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applegrove

(118,630 posts)
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 12:15 AM Sep 2016

Trump got gummed up during the debate. I'm dyslexic and it happens to me too.

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I'm fine when a situation is novel. But after a bit I get gummed up with details. Why I stick to posting OPS and not getting involved in the nuances of discussion online. Trump was fine in the first few minutes but had to listen to everything being said by Hillary and himself. And he ran out of working memory. IMHO. In the earlier GOP debates Trump could relax and reboot between the times he was involved. I can too if I'm answering the phone or doing reception. It is like starting all over again with a blank slate with each different contact. But one on one I'm terrible over a longer period of time.

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Trump got gummed up during the debate. I'm dyslexic and it happens to me too. (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2016 OP
i can trip over my tongue and stumble through a conversation like most normal people. unblock Sep 2016 #1
Exactly. applegrove Sep 2016 #2
Trump ran out of ammo and energy C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #3
As a fellow member of the Wellstone ruled Sep 2016 #4
Well, it would explain his tendency to believe his own lies. DetlefK Sep 2016 #5
Oh I think he is well aware that Obama was born in Hawaii. I think he is just ignorant applegrove Sep 2016 #6
Interesting thought - nt rumdude Sep 2016 #7
Trump is bilingual LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2016 #8
Trump said Hillary has been pursuing ISIS for 30 years. oasis Sep 2016 #9
Yes when he gets confused he's not clear. applegrove Sep 2016 #10
There isn't much room in his head after these concepts: good/bad/tremendous/bigly. LeftRant Sep 2016 #11

unblock

(52,205 posts)
1. i can trip over my tongue and stumble through a conversation like most normal people.
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 12:20 AM
Sep 2016

but then, i don't run for president claiming to be the best at everything ever.

C_U_L8R

(45,000 posts)
3. Trump ran out of ammo and energy
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 12:24 AM
Sep 2016

Someone remarked that he only came loaded
with 10 minutes of material for a 90 minute debate.
And worse, dyslexia or not, all Trump has are attacks
and critiques. He doesn't have a single idea.
Sure Trump claims he can deliver lots of big vague
results but he hasn't demonstrated that he has the
first clue of what to really do or how to do it.
Hell, Trump doesn't even know how government works.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. As a fellow member of the
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 12:27 AM
Sep 2016

dyslexic club,noticed Con Jobs affliction hammer him within the first ten minutes. Like you said,once his memory chip pooped out,that's all folks. From then on it was Captain Run Amuck .

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
5. Well, it would explain his tendency to believe his own lies.
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 02:46 AM
Sep 2016

He makes stuff up and then cannot tell his lies apart from facts. I suspected a mild form of schizophrenia but then again, I'm no psychologist.

applegrove

(118,630 posts)
6. Oh I think he is well aware that Obama was born in Hawaii. I think he is just ignorant
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 02:56 AM
Sep 2016

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on much. And a liar on top of being dyslexic.

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