Donald Trumps mental lapses rapidly worsen as he keeps calling Paul Ryan by wrong name - Hey Ron!

[womanofthehills]

Trump throwing the kids hats, not knowing the name of Kim Jong-Un and thinking Kim Jong-Un has been be power since the ninties, saying we bombed Iraq, not Syria, having to be reminded to put his hand over his heart and now calling Paul Ryan - Ron.

Full disclosure: I’m not a medical professional. But at this point it doesn’t take a doctor to see the rather obvious pattern in front of us. Donald Trump’s mental lapses are growing more frequent, more alarming, cutting closer to home, and are now occurring multiple times per day. In fact if one were to judge Trump based on his past two days alone, one might conclude his mental capacity is all but fully vacated. Take a look at these several recent examples.

Beginning on Monday morning, Donald Trump was involved in a bizarre incident in which he took a hat from a kid, autographed it, and flung it into the crowd instead of handing it back to him (video link here). The kids yelled out to try to correct his strange behavior, but instead he responded by doing the same thing to another kid’s hat. This was in the same timeframe in which he couldn’t remember to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem and had to be visibly nudged by his wife. But these minor incidents were merely warning shots.

By Monday evening, Trump had unwittingly revealed during a Fox News interview that he didn’t know the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, the one he’s been threatening to blow up for the past week. He also revealed that he believes thirty-two year old Kim Jong-Un is the same guy who’s been in power since the nineties. Trump doesn’t know that Kim and his late father Kim-Jong Il are two different people (Talking Points Memo). Worse, as recently as a few months ago, Trump’s words during the campaign made clear that he did know that these were two different leaders. In other words, he’s completely forgotten the key things that he previously knew about North Korea. And even if his advisers have tried to remind him, it appears he’s now incapable of hanging on to that information.

But perhaps Monday was just a singularly bad day for Donald Trump? As it turns out, he traveled to a political rally today in Wisconsin, the home state of Speaker Paul Ryan. The two Republicans don’t always get along, but they know each other quite well. And yet Trump kept referring to Paul Ryan as “Ron” during his speech today (Bipartisan Report). On their own, any one of these incidents could be seen as a mere gaffe, an absent moment. But strung together, they paint a picture of a man who’s become mentally vacant.

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/donald-trumps-mental-lapses-rapidly-worsen-as-he-keeps-calling-paul-ryan-by-wrong-name/2352/

Many are commenting:

Claude Taylor? @TrueFactsStated

It's a one-two punch that will put Trump down. One is Russia-Putin. Two is his declining mental health. cc @LouiseMensch @docrocktex26

[greymattermom]

1. It's so easy peasy Don

Kim Jung Il, so Il he died.
Kim Jung Un, the young Un.

[womanofthehills]

27. I like the way you do this - Rachel always does stuff like this on her show

Reminding people how to remember things.

[greymattermom]

47. I taught neuroanatomy in medical school

for 40 years. Old Olympus, right?

[3catwoman3]

62. On Old Olymus' Topmost Top, A...

...Finn And German Vend Some Hops.

That's the version I learned, in the early 70s. in nursing school. Can't remember all the nerves anymore, nut I remember the mnemonic -

[meow2u3]

50. DUzy!

[montana_hazeleyes]

81. Sounds like the starting

of a Dylan song.

[underpants]

2. Maybe he thought he was talking about RON PAUL!

[dalton99a]

12. Yep.

[MichMary]

13. Or Ron Johnson?

[L. Coyote]

16. Or Ronald McDonald.

What meds is he on?

[tsuukiyomi]

73. I'd say Ron Jeremy for his pills

if that info from the Steele dossier involving Trump and Russian prostitutes is to be believed

(knowing DT, it probably is.)

[tazkcmo]

76. Ron Burgundy?

They have a lot in common.

[DetlefK]

15. I think he confused Paul Ryan with Rand Paul and Rand Paul with his father Ron Paul.

He was just golfing with Rand Paul the other day.

[underpants]

21. He does that

Kim Jong Il/Un? Same person to him.

