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The_Counsel

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46. The People Closest to Trump Are Slow, Then.

Fri May 24, 2019, 11:30 AM

May 2019

I'd been saying for at least a year now that Trump has been showing signs of early onslaught dementia. Signs one shouldn't need be a doctor to see. As much as I can't stand the guy, I wouldn't wish that on him or his family. I've seen it up close and it's NOT cute. At all.

What's interesting is if Trump--and others complicit in his shenanigans--were smart, they'd take this "blessing" as the perfect out and avoid impeachment/jail time altogether...

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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