After months of questions raised from the liberal left about Donald Trump’s cognitive abilities, the New York Times wrote a thoughtful and measured piece on the topic on Sunday.
You should read the whole thing here. But here’s the key bit:
With Mr. Biden out, Mr. Trump, at 78, is now the oldest major party nominee for president in history and would be the oldest president ever if he wins and finishes another term at 82. A review of Mr. Trump’s rallies, interviews, statements and social media posts finds signs of change since he first took the political stage in 2015. He has always been discursive and has often been untethered to truth, but with the passage of time his speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past.
According to a computer analysis by The New York Times, Mr. Trump’s rally speeches now last an average of 82 minutes, compared with 45 minutes in 2016. Proportionately, he uses 13 percent more all-or-nothing terms like “always” and “never” than he did eight years ago, which some experts consider a sign of advancing age.
Similarly, he uses 32 percent more negative words than positive words now, compared with 21 percent in 2016, which can be another indicator of cognitive change. And he uses swearwords 69 percent more often than he did when he first ran, a trend that could reflect what experts call disinhibition. (A study by Stat, a health care news outlet, produced similar findings.)
Not great! But, also: Not the same thing as evidence that he is in the midst of significant cognitive decline!
Look. I have spent years reading Trump’s speeches. Watching his interviews. And what is clear to me is this: He has slowed — verbally and mentally — since he emerged on the political scene in 2015.
You can see it with your own eyes. Watch Trump during the first 2016 debate with Hillary Clinton:
And then watch him in his debate with Kamala Harris last month:
He’s clearly more limited verbally. He’s less able to call up words he wants to use. He is slower.
All of these things are true.
And, based on what I have read, all of these things are consistent with the effects of age. They are not evidence, as some on the left like to suggest, that Trump has dementia or some other major cognitive ailment.
My take: Trump is old. He would be the oldest person ever to serve as president if he makes it through four years in a 2nd term. That is a fact. He is also showing signs of his age and, even if he remains healthy overall in the next four years, we can assume he will continue to age — and grow less cognitively sharp (at best) — over that time.
Will it matter to voters? Especially those who remain undecided? We’ll know in a month!
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Dementia, senility, or simply the effects of normal aging, Trumpty-Dumpty is not capable of leading this country and should never again be anywhere near the Oval Office, unless he's in shackles while the jury is visiting the scene of the crimes he committed.
Yes we all saw that at the debate in June and still no 25th amendment talk?
Okay. You dump Trump and we'll dump Biden. Obviously neither is as sharp as they once were. That would leave us with Vance vs. Harris. Both relatively young and intelligent. Deal?
The Dems already dumped JB, don’t you remember when they booted the most powerful man on the planet off the ticket?
Yes, the Dems collectively realized that Biden was no longer up for four more years and asked him to step aside. Eventually he agreed and, as a party, now we are in a far better place going into November. But isn't this thread about Trump?
Yes, “the Dems” did make that decision, never mind the 14 million US citizens that voted for JB to be on the ticket. Something just doesn’t smell right about that.
You can agree?
I understand what you’re saying. If Harris gets less than 14 million votes in the general election, I will come back here and say Dutch was right about this.
Ryan,
You are comparing apples and oranges and you know it.
Yes, I know it. But you’re only defending these 14 million votes because you want Biden to be the nominee so your candidate wins. I get it. At the same time, you like Biden for putting up so much resistance to leaving but you also think he should be removed because of the 25th amendment. That is also apples and oranges logic.
Ryan, "Dutch" is a Trump troll afraid, as most of them are, of using his real name. He is best ignored.
And you know that the dems replaced Biden by the pre approved rules of the DNC.
Also, 80 million voters voted for Biden/Harris. Harris is doing what she was voted VP to do, to step up to be Prez if necessary.
The dem primaries were for Biden, AND Harris as his running mate.
This is an old tired argument of yours that has gone nowhere since it first was proposed.