[womanofthehills]

30. I think he had all three (father, son, grandson) including Kim Jong Il's father Kim Jong II sung

as one - We jeez, they all look the same.

[womanofthehills]

3. Donald Trump before mental decline

Link to tweet

[Leith]

26. These Days

He probably doesn't even remember seeing the movie Citizen Kane. Or even heard of it.

[enid602]

71. Rosneft

In the updated version, tRump will be on his deathbed saying 'Rosneft. . .Rosneft.'

[nolabear]

32. WOW. I don't care if that's scripted as hell. He's a different person.

I'm not saying he was a good guy or making any claim about character but he actually seems connected. He has facial expressions commensurate with relating to other human beings. Nowadays he is completely enclosed, as if actual other people aren't there and he's talking to a fantasy.

Thanks. Remarkable!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

43. I wasn't party to senility diagnosis for long time but the article & this vid have persuasive effect

[yodermon]

60. The irony of this, and using this video to explicate his decline, is profound.

To me anyway.

[Pathwalker]

82. Wow.

.

[Doodley]

4. Trump is as forgetful and knowledgeable as millions of people. He might have a

touch of dementia, as have many people his age, but he is a guy who isn't smart, but thinks he's one of the smartest guys on the planet and has been allowed to BS his way into a position that really needs somebody who should be well above average intelligence.

His whole career in real estate was not because he was smart, but because he had a rich daddy. His father had 30,000 properties in New York in the 70s. Do the math - Trump has not made any money at all, although he has got by losing billions for others - bankers, investors, contractors, etc. It has been a vanity project filled with bad decisions for somebody who isn't smart, but he believes his own hype. All we are seeing is a continuation of that - somebody who is pretty dumb wearing shoes that are too big.

[FakeNoose]

35. Also he's always had flunkies telling him how smart he is

...Nobody ever questioned his decisions because they wanted to keep their jobs.
This guy has had (I think ) 6 bankruptcies - that's a lot of bad decisions.

Now he can't remember what day of the week it is, and the flunkies are all still lying to him.
Ivanka can't be there all the time, but she covers for him when nobody else does.

Remarkable!

The media could have called Trump out on this a year ago, and he would have never been elected.
Oh that's right, "Trump is good for business."

[RobinA]

63. No Longer Young,

never very smart, and extremely overwhelmed. The Presidency is a whole different ball game, even for people on top of their game. He's trying very hard to control his environment in order to avoid overload, but it's just not enough. It can't be done to the extent he needs to hold it together.

[womanofthehills]

5. Forgetting your wife.........many times

[DetlefK]

11. You would also eventually take your shiny and new 3rd wife for granted.

[Texin]

42. The saddest thing about this photo is that rTrump had Barron down there on the tarmac with him

and BOTH of them displayed such a lack of chivalry to their wife/mother.

rTrump does this consistently. God it must be awful being Mrs. Donald Trump (or anyone with that last name for that matter). You'd literally have to had sold your very soul to whatever devil in whatever hell one believes in.

As someone upthread noted, dementia is very much like his consistent odd behaviors and misspeaks in the early stages. Taken together they appear small - at first. As things progress, it's more noticeable, but even then people become used to the eccentricities and chalk them up to Mom or Dad or gran being 'eccentric' in their older years. I know my siblings did at first with both Mom and Dad. Their doctors told us (much later) that the elderly know their mental faculties are declining and they're pretty savvy for most of the time and for a while about maintaining an equilibrium that masks most of it. But the doctor told us that they will fall off the plateaus they maintain because of sudden onset of serious illness (even something like the flu) or a fall, a bone break, a traumatic incident or event (loss of a sibling, spouse, any kind of accident, even one without physical injury) can cause a PTSD reaction that will exacerbate any underlying mental condition that's there and actually worsen them. It definitely happened to both my parents, both following falls, one of which resulted in a broken hip.

tRump is of an age that the ongoing stress and his inability to sleep (apparently) will only worsen any underlying condition, and we know his father died of Alzheimer's dementia. I'm guessing tRump has the same issues, along with his own raging Narcissism.

