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In reply to the discussion: Confused Trump Appears Disoriented During Speech [View all]intrepidity
(8,599 posts)He's reading the prompter, sees "debank" which triggers a thought, probably something like "the banks threatened my social media company because of my politics" (because he is always and only speaking about himself, aka projection) and then his mind, like a bowling ball in the gutter, falls into the standard "list of grievance-triggers" that his audience is familiar with and will respond to, which will then deliver an endorphin-shot to his weary exhausted brain so that he can continue. His train of thought derails more often than a deregulated railway car, and the horrible irony is that, with severe ADHD, one's "executive function" is highly compromised, and that alone should disqualify such a person for the position of the Chief Executive of the whole country!
(Speaking as one who is, ahem, "familiar" with how ADHD works....)