• BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    He didn’t diagnose him, he said his behavior is consistent with a diagnosis of dementia. Stating your informed opinion =/= diagnosing. His rapid decline is obviously some sort of degenerative cognitive illness (aka dementia). Anyone with relevant training/experience can see it at this point

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      8 months ago

      Yeah but you could probably find a psychologist to say that about most people.

      I mean I hate trump and I hope he does have dementia but one psychologist’s opinion isn’t particularly reassuring. Trump has always rambled a lot. If he were forgetting where he is while on camera or whatever that would be a big deal, but we’re not there yet obviously.

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        8 months ago

        He’s been, literally, this is not an exaggeration, forgetting who his opponents are. Regularly. He thinks he’s running against Obama. He’s brought that up like four times now.

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          8 months ago

          There’s a difference between forgetting who you’re opponent is, and saying Obama instead of Biden.

          Um certain that Trump is very far from our best and brightest, I’m just saying I doubt he’s about to forget his own name.