[calimary]

44. He's done that before.

Remember that sad photo of him hustling up the steps of the White House to greet the Obamas on the morning of January 20th? The photo showed Melania just getting out of the car, carrying her gift for Barack and Michelle, and watching as her husband hustled up the stairs ahead of her. Didn't even wait for her to get out of the car.

Then I remember a photo of how the Obamas - together - approached the Bushes who were waiting at the top of those same steps, eight years earlier. Barack made sure to escort his wife from the car, and they stepped forward and upward together.

This jerk? Well, she's just a decorative accessory, methinks. That's certainly how she's treated.

I've said it before - I kinda worry about Melania. She's in her late 40s now. Wonder how soon he decides it's time to get a new younger/prettier, because Wife #3 has gone past her sell-by date?

[tblue37]

84. There is a similar video of Biden going around the car to

escort his wife in the same inauguration day. Not PITTS and VPOTUS behaved properly toward their wives, unlike Cheato.

[dawnie51]

6. And everyone around him knows it......

but he's been allowed to assume this critical position, holding the lives of millions hostage, so a few rich guys can maneuver power for themselves. Despicable is not a strong enough word......

[DetlefK]

7. Walking into a room to sign an Executive Order and forgetting what you came for.

[Turbineguy]

8. Presidentin' is complicated and difficult.

Incompetent presidentin' doubly so.

[Txbluedog]

9. That is why I think he does not have access to the launch codes

Even the repukes aren't that stoopid

[FakeNoose]

39. Let's hope you're right about that

Personally I believe that the generals would kill him if he tried to push the button (for real.)

They know what's up and they won't stand by and let him do it.

[Backwoodsrider]

10. Trump doesnt respect other people

So he doesn't care about a few name slips or throwing some nobodys hat to the crowd on TV for PR.

We aint seen nothing yet

[L. Coyote]

14. Dementia is like this in early stages, good days and bad days. Then all bad days ....

Who is watching the farm while trump forgets to close the gates?

[notdarkyet]

36. Pence seems to be practicing as the apprentice to step in when rump's no longer able to

Assume the role of president.

[Hekate]

54. Right. Pence is moving in to place. God help us; they're both awful, just in different ways.nt

[Freethinker65]

59. +1000

I have been saying this for nearly a year. Trump is reminding me of my father during his life ending dementia.

[mopinko]

17. getting worse, or just harder to hide?

too many unscripted moments as cic.

imho, this is why he keeps his kids around him, and why others in power let them.

[Hekate]

55. All of the above, mopinko

[world wide wally]

18. It doesn't matter what you call it. The bottom line is:

He's fucking nuts

[delisen]

19. Trump is building a defense of mental incompetence.

It is the easiest way out for him. He is not incompetent; he is dishonest

His only goal is to save himself, his three oldest children, have enough income to lead his lavish lifestyle, and enough security to prevent his being killed.

Once he is beyond the mess he has created and reached his goal, he will have a miraculous recovery.

[roscoeroscoe]

78. Not bad, doctor

I like your theory. Only way out. Worked for Reagan!

[jalan48]

20. His mental state makes him the perfect Republican President.

Reagan had the same issue and Bush Jr. is a simpleton. There's a pattern here.

[mac56]

22. How long until he starts forgetting to put on his pants?

[IronLionZion]

25. He forgot how to tie a tie

and wears them too long and uses scotch tape to secure the short end

[IronLionZion]

23. How long until they 25th amendment him out of office?

for being mentally unfit

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

[cstanleytech]

52. As long as the Repugnants can get him to sign what they order him to sign when they order him to

sign it they wont invoke the 25th for fear of angering their voting base who are still very much pro Trump.

[mopinko]

58. until the rethuglican brand

is right up there w the edsel.

[BSdetect]

24. They kept Reagan under wraps for a long time.

Its not like US Presidents need to be fully cognizant of what's going on, is it?

[unblock]

31. ronnie was happy to take naps and hang with "mommy".

donnie can't be handled the same way, he needs the spotlight.

[cstanleytech]

53. Which is probably why they havent taken his phone away as its like a giant pacifier

and keeps him amused and out of their hair.

[unblock]

28. i'm not a doctor, but i think his decline is completely expained by long-term foxnews watching.

i've seen it before, it's not a pretty way to go.

