Officials Worry Trump Has ADHD Or Dementia: Wolff

[DonViejo]

TRUMP MIGHT HAVE DEMENTIA, ADHD OR LEARNING DISABILITIES, 'FIRE AND FURY' AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF SAYS

BY JASON SILVERSTEIN ON 1/7/18 AT 8:40 AM

Senior Washington officials worry that President Donald Trump might be suffering from learning disabilities or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or maybe even dementia, “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff said Sunday.

“He's just a rich wastrel. He was bad at school. They don't know if it is because he had learning disabilities,” Wolff told the Mail on Sunday. “They discuss it at the White House: his apparent inability to read one page or one paragraph. He can't even follow a PowerPoint. They wonder where that is from. ADHD? A learning disability?”

Wolff said some White House insiders speculate that Trump, 71, is in “the early stages of dementia,” and they think the commander-in-chief “couldn’t read or is semi-literate.”

“Whether it's lack of sleep, the compounded effects of age… or there's actually some impairment – and that's a possibility – everybody around him discusses that,” he said.

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[DURHAM D]

1. It is all three.

Learning disability, ADHD and dementia.

[ginnyinWI]

26. Yep, all of the above. n/t

[bronxiteforever]

27. This + 100000

[PJMcK]

30. And a fourth

Many people are saying that he suffers from the long-term effects of syphilis.

That's what I've heard, anyway.

[dalton99a]

2. A perfect puppet.

The best!

[handmade34]

3. so...

do something about it, "senior Washington officials"

my father had dementia and from experience I can say that dementia easily explains many of dt's behaviors... what do we have to do to get people to act??

[shanny]

15. make it in their own interests....

right now they have the perfect president, who is easily manipulated and will sign anything put in front of him

the only way to get them to act is to make them pay a price. if we take back both houses of congress some principled, moderate republicans will no doubt have an epiphany and vote with the new majority to deal with trump

[L. Coyote]

4. The chorus reaches a crescendo, & his defensive claim of "very stable genius" is a dementia symptom.

No sane person holds a press conference to claim they are not insane.

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[janterry]

5. They wonder if he's add??

Here, let me relieve them of that heavy diagnostic burden.

Yes, he has attention deficit. There's no question about that. Let's move on to his OTHER diagnoses - because they are both more pressing and more dangerous.

[Sunlei]

6. Republican party court trump because he's easy to manipulate, he will sign anything they want.

Unfit, patsy man, read those LARGE TEXT lines.

[samnsara]

7. grrrr i dont care what he has just get him the hell out of the oval office..

..so we can fumigate it.

[gordianot]

8. I wish they would have left ADHD out of the mix.

Attention is selective like many children with an ADHD diagnosis can spend hours on a task such as video games Trump spends untold hours at golf. Nelson Rockefeller had a severe reading disability yet managed to function. There is no cure for dementia.

[Bradical79]

10. Though this is speculation from Trump's team

So I guess it should be in the book. I personally think it's something else that mimics some of the symptoms.

[world wide wally]

11. Certain degrees of ADHD can be managed through medication. Not sure about his.

I can't post pics, but when somebody does post that picture of all the faces he makes, think to yourself if this is the face of a sane man.

Hint: nope

[gordianot]

13. From the classical viewpoint he would be a model for a malignant satyr.

I could easily see his portrait on the walls of a Roman ruin say Pompeii. Whatever else Trump is a lifelong Narcissist his lack of attention is disdain for others. He is semi literate and has a massive inferiority complex. Short of mass murderers Trump is the most toxic individual this country ever produced. That being said expect Republicans to try and replace him with something worse.

[Duppers]

21. Very successfully managed, I must add.

Thank you.

[Duppers]

20. This smears folks with ADD!

I'm especially close to a guy with ADD who has a PhD in theoretical physics fr a prestigious university. His ADD has been very successfully managed all his life with Ritalin. While in the 8th grade, his guidance counselor told me that his IQ test ranked in the .005 percentile, higher than in child in the history of the York County school system. Proud mom here.

This is why I'd rather not hear about the demented imbecile in the WH having ADD as a disqualifer.

[marylandblue]

9. ADHD would not necessarily be a disqualifier for a president

In adults, they can typically hold it together well enough to concentrate when they need to. But together with his dementia, narcissism, Dunning-Krueger stupidity and surrounding himself with flying monkeys he is dangerous man in a dysfunctional White House.

[Bayard]

12. Since he announced his candidacy

I've always wondered, if he was this stupid, how he made his billions?

[Ligyron]

17. Not sure he has or ever had billions myself.

We've all heard that if he'd just left his inheritance money in an index stock fund that he'd have a whole lot more than he does currently.

Using OPM (other people's money) in real estate deals helps I'm sure.

[Duppers]

24. Debatable?

He inherited his assets and the poster above is right: if TRump had put his inherited cash in an index fund, he'd have more money today.

The tax return he did release is not that of a billionaire, according to tax experts I have read. He will not release any more returns.

Plus, if he is worth so much money, why will New York Banks not lend him anymore? He is clearly a bad credit risk.

He had to borrow money from Russians, ie, Putin controlled oligarchs. And that is why he got mixed up with them and why Russia is now able to control so much of our politics. They got their foot in the door with TRump and his need for cash.


He has had to file bankruptcy 6 times.

See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-the-first-presidential-debate/fact-check-has-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/

Edited to correct myself:
According to CNN and to Forbes, Trump is worth $3.1 billion. I was very wrong.
Very sorry, my friend.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/17/news/trump-billionaires-forbes-richest-americans/index.html

Mark Cuban, who is a billionaire, has made the statement many times that Trump is not a billionaire. How does he know?

I'm hopeful that we will find out more about Trump's finances through Muller's investigations. If his investigations are allowed to come to fruition.

[Vinca]

14. On top of a glaring narcissistic personality disorder.

[Ilsa]

19. Thank you! Don't know how they could leave that Dx out. nt

[Irish_Dem]

16. I am losing count of all the possible diagnoses.

Unbelievable.

ADHD is probably the least of his problems.

[loyalsister]

18. A legitimate Dx of ADHD would be welcome

Millions of people adapt to it and do thir jobs well. Unfortunately they have also had to stay in the closet. I'm sure they would enjoy be forced back in if suddenly it becomes a catastrophic Dx.
A bigger problem is a guy who doesn't want to be bothered with knowing the details of his job. He has a major responsibility he doesn't care about and doesn't take seriously unless he can get flattering headlines.

Grasping for a Dx is a lazy strategy. "Please let this be true so that someone will have to remove him from office" instead of working on the ground game for the upcoming midterms.

[spanone]

22. 'Senior Washington officials'

who?

[Scurrilous]

23. K&R

[smirkymonkey]

25. It kind of doesn't matter what he has - dementia, Alzheimer's, syphilis, narcissistic

personality disorder, anti-social personality disorder, etc.

The point is that he is a serious danger to the planet and the country in particular. He needs to be put out to pasture.

[Clarity2]

28. Dont forget

Dyslexia. Would explain why he cant read, and his history of not reading.

[blogslut]

29. So, we the people get to pick the diagnosis?

Is this some sort of mandate-from-the-masses thing?

Working schmoes have to pee in a cup. If he's just like us then we need to know if he's clinically capable to do his job.

Every one of those smug bastards that got forced to put suit coats over their jeans and fleece yesterday need to step the fuck up.

[rockfordfile]

31. I don't buy it. It's a excuse.