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(29,071 posts) Fri May 24, 2019, 10:24 AM May 2019

Scarborough Says People Close To Trump Worry He's 'Pre-Dementia' [View all]

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said Friday that people close to the President have told him that they worry he’s “pre-dementia.”

“The people closest to him told us that they feared that he was in mental decline,” Scarborough said. “People very close to him told us that he feared he was pre-dementia, that he had changed. You watch Donald Trump in the late 1980s, even in the 90s, you watch him now, he is completely changed.”

He contrasted him with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who he sees as mentally acute.

Mika Brzezinski cut in: “sharp as a tack.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scarborough-trump-pre-dementia

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Scarborough Says People Close To Trump Worry He's 'Pre-Dementia' [View all] Generic Other May 2019 OP

PRE? WTF? It's here and now. CurtEastPoint May 2019 #1

+1 2naSalit May 2019 #2

Ditto malaise May 2019 #3

My thought exactly! ananda May 2019 #4

If trump is 'pre-dementia'? empedocles May 2019 #27

There's no pre? about it - Dementia is an insideously malignant condition, hidden until it's not. Backseat Driver May 2019 #60

Pre? There is no pre. Dementia or dementia not. There is no pre. Laelth May 2019 #74

So say we all!! nt SCVDem May 2019 #73

My thought exactly!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #101

Not good enough. Don't wait until after he orders to send the bombers out. ffr May 2019 #5

Are they laying the groundwork to let him walk away? Buckeyeblue May 2019 #6

At this point I do not care if he walks, I just want to be rid of him katmondoo May 2019 #9

One conservative on Twitter said that Trump isn't actually a Republican. DetlefK May 2019 #24

Perhaps the Russians really did hack the RNC. Delmette2.0 May 2019 #67

I wouldn't be a bit surprised shanti May 2019 #81

I wonder if there is a tape of Scarsdale May 2019 #88

I don't care who who he has sex with but the R's do. Delmette2.0 May 2019 #89

I think Lindsey's got himself a mandingo. LuvNewcastle May 2019 #110

that's what I just said gopiscrap May 2019 #45

I think he's close to death and the ooky May 2019 #7

From Your Keyboard To... LovingA2andMI May 2019 #57

The demon occupying his soul has spread to 100,000,000. FiveGoodMen May 2019 #98

He's been that way all of his life. LiberalFighter May 2019 #8

Personality wise, yes. But I do think he's increasingly impaired. nolabear May 2019 #68

whether dementia handmade34 May 2019 #10

Yes he is all of that FakeNoose May 2019 #54

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but even Jeb Bush would have been better than Chump!" Different Drummer May 2019 #106

Demented. Thoroughly. C_U_L8R May 2019 #11

I watched donald in the late 1980's and he was .. CatMor May 2019 #12

it's there on tape. look at his speech patterns. he has alway been stupid, mopinko May 2019 #23

He can't pronounce many words ..... CatMor May 2019 #26

Yup. Control-Z May 2019 #112

well, if it were phrases, it would be a handful. mopinko May 2019 #115

Yep Cosmocat May 2019 #111

This is what families say when they are still in denial Generic Other May 2019 #13

exactly EveHammond13 May 2019 #32

Famiily Denial is Wellstone ruled May 2019 #38

+1 Yup I have been there. bronxiteforever May 2019 #41

yeah I had to do that with my foster dad a few times gopiscrap May 2019 #58

Perhaps what they mean to say is pnwest May 2019 #91

My sympathy Generic Other May 2019 #93

Thank you. I'm going through serious pnwest May 2019 #96

I'm sorry for you. It must be devastating Control-Z May 2019 #114

i thought he already was uninhibited. Different Drummer May 2019 #107

Just like he's pre-obese? tinrobot May 2019 #14

I am stealing that one Generic Other May 2019 #15

LOL!! peggysue2 May 2019 #17

LOL! lunatica May 2019 #25

Touche! smirkymonkey May 2019 #48

Or pre-idiot! flamingdem May 2019 #64

I think he's starting to slide past the "pre-" stage. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #16

1994 on Reagan? G.H. Bush said within a month of Reagan leaving the WH, empedocles May 2019 #29

He was *diagnosed* with Alzheimers in 1994. It's usually hard to pinpoint The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #33

Reagan had Alzheimers while in office. True Blue American May 2019 #34

Staffers have said, 'Reagan was not the same after 1982. empedocles May 2019 #49

He was never the sharpest knife in the drawer, but stupid isn't the same as having dementia. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #71

