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Jilly_in_VA

(13,113 posts) Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:07 PM Sep 21

This Is What Proves Trump's Dementia: Psychologist [View all]

At least one psychologist is convinced that President Donald Trump has dementia.

Dr. John Gartner told The Daily Beast Podcast’s Joanna Coles that he has observed a “major deterioration” in Trump’s language skills, motor skills, and impulse control. The former Johns Hopkins professor and co-host of the podcast Shrinking Trump explained how he arrived at a diagnosis of dementia for the president, telling The Daily Beast that doing so involves assessing someone’s against their own baseline.

“We have to see a major deterioration in functioning in language and thinking and psychomotor performance and impulse control and a whole variety of areas... what a lot of people don’t realize is that Donald Trump used to be a very articulate person.”

“He used to speak with a high level of vocabulary in very polished paragraphs. Now what we see is not only has his vocabulary gone down, but... there are times when he’s really unable to complete a thought. Sometimes he’s unable to complete a word,” Gartner continued.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-is-what-demonstrates-donald-trumps-dementia-psychologist/

But we already knew that, right?

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This Is What Proves Trump's Dementia: Psychologist [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 21 OP

I observed this with my Dad's slide into dementia. Midnight Writer Sep 21 #1

My father was a writer before dementia misanthrope Sep 21 #8

Every person I've known with dementia... ananda Sep 21 #10

It doesn't always go that way. I've had many patients who got the happy type Maru Kitteh Sep 21 #21

What did your good friend say? misanthrope Sep 21 #22

I had success with some natural products for my elderly mom. JudyM Sep 22 #33

Thank You Desert grandma Sep 22 #34

Glad to share, Desert grandma, hoping it might help some folks. JudyM Sep 22 #36

Mine were a series of bridge psrtners. ananda Sep 22 #35

Were you friends before his diagnosis? babylonsister Sep 21 #23

The person I knew as him misanthrope Sep 21 #24

Yeah Katcat Sep 21 #25

""He used to speak with a high level of vocabulary in very polished paragraphs..." ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #2

I distinctly remember wondering in the first campaign why his family didn't insist tanyev Sep 21 #3

Good Comment ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #4

THIS malaise Sep 21 #5

I believe he was referring to the years well before his first term. n/t ariadne0614 Sep 21 #6

So Am I ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #7

Prof, I read the OP True Dough Sep 21 #11

K&R for, What? When was that?" UTUSN Sep 21 #15

Yeah, that stuck out to me as well. progressoid Sep 21 #16

I agree with the MyOwnPeace Sep 21 #17

Prior to his first real run for president. Shipwack Sep 21 #26

Thinking the same thing Bayard Sep 21 #28

Nobody besides us cares Fiendish Thingy Sep 21 #9

Yep. That's certainly true. calimary Sep 21 #19

Maybe he'll just fucking die already Orrex Sep 21 #12

Here is the video of that interview. I though it was well done and more than a little scary. mackdaddy Sep 21 #13

Through the years mountain grammy Sep 21 #14

I'm a native New Yorker mokeyz Sep 21 #18

Me too, also from New York. Javaman Sep 21 #20

I remember seeing him in a few interviews during his Apprentice days... Joinfortmill Sep 21 #27

My Dad had dementia, my Mom had Alzheimer's Bayard Sep 21 #29

This is what I think shows his inability to think rationally. He suddenly changes subject to talk to the media about the Doodley Sep 21 #30

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 21 #31

archive link BWdem4life Sep 21 #32