Trump's childlike attention span means he loses track after "two minutes" of policy briefing: report

[Miles Archer]

Trump’s childlike attention span means he loses track after ‘two minutes’ of policy briefing: report



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/trumps-childlike-attention-span-means-he-loses-track-after-two-minutes-of-policy-briefing-report/

According to a Washington Post report about national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster’s attempts to get the president’s ear on Afghanistan policy, the troubling trend of Trump’s super-short attention span once again reared its head.

“I call the president the two-minute man,” a “confidant” of the president told the Post. “The president has patience for a half-page.”

“Even a single page of bullet points on the country seemed to tax the president’s attention span on the subject, said senior White House officials,” the report continues.

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“It’s kind of ridiculous how (NATO leaders) are preparing to deal with Trump,” a source told Foreign Policy in May. “It’s like they’re preparing to deal with a child — someone with a short attention span and mood who has no knowledge of NATO, no interest in in-depth policy issues, nothing. They’re freaking out.”

[kwassa]

1. attention deficit disorder

and this very quality saves us from Trump attempting to become a dictator. He can't pay attention long enough. It saves us from Trump ever becoming effective at anything.

[marylandblue]

3. Most kids with ADHD can last more than 2 minutes

He doesn't even want to try.

[targetpractice]

7. I have ADHD... And, I can focus when it's important. n/t

[kwassa]

10. Trump is also a narcissist ....

complete with the personality disorder to go along with him.

So, what is important to him, and what is important to most of us is completely different. He focuses well on things that make him money, or feed his bottomless need for fawning attention.

[targetpractice]

14. True... He is a malignant narcissist...

Unfortunately, I know this personality disorder well.

What you said, plus he will try to destroy anyone who causes him narcissistic injury (i.e., harms his childlike ego).

[marylandblue]

21. I think it's the narcissism more than anything else

It's that he can't pay attention, it's that he doesn't think he needs to.

[meow2u3]

22. I also have ADHD and can focus on important subject matter

(It also helps taking medication which mitigates the total lack of attention).

[LisaM]

35. And, if you became president, you'd probably surround yourself with staff

and find other tools to make sure you were giving adequate time and preparation to issues.

That's what is so puzzling about all of this - how could someone run for a job he clearly doesn't really want to do?

[kwassa]

8. He can't do any better.

and I am very thankful for that.

[Not Ruth]

13. I know a kid

Smartest person I know. He can learn anything in 1/10 of the time that it takes anyone else. Cannot handle a classroom. Smarter than any teacher has has ever had. Learned what he needed for his bar mitzvah in what seemed like a week. Kids spend years on that. Parents have no idea what to do with him.

[Blue_true]

28. Does he have a good memory?

Has his parents ever tested whether he can repeat something learned a day later, a week later, a month or more later? If I can repeat stuff verbatim learned, the kid should be able to be made to function like a genius if he is handled in a certain way. If he can learn fast and create as fast, that is a special gift, IMO.

[targetpractice]

4. Reminds me of my mother four years ago...

Early onset dementia that exacerbated her underlying narcissism. She tried to constantly cover for her deficits by touting her "successes" and getting "stories straight" with everyone. I'm sorry to say, but know how this will end.

[meow2u3]

24. ADHD isn't his only problem

He also seems to have a dark triad personality (narcissistic, manipulative, aka Machiavellian, and sociopathic); the only time he focuses well is on matter which benefits himself, especially when he gets to harm others.

[gratuitous]

2. Isn't President Trump the same guy who said he didn't need daily briefings?

He didn't have to keep hearing the same thing over and over, because he's like a smart person with a very good brain, and he doesn't need to be wasting a lot of his valuable time (17 day vacation after six months on the new job - nice) just getting the same information.

Wow, if his supporters had an ounce of self-awareness or integrity, they'd be calling for their hero's combed-over scalp right about now, wouldn't they?

[marylandblue]

6. Accountability is only for Democratic Presidents

[MrPurple]

29. He knows more than the the generals anyway n/t

[SergeStorms]

36. 6 months of.......

playing golf, watching TV, firing people, flying into fits of childish rage, eating LOTS of ice cream, eating LOTS of EVERYTHING else!

So yes, a 17 day vacation is much needed. He plans to play golf, watch TV, fire fewer people, fly into childish rages, eat LOTS of ice cream, and eat LOTS of everything else.

Wait a minute. Just exactly WHAT does he need a vacation FROM?

[Goonch]

5. Forrest Trump

[Not Ruth]

9. Isn't it known as ADHD?

Common diagnosis these days, roughly 10% are diagnosed, probably at least that many are undiagnosed (my guess).

NYC has a much higher amount of people diagnosed with ADHD than many other places.

Adults with ADHD
4.4 percent of the adult US population has ADHD, but less than 20 percent of these individuals seek help for it.
41.3% of adult ADHD cases are considered severe.
During their lifetimes, 12.9 percent of men will be diagnosed with ADHD, compared to 4.9 percent of women.
About 30 to 60 percent of patients diagnosed with ADHD in childhood continue to be affected into adulthood.
Adults with ADHD are 5 times more likely to speed
Adults with ADHD are nearly 50 percent more likely to be in a serious car crash.
Having ADHD makes you 3 times more likely to be dead by the age of 45
Anxiety disorders occur in 50 percent of adults with ADHD.

