Pierce: Trumps New York Times Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline

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74. Pierce is wrong to offer an unqualified opinion

based on anecdotes from his family.

I don't think he's suffering from early altzheimers. I think he's very tired, in great stress from Mueller, deeply insecure because he's so profoundly unqualified and uninformed.

I also think there's an strong element of acting. He's an actor, very talented charlatan and BS artist, able to switch from warm and charming to a cold douchebag in one sentence. I've seen that ability in interviews.

Playing dumb is a very useful tactic. It lowers resistance and gets sympathy. I thought he couldn't read after seeing a deposition from 2016. When asked to read from his own contract, he couldn't make out words; sat there for 15 minutes pretending he couldn't read. He reads just fine. It was bullshit. I've seen his sad little boy victim demeanor in interviews too. Its highly manipulative.

I would believe he's on medication for anxiety, or a stimulant, that may put him in a temporary fog. But in action, Trump seems very calculating.

He "seemed" more articulate in old interviews. But he was just talking the same shallow babble as now. If someone could reference any interview where he exhibits see real substantive,informed brainpower, or real knowledge of a topic, let me know.

This interview from 1987. His answers are as superficial as now.