Besides, we ALL know that maga does not put any weight to, or respect for, election results, so your crying for dems not having a chance to vote to reject Harris as the nominee is hilarious and pathetic at the same time
No, I don't agree. If Biden didn't choose to step down, he would have been the nominee. The delegates were his, fair and square. Once he decided not to run, the Democratic delegates had to replace him. There was no time to hold another nationwide primary. If something unexpected had happened to Trump after the primaries but before the convention, the GOP would have been in the same boat. The Republican delegates would have chosen a different nominee. What else could be done?
He didn’t want to step aside, everyone knows that, he said so “unless the Lord Almighty” tells him he was gonna stay in. He was forced. No room to argue that point
Yes, he didn't want to step aside and he was under pressure from some members of his party (many disagreed). But at the end of the day, it was his decision. If he had gone to the convention as the presumptive nominee with delegates earned in the primaries, do you really doubt that he would have been nominated? Those delegates were mostly chosen because Biden was their guy. Nancy and I disagreed with the choice, but we would have lost that argument.
Yes, his decision with a figurative gun to his head.
He was, in reality, forced out and with good reason. He is not competent to do the job now let alone years from now.
Lol. There is no way anyone could force him out. You should keep your fantasies to yourself.
Your opinion unless you can confirm through medical chart. Many disagree with you. That is our opinion. Biden has provided statements from doctors. You could say that doctors are lying. Your opinion. You think Trump is super human. That is my opinion of how you tout his presidency if elected in your comments. Many here disagree. That is our opinion. This Trump presidency that you say is coming better be really excellent and all fixed following the 24 hours after inauguration and should be all rainbows and sunshine for four years.
End of the day - you’re not addressing the key issue NOW - the Republican running for president is showing major signs of cognitive decline and it ain’t gonna get better with time. He needs to retire to an over 55 golf community and focus his time on his myriad of legal problems and how to stay out of an orange jumpsuit.
Agreed!
Biden slowed and aged significantly in the four years since his election a president. In 2020 he still appeared energetic, spoke in a clear and fairly strong voice. He has been a terrific president. In 2024 Biden’s step is halting, his voice is unsteady, and while his mental faculties appear intact, his presentation is weak. Donald J Trump is a few years younger, began his quest for presidential power in 2016, and now at 78 years old shows the decline that we’d expect over 8 years in a person of that age…as well as a significant drop in whatever mental acuity he began with, and a worsening of his personality disorder. His father suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, it is entirely possible that the precipitous decline that we’ve seen in Donald means that he has inherited that tendency. Both Parties should have thought long and hard before running an elderly candidate in 2024. The Democrats fixed their problem by encouraging Biden to step aside in favor of the excellent Kamala D Harris. Sadly for Republicans, whose Party has devolved into a personality cult based on Trump…they literally cannot have him step aside or their entire structure falls down. They can’t have Trumpism without Donald J Trump.
A very fair analysis, but I love how you just slide “terrific” and “excellent” in there. Those two sentences are entirely different debates than Trump’s and Biden’s age and cognition.
My comment, my biases!
Okay, fair enough!
Chris - I think the big question is why it took the NYT so long to point this out. 4 weeks before the election? These signs have been evident for months. Don’t think it makes a difference either way but they’re a little late to the party with this article coming out now
The same Chris is the one who writes incessantly about Biden's age ad also parroting MAGA's talkif points about Biden's age and his supposedly cognitive decline. Now he's trying to minimize Trump's agaging and cognitive blunting that's obvious for all to see.
You can fool some people some of the time but not all the people all of the time. Trump is old and mentally and morally unfit to be the President.
That's why he is avoiding the Press , refused to sit down for an interview with CBS, and refusing to debate Harris. If it was Biden or Harris that refused to do any of these, Chris and the MAGA crowd screaming that they afraid to interview with the Press or to debate. Double standards
I don’t know. Trump avoiding the press? He avoids taking questions, but I wouldn’t say he avoids the press. He can’t seem to live without press. I don’t think mental decline explains any of those. Biden did avoid the press and the public. We know why. I don’t see a double standard on this. Chris’ coverage of this has been fair.
Exactly! I don’t believe a word he said, he’s simply a Trump supporter who would willingly foist a demented man on the American public without a single thought of the consequences!
