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Showing Original Post only (View all)In 1980 I said that Reagan had early Alzheimer's [View all]
and everybody got on my case. Actually not quite everybody: those who had family members with it agreed with me. I am stating for the record that this guy has it as well. I've treated over forty thousand patients in my life and of those about three thousand i have treated long-term from age 50 on for up to thirty-eight years. I know what I see and I know what I hear and this is without question in my mind to a degree of medical certainty a case of dementia superimposed upon, among other diagnoses, malignant narcissism coupled with a few other conditions on other axes.
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People wouldn't believe me either when I said he was failing mentally. Too brainwashed to think
L. Coyote
Apr 2017
#1
Kind of reminds me of Spicer's Holocaust comments. I know, different creature, but
Laura PourMeADrink
Apr 2017
#73
And today he said about the late Luciano Pavarotti: "a friend of mine. Great friend." nt
tblue37
Apr 2017
#61
And he had a better, more facile command of the language in the past than he demonstrates now.
calimary
Apr 2017
#42
My husband and I have started heckling the TV when he's making some lame-ass statement
calimary
Apr 2017
#115
And there's a tangible sense of connection. These days it's as though no one really exists.
nolabear
Apr 2017
#88
All of us un-trained persons with strong suspicions respect your professional opinion.
joanbarnes
Apr 2017
#44
TBH, I hold out a foolish hope Melania spills the beans so she never has to move to the WH
Arazi
Apr 2017
#48
I saw Trump in that interview the day he got in the semi and said 'vroom! vroom!'
PatrickforO
Apr 2017
#55
They allowed him to campaign (certainly thinking it would boost the "brand") but
LuckyLib
Apr 2017
#117
What is curious to me is his utter lack of intellectual curiosity. I remember thinking, not
Laura PourMeADrink
Apr 2017
#74
for that to be true, we would need a past example of more lucid speech and behavior
yurbud
Apr 2017
#84
great details. Probably only JFK or Bubba approached that level of skill among modern presidents
yurbud
Apr 2017
#110
I wasn't defending him--I meant he was never the brightest bulb. As Molly Ivins said of Baby Bush..
yurbud
Apr 2017
#101
When he forgets to go GOLFING on yet ANOTHER weekend then we'll know the truth....n/t
Bengus81
Apr 2017
#85
When I turned on my iPad I got a popup headline that a bunch of psychiatrists at Yale say he's...
Hekate
Apr 2017
#91
I disagreed with the idea that the psychopath known as Trump had dementia
Progressive dog
Apr 2017
#94
I know what you mean. I was young but KNEW something wz wrong w/Reagan in 2nd term.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2017
#100
when it was finally admitted that ronnie had alzheimer's, I called a friend in SoCal and asked her,
niyad
Apr 2017
#111
Starting to think that Republicans like their presidents old and docile and demented
no_hypocrisy
Apr 2017
#114
Yeah, but that doesn't explain the 63 million people that thought it was a good idea to elect him.
progressoid
Apr 2017
#118