[notdarkyet]

37. I tell fox viewers if they withdraw for awhile, their brains may recover.

[womanofthehills]

41. And don't forget, Dr. Bornstein said Trump takes hair growth medicine just like him - "Propecia"

I love to go on "Ask a Patient" for side effects on drugs because you get real people telling their side effects - not pharma. Mental fog seems to be a big side effect of Propecia. Plus, Bornstein said Trump is also on a cholesterol drug. Cholesterol drugs are also known for causing mental fog. Plus, we don't know what other upper/downers Trump could be on. My mother's mind would be totally normal on one beta blocker blood pressure pill, but if she took 2 she would be nuts. Drugs effect people's minds big time. Here are a few ratings on this drug from the "Ask a Patient" site - there are almost 500 ratings.

My side effects are a lot it goes from: "say bye bye to you sex life", including, impotence, 0 libido, waterly ejaculation, and no ejaculation at all, hald the size in the testicles, testicles pain. My mind got affected hard: insomnnia, anxiety, difficulty to remember things, difficulty to speak!, difficulty to focus. Extreme fatigue without reason. Pain in the muscles and articulations without reasons, difficulties in eye sighting. All of these after 5 years of leaving the drug.

On the drug: Loss of libido, emotional bluntness, shrunken genitals, erectile dysfunction, loss of all morning/spontaneous erections, loss of orgasm intensity Post-drug (after I quit and it crashed my endocrine system: MEMORY LOSS, cognitive difficulties, emotional bluntness, anhedonia (loss of excitement in life), gynecomastia, Loss of libido, shrunken genitals, erectile dysfunction, loss of all morning/spontaneous erections, loss of orgasm intensity, insomnia and more!

Aqueous semen, Lower libido, Mental fog. Testicular aching. My hair does seem thicker and there is less hairs falling out. I will discontinue use. If these side effects hit me after only 1 month, i am terrified of the damage it would cause if I take it for a year!

http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=20788&name=PROPECIA

[Duppers]

66. Also causes shrinking of hands. :D

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

69. I am not a medical person either, but I'm inclined to

agree that his behavior is more like someone in a drug-induced fog than actual dementia.

Also, he supposedly only sleeps a very few hours every night, and quite frankly someone who is chronically sleep deprived is also highly forgetful, can't learn new things, and is generally in a mental fog.

[womanofthehills]

83. Could be both - drugs hastening his dementia

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

85. I still don't think he has actual dementia.

Keep in mind that he's a genuine narcissist, meaning other people are not completely real to him, and absolutely nothing and no one matters except him. Getting someone's name wrong? Who cares? He doesn't. But that's not dementia, it's self-involved ignorance.

[KG]

29. I think he just can't bothered to care to learn. he just doesn't give a shit.

[notdarkyet]

38. Learning would be work.

[Alice11111]

87. He is so arrogant, he doesn't think others know more than he does.

"Who would have ever known that healthcare could be so complicated?" Same for N Korea.

That's one reason Ivanka stays so close. She tries to protect him from serioys questions and answers. Remember when she took off several days to have the baby, and he was tweeting all night. They know, he's not quite right, even compared to his usual self, and they are propping him up.

Mike Pence will be President within 4 years. The Republicans will want him to be an incumbent before the next election.

[Historic NY]

33. He has dead, lifeless eyes, with a dead empty stare......

he is either looking through people or just total oblivious. Creepy.

[womanofthehills]

79. He always looks very depressed too

Someone mentioned that we have never heard him actually laugh - he just has that phony smile.

[Motley13]

34. He probably thinks it's Kim Kardasian, all Kims are the same to putz

[secondwind]

40. You forgot how he left the room without signing the Executive Orders!

[Justice]

45. When Rachel or someone shows photos of campaigning Trump to prez Trump, totally different

He has bags under his eyes, more bloated, heavier. Does not look good now even compared to a year ago.

[SpankMe]

46. Early onset Alzheimer's. And he's got the nuke codes. Yay. n/t

[mwooldri]

48. We remember Pres. Ronald Reagan. #45 is no Reagan.

I'd trust a Ronald Reagan over a Donald Trump. Period. Though it would have been nice to not had either of them in power.