Conditions Related to ADHD
65% of children with ADHD have problems with defiance, non-compliance and other problems with authority figures, including verbal hostility and angry outbursts.
75% of oppositional defiant disorder manifests by age 14.
1 in 4 students with ADHD has other serious learning disabilities in one or more of these areas: oral expression, listening skills, reading comprehension, and math.
Half of all students with ADHD also have listening comprehension problems.
About one-third of these students have one or more of the following:
Language deficits (poor listening comprehension, poor verbal expression, poor reading comprehension)
Poor organizational skills
Poor memory
Poor fine motor skills
Students with ADHD are 2 to 3 times more likely to have problems with expressive language than are their non-ADHD peers.
50% of children who have ADHD also have sleep problems.
27,985 children aged 14-21 with autism, emotional disturbance, or other health impairments including ADHD drop out of school each year.
States in regions with above-average rates of ADHD and LD suspend children at twice the national average.
States in regions with below-average rates of ADHD and LD suspend children at half the national average.
Substance abuse is 3 to 4 times greater than the national average for those with untreated ADHD.
Children with ADHD are 12 times more likely to have Loss of Control Eating Syndrome.

[tblue37]

11. I call the president the two-minute man, a confidant of the president told the Post.

"What a coincidence," Melania was heard mumbling to herself.

[AZ8theist]

32. I see what you did there

Too effin funny ...

[tanyev]

12. Aha! Maybe Giuliani had his hands up in front of his face that time Trump couldn't see him.

Peek-a-boo!

After discussing how important he believes cyber security to be, and also taking some shots at the Democratic National Committee in the process, Trump then wanted to turn things over to the man he’s tasked with leading the administration’s efforts — former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

However, it appeared that Trump didn’t know where Rudy was — despite Giuliani being seated directly in front of him.

“Maybe I’ll ask Rudy to say a few words,” POTUS said, turning his head all around the room. “Where’s Rudy?”

https://www.mediaite.com/online/wheres-rudy-trump-doesnt-appear-to-realize-that-giulianis-sitting-right-across-from-him/

[barbtries]

18. on top of everything else

he seems to be suffering from dementia.

[FreepFryer]

15. ADHD, diagnosed at age 2 & I'm earning my PhD... He's got neither intellect nor work ethic. (n/t)

[barbtries]

17. congratulations

you kept growing. trump has many more issues than ADHD - he is seriously mentally ill. i can't believe this is the president.

[dalton99a]

20. Nine percent of US medical students surveyed reported an ADHD diagnosis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23376867

[barbtries]

16. he is a child

at least emotionally he stopped growing at about 2. i truly believe this.

[marylandblue]

27. That's what it means to be a narcissist

Two year olds are just starting to learn they aren't the center of the universe. If you never learn this lesson, you become a narcissist.

[dalton99a]

19. ADHD?? His problem is laziness and arrogance.

[NastyRiffraff]

23. Psst, General Kelly:

How's that stopping the leaks thing going?

[Blue_true]

25. Why don't they try delivering the briefing with an animation character.

Dumbo sounds like a good choice of character.

[MrPurple]

30. Maybe have Ivanka read the briefings to him while topless

[Blue_true]

31. I am afraid that will hold the pervert's attention too well.

Would you want him with the nuclear football in his hands while Ivanka is reading to him topless? That dude might massage off the launch code.

[syringis]

26. He loses track after 2 min?

How can he lose something he never got?

[TNNurse]

33. Is this not grounds for immediate impeachment?

Imagine in a really serious crisis, they have to repeat the details over and over.

[DeeDeeNY]

34. This man has the nuclear codes!!

[BigmanPigman]

37. I am slightly ADHD and taught elementary school for over 15 years.

So I have a lot of experience with it. One year one fourth of my class was either ADD or ADHD (there is a difference). I don't know how I survived until summer vacation.

I agree with the other posts. If he wanted to address this issue seriously over the past 71 years he would've done so by now. He doesn't care and doesn't want to. His other mental health issues probably are the reason for it. If he is a true narcissistic sociopath he probably thinks he is perfect the way he is and doesn't have any problems of his own. It is everyone else who has a problem not and him. No amount of Ritalin or meds will fix that.

[leftstreet]

38. +1

It seems to me it's just good old narcissism. He doesn't really LISTEN to begin with. Whereas I believe people with the ADD or HD disorders actually try.

Trump doesn't LISTEN because he doesn't HEAR anything unless it's about him. That's why it seems like he's lying when he claims he talked to someone 'on the phone,' yet we find out it was instead an in-person conversation. To him it doesn't matter!

[smirkymonkey]

39. I have a problem with the word "childlike"

It makes him sound innocent. He's a 71 year old man. It's not childlike, it's pathetic. He's a fucking moron with the mental capacity of a fruit fly.