Mentally AND morally unfit is spot on, Doc.
Chris, the thing that both you and the NYT piece didn’t address, is the multitude of evidence that Trump has been, and currently is, cognitively deficient.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster reportedly dismissed Trump as an “idiot” and a “dope” with the intelligence of a “kindergartner”. Defense Secretary James Mattis told aides that Trump had the understanding of “a fifth- or sixth-grader.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly called Trump a “moron” for his bungling and incompetence. Erick Erickson: “The president exudes incompetence and instability.”
Trump demonstrated his literal ignorance prior to becoming president, demonstrated it throughout his presidency, and continues to exhibit it whenever he speaks. He simply is ignorant of just everyday, run of the mill stuff. He doesn’t know policy, and he hasn’t an idea of how government works.
So to question whether or not he may be in cognitive decline, rather misses the big picture.
A rose by any other name…. Away with the technical analysis. Listen to what he is saying! There are two main categories. One is the completely incoherent stream of conscious - meandering thoughts that range from child care costs to tariffs, for instance. And speaking of tariffs, just how completely ignorant he is of any policy. Tariffs will help Americans? Windmills cause cancer? Bleach will fix COVID?
But also the other category of speech, which is completely coherent. He will jail his opponents. he will limit what the press can do. He will throw away the Constitution. The constant stream of lies.
WHY IS THIS ALONE NOT DISQUALIFYING?
There is "something dreadfully wrong" with Trump, but 'aging' is just a minor player....
When Chris writes...
"He’s clearly more limited verbally. He’s less able to call up words he wants to use. He is slower.
All of these things are true.
And, based on what I have read, all of these things are consistent with the effects of age. They are not evidence, as some on the left like to suggest, that Trump has dementia or some other major cognitive ailment."
If you replace the name "Trump" with "Biden" and "left" with "right" it SCREAMS double standard.
Chris HOUNDED Joe Biden to leave the race, and actually wrote a piece about "Trumpian Democrats" https://chriscillizza.substack.com/p/chris-crucial-how-democrats-became
My post in response to that column is even more salient in light of Chris's's DEFENSE of Trump's obvious mental illness.
https://open.substack.com/pub/chriscillizza/p/chris-crucial-how-democrats-became?r=7jk34&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=61471700
President Biden was not only vilified from the "right"....the "media" which has been cockholded by the right repeated their over-the-top accusations ad nauseam.
Yet, the reality is that Trump for years has shown he is DEEPLY mentally and emotionally disturbed. Generally swept aside (more and more today) as "Trump being Trump".
There is no doubt whatsoever that Trump has an extreme case of narcissist personality disorder. Take a look at the symptoms of NPD and try and deny that Trump has every single one.
https://elevationbehavioralhealth.com/why-do-narcissists-lie/
The "media" is complicit in brushing aside Trump's obvious mental illness, while elevating (and parroting the MAGA Trump Cult) Joe Biden's normal aging as if it was disqualifying.
I beg everyone to view his rally last week from Waunakee Wisconsin. The part where he veers wildly off course and starts to talk about a lemonade stand he ran as a kid in Brooklyn is amazing. He struggles for words and looks confused.
Comment section never misses. The same group that would chastise Chris for saying anything negative about Biden’s age is now criticizing him because he didn’t go far enough to attack former Pres. Trump for the exact same issue.
So I did a bit of research online to get a handle on what cognitive decline actually IS...here are some of the symptoms listed, which you alluded to, Chris, this morning in your "So What" video:
• Forgetting names or details of conversations
• Difficulty finding the right words
• Personality or behavior changes
Another observation which you did not mention, but which I believe applies to DonOLD:
• Difficulty focusing on a task (such as, reading ONLY what's on the prompter)
Some lifestyle factors that are linked to cognitive decline, which apply to DonOLD:
--Obesity
--Lack of physical exercise
--Problems with memory, language, or judgment
These symptoms were gleaned from the Mayo Clinic and Alzheimers.gov, and I believe they are evident. You are one gracious guy, Chris, to cut DonOLD so much slack, but my assessment is he is in cognitive decline...among other things.
