He's not trying to leave the White House in shambles...

[no_hypocrisy]

1. My father more or less had that attitude b/c he was 90+, not well, widowed, and

estranged from his children. He refused to maintain and repair his house. He left piles of paper on the kitchen table. He stopped paying his bills. He got into fender-benders and paid out-of-pocket so the DMV didn't know about them and revoke his license. He let his dog shit and piss all over furniture and carpets (including my mother's treasured Persian carpet).

When my sister and I offered to organize the bills and to prepare the checks for him to sign, he outright refused and became belligerent. He was angry and told us to leave his stuff alone when we tried to even tidy up. And that included picking up dried dog shit.

Though tempted, we never abandoned him. But he made it hard, so very hard for us. Beyond challenging.

It was like Alice In Wonderland as a documentary.

And like you've read from me before, he disinherited all of us and left $35,000 to the neighbor across the street. His estate was worth more than $1.5 million.

Now that Trump's at it, all the memories are flooding back like PTSD. I agree with the OP. Trump's doing it more out of spite than from dementia.