Simply considering what we've had and now have 'leading' us and our country. sprinkleeninow May 2019 #82

Good BannonsLiver May 2019 #85

I'm thinking volstork May 2019 #18

Nothing Pre About It colsohlibgal May 2019 #19

You know something? Fuck you, Scarborough gratuitous May 2019 #20

Families that deal with dementia act the same way Generic Other May 2019 #21

staff? I blame Ivanka. EveHammond13 May 2019 #35

You are probably right that she is largely involved Generic Other May 2019 #94

I have several friends True Blue American May 2019 #44

I agree. It's like saying Kellyanne tells the truth but only behind his back lunatica May 2019 #28

Oh we're going for the changed due to Nuggets May 2019 #22

Scarborough likes to make everyone believe he has an inside track lunatica May 2019 #30

My father had dementia, when I took him out I never knew what he would say blueinredohio May 2019 #31

Many also become paranoid. True Blue American May 2019 #47

So sorry Generic Other May 2019 #99

If this dementia analysis is correct and the family is protecting Trump, then Stuart G May 2019 #36

I have been predicting Trump will True Blue American May 2019 #51

I agree with McConnell. Because of his financial wealth due to his job. Mitch has become rich, Stuart G May 2019 #55

Mitch said he thought about retiring last time. True Blue American May 2019 #59

I've been making a similar prediction for over a year ScratchCat May 2019 #53

His family will do no such thing because he is a malignant narcissist. marylandblue May 2019 #56

That's what I think too shanti May 2019 #83

Dementia aside, part of the problem is 'new' comes harder with age, empedocles May 2019 #37

Nothing Pre about it. CanonRay May 2019 #39

The stages of Dementia Funtatlaguy May 2019 #40

"Pre-dementia"? That's akin to being "almost pregnant". Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #42

sounds to me like an excuse for him to get out of his crimes gopiscrap May 2019 #43

The People Closest to Trump Are Slow, Then. The_Counsel May 2019 #46

So, maybe all the executive time, where he can't publicy "president" dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #63

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1131905458413953024.html Pantagruel May 2019 #50

It's not a matter of him "understanding his own outbursts", he can't CONTROL his outbursts. Texin May 2019 #77

Is this only just occurring to them? smirkymonkey May 2019 #52

I have no doubt. lpbk2713 May 2019 #61

Pre-Dementia? Give me a break. Full on dementia. nt SayItLoud May 2019 #62

"A few steps away from Howard Hughes territory " underpants May 2019 #65

Close to? Pre? How about "in the throes of?" (nt) ehrnst May 2019 #66

PRE dementia? sandensea May 2019 #69

This is the escape clause that Republicans will use - if they do anything at all JDC May 2019 #70

Just bats--t crazy, imho DeminPennswoods May 2019 #72

Trump shows as many signs of a series of strokes. crazytown May 2019 #75

Yes, we just True Blue American May 2019 #79

Recalling when * was on stage and called MS Tim Cook 'Tim APPLE'? sprinkleeninow May 2019 #86

What about the CURRENT psychopath part? democratisphere May 2019 #76

And soon we'll find out people close to Yao Ming worry he might be tall. Along Guy Whitey Corngood May 2019 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #80

It's been "pre" for two years. Polly Hennessey May 2019 #84

dementia with malignant narcissism joe_stampingbull May 2019 #87

Here's the Trump-Brokaw interview. It's from 1980. Trump was 33, and was articulate and coherent. mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 #90

Scarborough's mother had Alzheimer's. octoberlib May 2019 #92

Horse pucky. NOTHING "pre" about MF45. MFGsunny May 2019 #95

No such thing as pre-dementia. It's like being a little pregnant. demosincebirth May 2019 #97

I don't want to see Trump's behavior explained, Progressive dog May 2019 #100

how would anyone be able to tell? Skittles May 2019 #102

He is in the throes of dementia The Blue Flower May 2019 #103

He's Turbineguy May 2019 #104

Pre? Dementia He is several years into it IMO. nt doc03 May 2019 #105

Can't understand why anyone Cha May 2019 #108

Scary who may be running every thing for WH -Miller Bolton Pompeo Jared& JR or Pence lunasun May 2019 #109

I totally believe this karin_sj May 2019 #113

So was Reagan and he still delivered what his handlers wanted. In some ways it's the perfect jalan48 May 2019 #116

I'd delete the "pre" NastyRiffraff May 2019 #117