreadyTaken
(2,302 posts)Torchlight
(6,832 posts)No man is feeble and degenerate until he's feeble and degenerate. I swam the Red River in hs... I'd be surprised if he survives another 18 months without a severe blowout, blowup and blow.
Greg_In_SF
(1,257 posts)essentially the same story 2-3 times a week.
Trueblue Texan
(4,470 posts)So what's new? His poll numbers have been in the high 30s for most of the last decade and his cognition has been steadily declining.
Tell us something we don't know.