Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 6
[ Stole this from a post in the RELE Refugees group on Facebook... ]
From
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-dementia/ -
According to psychologist Dr. John Gartner, formerly of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Donald Trump's slurring and inability to sometimes formulate complete sentences appears to be a sign of growing dementia and possibly early stages of Alzheimer’s.
In an interview with Salon's Chauncey DeVega, Gartner bluntly stated the former president is "showing gross signs of dementia" and fellow experts are not pointing out the warning signs nearly enough.
Gartner, who has been warning about Trump's diminishing mental capacity since contributing to the 2017 book, "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President," asserted the former president is becoming more dangerous by the day and the closer he gets to returning to the Oval Office.
After telling Salon's DeVega, "There is also this focus on [President Joe] Biden's gaffes or other things that are well within the normal limits of aging. By comparison, Trump appears to be showing gross signs of dementia. This is a tale of two brains. Biden's brain is aging. Trump's brain is dementing," he was asked for evidence.
According to Gartner, "Some examples of Trump’s non-words: Beneficiaries becomes 'benefishes.' Renovations become 'renoversh.' Pivotal became 'pivobal.' Obama became 'obamna.' Missiles became 'mishiz.' Christmas became 'Crissus.' Bipartisan became 'bipars.' This is a fundamental breakdown in the ability to use language. If you were talking to your father on the phone and he did this you would think he is having a stroke. There is no healthy older person who speaks that way."
He also noted Trump's tendency to go off in odd directions while talking to audiences.
Referring to the former president's "tangential speech," he elaborated, "He just becomes incomprehensible when he engages in free association word salad speech that is all over the place. Again, that's a sign of real brain damage, not being old, not being slow, not losing a step not being, but of severe cognitive deterioration."
He continued, "What I don’t understand is why those clips aren’t replayed over and over in the mainstream media. Isn’t Trump babbling incoherently the most newsworthy part of his rally? You can be sure it would be if it were Biden."
No. of Recommendations: 4
According to psychologist Dr. John Gartner, formerly of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Donald Trump's slurring and inability to sometimes formulate complete sentences appears to be a sign of growing dementia and possibly early stages of Alzheimer’s.
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Do the Dems actually believe they can change voters perception about Biden's diminished mental acuity? Or maybe the angle is that Biden and Trump are both demented so it's a push. Either, I don't think any minds are being changed.
The democrat's odds of convincing voters that Biden's mental state is not an issue is about the same as convincing them that Biden is a actually a border hawk or that Bidenomics is a success despite their personal kitchen table experience.
BTW, in case you didn't notice, "appears" and "possibly" are weasel words suggestive of opinions being presented as facts.
No. of Recommendations: 8
Biden and Trump are both demented so it's a push.
Regardless of how the MAGAsperceive the 2, a rational person would favor a benevolent leader, rather than a malicious rapist with a history of being motivated by vengeance, in a position of leadership.
No. of Recommendations: 2
BTW, in case you didn't notice, "appears" and "possibly" are weasel words suggestive of opinions being presented as facts.
Yeah, which is quite a contrast to all the "proofs" of Biden's deteriorating mental acuity and corruption.
<eye roll>
No. of Recommendations: 9
bighairymike: Or maybe the angle is that Biden and Trump are both demented so it's a push.
Monty Python's John Cleese responds...
Cleese: "As an openly old man, I still believe there's a difference between forgetfulness and outright insanity."
In case you've misunderstood him, Cleese is saying that while Biden may be forgetful from time to time, Trump is the insane all the time.
No. of Recommendations: 2
BTW, in case you didn't notice, "appears" and "possibly" are weasel words suggestive of opinions being presented as facts.
"Suggestive" is a weasel word Mike. Are you presenting your opinion as fact? In fact what she is doing is presenting a diagnosis and letting you know it isn't firm, because it cannot be firm.
As for Joe, I don't worry. It's long been speculated that Reagan wasn't altogether there during his last two years.