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Chris, I have been an admirer of you and your work for quite some time. I am growing increasingly concerned that your writing and analysis are becoming more shallow than you want and we supporters deserve. Do you just have so many good things going for you right now that you are simply unable to take the time necessary to do the critical thinking which has produced so many terrific pieces in the past?
Now, on to the topic at hand.
Aren’t the demonstrated results, whether caused by aging or cognitive decline (or a combo) enough? In other words, what difference does the cause make?
You seem to significantly downplay the potential dangers of Trump’s cognitive decline by framing substantial and troubling behavioral changes as merely expected signs of aging, rather than examining their potential impact on his ability to lead and make rational decisions for the good of the country. By portraying his increasingly “darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane” speeches as typical of someone in their late seventies, you gloss over the implications these changes may have for his fitness to serve as president or just as a human being.
Rather than exploring the serious questions these changes raise about Trump’s judgment, decision-making abilities, or impulse control, you seem to excuse them as natural results of aging. This framing effectively minimizes the risks by treating them as a mere side effect of growing older, rather than potential symptoms of significant cognitive impairment.
By downplaying these shifts, you neglect to address how these behaviors could impact his ability to handle the immense pressures and responsibilities of the presidency. You acknowledge Trump’s slower speech and reduced verbal agility, yet dismiss these as irrelevant to concerns about dementia or other cognitive issues. This dismissal fails to engage with the reality that such cognitive changes could compromise Trump’s capacity to make quick, well-reasoned decisions, particularly in high-stakes situations.
Ultimately, by framing these alarming changes as a mere byproduct of aging rather than potential evidence of cognitive decline, you provide a reassuring narrative that seems to obscure the severity of the situation. This minimization could mislead readers into underestimating the potential dangers associated with Trump’s cognitive changes and, in turn, diminish the urgency with which voters might otherwise evaluate his capacity to serve as president.
All that said, now add in his well-known NPD.
When cognitive decline or the effects of aging are compounded by narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), the potential risks and challenges become even more pronounced, particularly for someone in a position of power. Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by traits such as an inflated sense of self-importance, a need for excessive admiration, a lack of empathy, and a tendency to exploit others for personal gain. These characteristics can interact with cognitive decline or age-related changes in ways that may exacerbate problematic behaviors and decision-making.
If someone with NPD is experiencing cognitive decline, the effects can be particularly alarming because:
1. Impaired Decision-Making and Judgment: NPD already predisposes individuals to make decisions based on self-interest rather than objective analysis or the needs of others. Cognitive decline can further erode their judgment, making them less capable of weighing options or considering consequences rationally. This could lead to impulsive or reckless decisions, especially in situations where empathy and foresight are critical.
2. Increased Paranoia and Aggression: Narcissistic individuals often react defensively to perceived threats to their self-esteem or authority. Cognitive decline can amplify feelings of insecurity, potentially resulting in heightened paranoia, anger, or even aggression. This can lead to more volatile interactions with others and undermine stable leadership.
3. Inability to Accept Criticism or Assistance: People with NPD typically struggle to accept criticism or acknowledge their limitations. If cognitive decline is present, they might become even more resistant to acknowledging it or accepting help, potentially refusing necessary support or evaluations. This can exacerbate the decline and prevent appropriate interventions.
4. Difficulty Adapting to New Information: NPD often comes with rigid thinking and a preference for self-serving narratives. Cognitive decline can further impair flexibility in thinking, reducing the person’s ability to adjust their views or learn from new information. This can lead to a dangerous level of inflexibility, where they double down on harmful or misguided decisions.
5. Disinhibition and Lack of Empathy: Cognitive decline can cause disinhibition, leading to impulsive, unfiltered actions and speech. In someone with NPD, who already lacks empathy, this can result in a heightened disregard for others’ feelings and needs, potentially harming relationships and eroding public trust.
