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Bluetus

(3,127 posts)
22. Mental illness is completely different from physical illness
Wed May 27, 2026, 10:46 AM
21 hrs ago

We don't expect the President to dunk a basketball, to run faster than the Chancellor of Germany or to settle trade issues in the Sumo wrestling ring. It is vitally important that the President's brain be working pretty well.

Trump obviously has some heart/circulatory issues. In that case, the American people deserve to know: a) that if those issues interfere with the job, that the 25th Amendments will be used, and b) that there is a succession of competent people ready to step in at a moment's notice.

The mental issues are different. He clearly has very little left of his prefrontal cortex. He has extremely poor judgment and very little impulse control. It is costing Americans trillions of dollars and creating problems that may take another generation or two to reverse. We are all in great danger every day he remains on the job. We deserve to know the full extent of his mental problems.

We have all seen the impulse control problem, and we can all see it getting worse by the day. What is important to understand that this is a LATER stage of Alzheimer's Disease. The prefrontal cortex is relatively unaffected in the earlier stages of Alz, where the impact is largely in the memory center. It is the later stages of Alz when the impulse control fades, usually leading to erratic behavior, loss of impulse control, extreme agitation and the other highly visible symptoms we see from this guy on a daily basis.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54715-y

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Absolutely... FalloutShelter Tuesday #1
Yes ... oldsoldierfadingfast Tuesday #2
That is why I tell everyone he is syphilitic displacedvermoter Tuesday #3
The 47th President's body is going to 86 itself. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Tuesday #4
Yes, but historically presidents' health problems have been either minimized or concealed altogether. Ocelot II Tuesday #5
I can see the empathy and concern for some past Presidents will keep their health conditions out of the news. Aussie105 Tuesday #6
Yes. Unless it greatly impacts/threatens National Security rpannier Tuesday #7
Trump's mental health.. Escape Tuesday #8
Yes. Baitball Blogger Tuesday #9
Hell no......nobody questions the 🍊🐖💩 dictator kimbutgar Tuesday #10
Given that JD Vance is the vice-president... Morbius Tuesday #11
The issue was settled with Eisenhower. DURHAM D Tuesday #12
Not really. JFK's serious health issues were never disclosed Ocelot II Tuesday #14
repukes certainly think so when a Dem is president Skittles Tuesday #13
Yes, both a right to know AND a need to know. He's running our country Marie Marie Tuesday #15
It is obvious the president has serious mental & physical problems. BarbD Tuesday #16
He isn't "ill" in the sense of something like cancer, Parkinson's etc. Bluetus Tuesday #17
If what you're saying here is true - and I have no reason to believe that it is not - hamsterjill Yesterday #20
Mental illness is completely different from physical illness Bluetus 21 hrs ago #22
I wish I could rec this more than once MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #23
Of course, we as taxpayers deserve to know about the health of our elected leaders. SWBTATTReg Tuesday #18
All of Franklin Roosevelt's doctors knew he was in heart failure when he ran for a 4th term. NNadir Yesterday #19
Being serious now ... oldsoldierfadingfast Yesterday #21
Absolutely MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #24
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