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In reply to the discussion: Trump's Decline too Obvious to Ignore---Boston Globe [View all]
ffr
(23,448 posts)13. We can see reality with our own eyes. He looks like he is so high on Adderall, he's about ready to croak.
"Yet Trump’s party has not urged him to step aside for the good of the country, as Biden’s did." And much of the press is doing the American people a disservice by treating Trump’s obvious cognitive slippage as just “Trump being Trump.”
But his diminishing cognitive ability can’t be ignored. He may not be able to get a grip, but it’s long past time the news media and Republicans stop participating in the gaslighting. We can see reality with our own eyes.
But his diminishing cognitive ability can’t be ignored. He may not be able to get a grip, but it’s long past time the news media and Republicans stop participating in the gaslighting. We can see reality with our own eyes.
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If tsf comes out and endorses Vance for the top spot, I think they'll vote. Not all, but some.
PortTack
Oct 2024
#29
I sure hope you are correct! Althou being the con he is, I think he sees his own game being played against him
PortTack
Oct 2024
#38
I doubt he would be declared insane, but infirmed, too frail and old to withstand trial, unfortunately I think
PortTack
Oct 2024
#41
So does that mean "real GOP plans" is they are running a 22 month term Senator. January 2023 - October 2024?
usaf-vet
Oct 2024
#16
This late, it simply does not work like that. They are stuck w tRump until Nov. 6. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2024
#8
There were a couple of times, just for a split second each, where her face registered sheer panic at his weird antics.
Attilatheblond
Oct 2024
#22
They did, but as mentioned they had elder bush and Cheney propping him up. DonOLD sick or not will not agree to that
PortTack
Oct 2024
#32
We can see reality with our own eyes. He looks like he is so high on Adderall, he's about ready to croak.
ffr
Oct 2024
#13
How much of the press can point this out to the rest of press and be ignored?
RidinWithHarris
Oct 2024
#17
Because they've always held trump to a different standard than they have with ANYONE else.
calimary
Oct 2024
#25
The rationale for having different standards for different parties and different candidates.
hay rick
Oct 2024
#47
"why are Republicans and the press holding Trump to a different standard than Biden?" Because they are in the bag for a
Martin68
Oct 2024
#50
Recognising that the head of the Party of Trump is in decline, how would his cult followers react?
Aussie105
Oct 2024
#54
Trump's mental decline finally gets attention Deranged rants & rambling speeches obvious to all
LetMyPeopleVote
Oct 2024
#65