In short, when cognitive decline or age-related changes intersect with narcissistic personality disorder, the result can be a magnified risk to effective leadership, especially in roles that require complex decision-making and an ability to put others’ needs first. For individuals in positions of authority, these compounded factors can lead to instability, unpredictability, and potentially harmful outcomes for those they lead. Therefore, understanding the interplay between these conditions is crucial for evaluating the risks and implementing safeguards when necessary.
my father is 81 - has a touch of dementia. Drops f bombs all of the time now, especially when watching Fox News. He never used to be this way. Disclaimer: not a scientific study
Chris, please check out the podcast Shrinking Trump. Two Psychiatrists go through his weekly speeches and provide insight into his mental state. He is a lot like a third grader. Someone says something about him, and he says “I know you are but what am I?” I believe his darker speech is because he is paranoid, and worried about facing jail time for all of his criminality!
These are not good signs. Deniers will think its fake. If a person has not ever watched someone they love age and die....they can't comprehend what it's about. Having done this to end of life with 3 people that were my life....this is truth. I can't imagine those folks bother about age.
Why do you refer to people as “the liberal left” and then “the left?” As a political writer, you surely know that some scholars make those two separate groups, and that at least since John Birch days, Republicans have sought to link “left” with communism.
Trump has always had the attention span of a gnat-this has been a consistent observation by his former inner circle, ghost writer, and members of his cabinet. 2016 Trump vs 2024 Trump? Definitely more rambling, angry and vindictive. And JD aides and abets that. Using the Roy Cohn method, he is totally focused on revenge. Does that mean he is in decline? Yes, but not in the way of dementia and Alzheimer’s. It just means that his inabilities are more apparent and his lack of self discipline never a strong suit, much more apparent. His hubris allows him to rant without a clue as to how dangerous he sounds.
Republicans perhaps should have taken the opportunity to select a younger candidate as the Democrats did. The reason they didn’t is at the heart of their political weakness. They don’t have and don’t want an alternative. For them it’s Trump or nothing. The Republican primaries were an exercise in booting non believers. And it split the party. Haley was able to garner significant numbers of votes even after she’d dropped out lol. To be fair, Democrats didn’t have any primaries either for the same reason. But in the end they recognized that this depressed their chances of winning the presidency, house and senate races. So they chose a younger Harris instead and haven’t looked back. Trump is only attractive to a proportion of Republican voters. Harris seems to be collecting some of them instead. Harris has become increasingly more popular. A sign she has kept up her momentum. The neck and neck polling may actually be revealing the mindset of remaining Trump Republicans not the new Republican Democrats as they flee that party and decide to vote for Harris. Harris popularity should be stable or declining if that data point is in line with the polling. But it is going up.
There are no more Republicans. There are MAGA's running on the R ticket because they have no other place to hijack.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the stage between the expected decline in memory and thinking that happens with age and the more serious decline of dementia. MCI may include problems with memory, language or judgment.
I don't necessarily disagree with you Randy As far as I can see Trump has always had all three Biden may have some short term issues but I haven't seen long term Also he has always had foot in mouth disease Finally I think his stuttering has something to do this While he has greatly overcome that I think he probably has to consciously work at it. I also think it would probably become harder with age
I know one of the early symptoms with dementia is loss of inhibitions I haven't seen that in Biden but I think Trump was born with it:>)
This conversation has really digressed
Chris brought up Trump's mental capacity.. I agree with Chris at this point but certainly am open
I read that article (recommended by Chris' friend, Gabe Fleischer If you haven't subscribed to his Substack you should) You should read that
There is no doubt that as we age our mental acuity slows down, especially some of the short term and memory recall. My personal is remembering the famous person's name I am talking about
I think Biden's cognitive decline is overblown If he doesn't have to react quickly he appears to be pretty sharp
(Side note I like Biden But he has a big ego and is a micromanager I think he had a hard time realizing it was time to go like many of us will be with car keys:>) But I think maybe he made the ultimate decision, no one else)
My youngest brother, who is a Trumpy, said Hillary had Parkinson's which of course was diagnosed by some quack who based it on video Really!!! I reminded him our grandfather had Parkinson's for many years and asked if he saw any of the same symptoms. The subject never came up again
Trump may have some actual mental decline but none of us can diagnose it He also has some other emotional disorders that may be growing larger.
