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Showing Original Post only (View all)Donald Trumps mental lapses rapidly worsen as he keeps calling Paul Ryan by wrong name - Hey Ron! [View all]
Trump throwing the kids hats, not knowing the name of Kim Jong-Un and thinking Kim Jong-Un has been be power since the ninties, saying we bombed Iraq, not Syria, having to be reminded to put his hand over his heart and now calling Paul Ryan - Ron.
Full disclosure: Im not a medical professional. But at this point it doesnt take a doctor to see the rather obvious pattern in front of us. Donald Trumps mental lapses are growing more frequent, more alarming, cutting closer to home, and are now occurring multiple times per day. In fact if one were to judge Trump based on his past two days alone, one might conclude his mental capacity is all but fully vacated. Take a look at these several recent examples.
Beginning on Monday morning, Donald Trump was involved in a bizarre incident in which he took a hat from a kid, autographed it, and flung it into the crowd instead of handing it back to him (video link here). The kids yelled out to try to correct his strange behavior, but instead he responded by doing the same thing to another kids hat. This was in the same timeframe in which he couldnt remember to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem and had to be visibly nudged by his wife. But these minor incidents were merely warning shots.
By Monday evening, Trump had unwittingly revealed during a Fox News interview that he didnt know the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, the one hes been threatening to blow up for the past week. He also revealed that he believes thirty-two year old Kim Jong-Un is the same guy whos been in power since the nineties. Trump doesnt know that Kim and his late father Kim-Jong Il are two different people (Talking Points Memo). Worse, as recently as a few months ago, Trumps words during the campaign made clear that he did know that these were two different leaders. In other words, hes completely forgotten the key things that he previously knew about North Korea. And even if his advisers have tried to remind him, it appears hes now incapable of hanging on to that information.
But perhaps Monday was just a singularly bad day for Donald Trump? As it turns out, he traveled to a political rally today in Wisconsin, the home state of Speaker Paul Ryan. The two Republicans dont always get along, but they know each other quite well. And yet Trump kept referring to Paul Ryan as Ron during his speech today (Bipartisan Report). On their own, any one of these incidents could be seen as a mere gaffe, an absent moment. But strung together, they paint a picture of a man whos become mentally vacant.
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/donald-trumps-mental-lapses-rapidly-worsen-as-he-keeps-calling-paul-ryan-by-wrong-name/2352/
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Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated
It's a one-two punch that will put Trump down. One is Russia-Putin. Two is his declining mental health. cc @LouiseMensch @docrocktex26
It's a one-two punch that will put Trump down. One is Russia-Putin. Two is his declining mental health. cc @LouiseMensch @docrocktex26
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Donald Trumps mental lapses rapidly worsen as he keeps calling Paul Ryan by wrong name - Hey Ron! [View all]
womanofthehills
Apr 2017
OP
I like the way you do this - Rachel always does stuff like this on her show
womanofthehills
Apr 2017
#27
I think he confused Paul Ryan with Rand Paul and Rand Paul with his father Ron Paul.
DetlefK
Apr 2017
#15
I think he had all three (father, son, grandson) including Kim Jong Il's father Kim Jong II sung
womanofthehills
Apr 2017
#30
I wasn't party to senility diagnosis for long time but the article & this vid have persuasive effect
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2017
#43
The irony of this, and using this video to explicate his decline, is profound.
yodermon
Apr 2017
#60
The saddest thing about this photo is that rTrump had Barron down there on the tarmac with him
Texin
Apr 2017
#42
Walking into a room to sign an Executive Order and forgetting what you came for.
DetlefK
Apr 2017
#7
Dementia is like this in early stages, good days and bad days. Then all bad days ....
L. Coyote
Apr 2017
#14
Pence seems to be practicing as the apprentice to step in when rump's no longer able to
notdarkyet
Apr 2017
#36
Right. Pence is moving in to place. God help us; they're both awful, just in different ways.nt
Hekate
Apr 2017
#54
As long as the Repugnants can get him to sign what they order him to sign when they order him to
cstanleytech
Apr 2017
#52
Which is probably why they havent taken his phone away as its like a giant pacifier
cstanleytech
Apr 2017
#53
i'm not a doctor, but i think his decline is completely expained by long-term foxnews watching.
unblock
Apr 2017
#28
And don't forget, Dr. Bornstein said Trump takes hair growth medicine just like him - "Propecia"
womanofthehills
Apr 2017
#41
When Rachel or someone shows photos of campaigning Trump to prez Trump, totally different
Justice
Apr 2017
#45
I agree. Reagan, to me, was more (severely) mis-guided than he was truly an asshole.
Still In Wisconsin
Apr 2017
#61
why Republicans keep getting him out of the White House to Florida half the week. Pence does ALL.
Sunlei
Apr 2017
#49
"Lazy, damaged, unfocused mind - wandering off on its own" - boy Keith is on it!!
womanofthehills
Apr 2017
#67