[Still In Wisconsin]

61. I agree. Reagan, to me, was more (severely) mis-guided than he was truly an asshole.

Trump is a full-on asshole. He doesn't give a goddamn about ANYONE but himself. That I can tell you.

[Sunlei]

49. why Republicans keep getting him out of the White House to Florida half the week. Pence does ALL.

Pence does ALL the Presidents work.

[Leith]

72. Well, Whatever Jared Doesn't Get Around To

and shuffling months-old photocopies of reports from one side of his desk to the other.

[Grammy23]

51. I heard a portion of him calling Ryan by the wrong name.

He clearly indicated it was Ryan he was talking about but then kept referring to him as Ron. The first time he did it, I thought I misheard him. The second time, I actually looked up at the TV and wondered aloud...what did he just say?

I think there is clearly "something" going on with tRump. Another thing I noticed is he has so many other people taking on duties that you'd expect him to be doing, especially since it is early in his term. Having Pence out front and center, making stern statements, wearing the bomber jacket to me is a clear sign he is preparing him (and the people) for a Pence Presidency. Right now we mostly see tRump doing ceremonial things, photo ops, signing orders, etc. The trips to Mar-a-Lago put him back in familiar territory and where he can do as he pleases...play golf and eat.

I suspect they won't be able to hide this much longer as he continues to make mistakes and has erratic behavior that even an arm chair psychiatrist can see is not right. How long and with what tactics his family will use to keep us bamboozled remains to be seen. But one of these days, the emperor is gonna wander out into the Rose Garden naked as a jay bird in the spring time and the cat will be out of the bag. Just sayin'......

[colorado_ufo]

56. He is clearly suffering from exhaustion.

The job is incredibly demanding, and he is getting little sleep. He may enjoy all these trips to Mar-a-Lago, but the travel also takes a toll - and the golf. And the 'effin TWEETS in the middle of the night!

He would be better off with a healthy diet and a few hours of quality sleep. If he doesn't capitulate and change his lifestyle somewhat, to adapt to the demands of the job, he will only get worse.

If he does have some decline, certainly his lifestyle and the job will hasten it, and the speed will be exponential as the exhaustion accumulates.

[RobinA]

65. Yes, Totally Overwhelmed

He never did function well out of his comfort zone, I suspect. Despite the frequent trips to familiar Mar a Lago, he just can't avoid the unknown at this point.

[BSdetect]

57. All DUers should watch this video

[womanofthehills]

67. "Lazy, damaged, unfocused mind - wandering off on its own" - boy Keith is on it!!

We need more Keith's out there.

and here is a tweet from Mensch in Feb.

Louise Mensch?Verified account @LouiseMensch from Feb

My intelligence sources say Trump has early stage FTD. Reminder: I reported #FISA warrant on Trump Russia before any other journalist in USA

[BSdetect]

75. K&R

[HAB911]

64. Rumored Frontotemporal dementia

Overview

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/frontotemporal-dementia/home/ovc-20260614

[Wawannabe]

68. Republicans loved

Ronnie R for ONE reason and one reason only. He had Alzheimers. I believe from the beginning. They ( the refugs )have been looking for a new Ronnie ever since. I clean houses for extra money. I have seen more than a few Ron Reagan busts in these households!!! WTF? Who keeps a bust of a Prez in their house???
Fuck Donald Trump...btw.

[unc70]

74. There were a lot of JFK busts around

That seemed strange to me, too.

[brooklynite]

70. BREAKING: Trump just omitted Ryan's name in Wisconsin speech...

Link to tweet

[Binders Keepers]

77. from his comments on the Citizen Kane video:

"Citizen Kane was really about accumulation, and at the end of the accumulation, you see what happened, and it's not necessarily all positive. Not positive. But I think you learn in Kane that maybe wealth isn't everything, because he had the wealth, but he didn't have the happiness."

[Raine]

80. Brain damaged (??) from his father hitting

him in the head too many times.

[area51]

86. And don't forget

2020.