I think Biden and Trump are similar in that we can't assign them a definite diagnosis, but we can say we observe behaviors that we've seen in other people with cognitive decline.
For Christ’s sake you really didn’t need to ask the question. Trump’s age and inability to stay the pace is the last reason why a Trump second presidency would be a disaster. The US electorate needs desperately to get a grip if the world as a whole vis not going to suffer a mental, moral collapse
Disagree that Trump does not show signs of decline. He cannot put together a coherent sentence. Way worse than 2015-2016.
Latest case in point https://www.threads.net/@vincedmonroy/post/DA1hw8WTVL5?xmt=AQGziR9N-tu_Vd8_zhs2dIqupwsEhDDF9y9AxcIymS7XtQ
I find that his lack of adjectives disconcerting. Beautiful is used so frequently for things that are not called beautiful by the general public. Like he is lacking the words to describe things.
Trump is absolutely slowing down in addition to his numerous other issues. The trouble is I'm not sure the dominant media and especially not Democrats have any credibility left on this issue. If the Biden/Trump debate had not happened then Biden would be the candidate right now, and there were still many people arguing Biden was competent to serve as president even after the debate.
"trump has slowed with age and what he truly is, is emerging." Exactly! He's never had the intelligence, experience, capacity, or humanity to rise to near the level he has and it's more apparent each day!
Well put…
So Chris, you think Hannibal Lechter riffs, shark, nuclear fears are not signs of cognitive decline. Seriously? You are in denial, b r o.
"They are not evidence, as some on the left like to suggest, that Trump has dementia or some other major cognitive ailment."
Really? Says you, a journalist with zero medical training. Got any sources to back up your medical diagnosis?
Republicans are afraid of him, and MAGA doesn’t care, because he is saying what they believe for example, people on Twitter/X are now saying that the Democrats control the weather and the Hurricane heading to Florida this week is to keep Republican areas of the state from voting, and as far as I can tell no one is pushing back at that insanity from the right. I am more than ever convinced that the Republican Party is going to have to go through a Detrumpification like Germany had to go under a Denazification, and NO I am not comparing Trump to Hitler, I am just using Denazification as an example
Good grief, he just went to the same place THIS WEEKEND he was nearly killed at 3 months ago! Would you go back? Seriously? And you question his strength? I don’t know, sounds like some liberal looney talking point……
As if it was the location that made him sound like an incoherent lunatic. What strength does it take to pump your fist and yell "fight, fight, fight" while surrounded by Secret Service? As I recall that's the same word he used on January 6 to incite the mob he had recruited. Here's one of his latest lines: These murderous illegals are grabbing girls from their parents and slicing them up before their very eyes. Do you believe that? Does he? What's the objective of that rhetoric? To use one of his go-to phrases, this is behavior in a presidential contender the likes of which we've never seen. He is driven not by strength, principle or truth, but by a pathologically thin-skinned ego, fueled by hate, meanness, and a divisiveness designed to tear the country down if he doesn't get what he wants, which is money, absolute fealty from others, and impunity from accountability. Do you have children or grandchildren? If this is what you admire and think is best for America, we have irreconcilably different values, but don't insult us with ridiculous justifications for the indefensible.
I read today where Trump's transition team is telling potential Cabinet appointees that they must demonstrate "loyalty" to Trump. I'm sure that means "complete loyalty", where they won't be allowed to disagree with him. Trump clearly wants to be a king. Having a president in mental decline with nobody around him to set him straight......what could go wrong? If you vote for that, you must want to burn the house down.
Big flipping deal!
Chris, I hate like hell to give trump ANY grace but I think you hit it on the head: he is becoming more himself and somewhat predictably for aging, is less able to hide his predilections due to decreased inhibitions
Have to disagree with you, Chris. I think you were perhaps issuing a caution about the bias of ageism ??? Having lived with a loved one who suffered from dementia, I believe the behaviours, evidenced by the NYT, are not just signs of slowing down. The characteristics described, especially so many of them- are indicators of ongoing cognitive decline.
