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PoindexterOglethorpe

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15. No. He does not have Alzheimer's.
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 04:54 PM
Feb 2017

I'm not an expert on that disease by any means, although I have watched several people go through the decline of Alzheimer's. And their behavior was NOTHING like his.

He's a narcissist, pure and simple. He's used to being surrounded by people who cater to his every whim, and has almost never had anyone tell him "no" about anything. So he has no experience with the sort of give and take most of us experience in the real world. Add to that the fact that he has zero comprehension of how government work, what the system of checks and balances is all about, and throw in his assumption that a President is totally above the law and can doing anything he wants, and you have exactly what we've seen in the past two weeks.

Our only hope is that his damage doesn't go too far before he's removed from office.

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What is our country coming to!!! [View all] uppityperson Feb 2017 OP
How did this penthouse trash end up in the oval office? leftstreet Feb 2017 #1
again calling it a "Travel Ban" Motown_Johnny Feb 2017 #2
That's deserving of a couple more tweets uppityperson Feb 2017 #4
Ban? johnp3907 Feb 2017 #3
Not used to being challenged or told, "No", eh? PearliePoo2 Feb 2017 #5
Here is one DUer's thoughts on Checks and Balance: In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #6
Yup. uppityperson Feb 2017 #8
I don't think I'll survive 4 long years watching his mental decline. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #11
I knew he'd be really bad. He has gotten worse than I thought he could in his first week uppityperson Feb 2017 #12
He is worst than I ever dreamed he would be. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #14
No. He does not have Alzheimer's. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #15
Great summary. He's an insecure narcissistic bully who has never learned or had to learn to uppityperson Feb 2017 #17
Well, I'm glad we don't have Alzheimer's to watch in the future. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #18
What bothers me most about the persistent claim PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #19
Yes, I remember Reagan's Presidency. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #20
He's used to being a dictator. moondust Feb 2017 #7
....it is about keeping bad people (with bad intentions) out of country! democratisphere Feb 2017 #9
And how do you determine who has bad intentions? Initech Feb 2017 #10
Trump doesn't understand how government works. Solly Mack Feb 2017 #13
What is our country coming to Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #16
hey don, it's called the constitution...checks and balances, ya know, Democracy spanone Feb 2017 #21
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