You're trying to be Keith Olberman.
Chris, you go through his speeches line by line. I read that and I have seen clips of some of his speeches.
Dude! There’s no way you can deny the guy has major cognitive issues that are much worse than four years ago when he was running.
Trump has so many mental health issues that, frankly, dementia is down my lust of worries. Although his age foes magnify his underlying crazies a bit.
Chris says, "I don't think that means he has something dreadfully wrong with him mentally." It is difficult to imagine that ANYONE who claims to have watched a lot of Trump and Trump speeches through the years could make that statement.
When was the last time Trump done a live one on one interview?
“Watch de ate footage from 2016 and 2024?” Isn’t that what we are paying you for?
82 minutes is longer than a month of my sermons, which don’t have nearly that much apocalyptic imagery! Maybe after the election they will!
Hey Chris, it’s October 7th.
In your quest to question President Trumps fitness I think you missed something very important to write about.
You cannot be serious!
Look at the guy in the Oval Office now? I didn’t hear any of this 4 years ago when he was “campaigning” in his basement wearing slippers so he didn’t fall! Try to keep up President Trumps schedule for the next month! The guy is incredible!
Constantly picking and picking at President Trump. It’s ridiculous and you can do far better.
The above statement is ridiculous.
Above is pure MAGA nonsense! Biden has been a success as president and miraculously reversed the DAMAGE that sick sociopath did as he squatted in our White House for four chaotic years!!! We’re not going back to that horseshit! Shame on you Chris for making excuses for the sicko!
Yes it is. Like Trump himself, he thinks his candidate is super human. I just know that Trump and him have said several times that on day one of Trump's presidency, all and everything will be fixed. This is what they said and I am assuming that they are not lying to us. There should be no criticism of the past administration since Trump fixed everything on day one. Any issues, chaos, and maybe some good things, is Trump, Trump, Trump. If a natural disaster happens in Trump's administration and if it isn't 100% fixed on day one then Trump is responsible because he controls the weather and all boots on the ground. That weather power that most of us didn't know about until Trump told us transfers between presidents I would assume. If candidate is super human then there is peace on earth. I expect my retirement portfolio to double on Trump's first day too. I expect that my taxes even through tariffs shouldn't rise. I'm expecting a lot from a Trump presidency, more than just the average presidency, because I have been told by Trump that he could make it so.
There is no way there isn’t some dementia occurring in this mam! Denying it is lying, both his parents died of Alzheimer’s for heaven’s sake this is not simple aging in any sense! Denying it is damaging to this country and God only knows what he will he will do once in the Oval Office. My husband died of this dreadful disease it is cruel to even think of imposing this on the American public! He’s losing it whether it’s dementia or not. His plans for our country are evil and despicable!
Trump’s dad died of pneumonia, but yes he was also suffering from dementia (possibly Alzheimer’s). Trump’s mom died of old age without any signs of dementia. They were 93 and 88, both long lifespans. If politicians should be fact-checked, so can we. Also, as a neuroscientist, just want to add that Alzheimer’s is not typically deadly and is very hard to diagnose without a post-mortem. It’s a terrible disease worse than death, but not deadly.
Alzheimer's is ranked as the 7th leading cause of death in the U.S. Functional deterioration - mental and physical - may be gradual, but it is progressive.
This is true, but death is from the complications of Alzheimer's, not the beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles characteristic of Alzheimer's that accompany brain deterioration. I studied in a beta-amyloid and tau research lab in the '90s and I'm shocked that 25 years later it's still debated whether these are a cause or effect of Alzheimer's. So much research and still no cure.
don't feed the trolls.
Amen!!!
Perhaps you missed the Harris vs. Trump debate? Trump was a long way from "incredible." His final remarks were good, but most of the time Harris played him like a fiddle. Trump came across as undisciplined and deranged. Did you hear some of the stuff that he said? lol
Agreed, President Trump was awful in that debate. Awful
Can’t believe I’m saying this, but this is a reasonable assessment from Dutch. Even if energy level was not the point of the article.
Huh?