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White House Scrambles to Wipe Trump Meltdown Footage (www.thedailybeast.com)

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“You know, we’re not supposed to be seduced that way, right? But I am. When someone’s nice to me, I love that person. Even if they’re bad people,”

“Republicans, judges, and justices,” Trump began. “They always want to show that they’re independent.”

“‘I don’t care if Trump appointed me, I don’t care, if it doesn’t make any difference to me. I’m voting against him!” Trump said, visibly annoyed.

“Cause they want to show their independence, you know, stupid people,” complained Trump.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Healthier??

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Like he may be cracking psychology and not like dementia or something with age or whatever.

I don't think I agree. I think people with advanced dementia can come in and out of lucidity and you end up with a little statement that sounds insightful and with his inhibitions on the floor it almost sounded genuine, but it's in there with a soup of confusion and he kind of "weaves" in and out of fantasy.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But he has always done that. It is not dementia it is his infinite stupidity doing that.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Idk. My grandfather passed from Alzheimer's and looking back on it. He never really called me by name even when I was a kid. I'm not sure he was always 100% exactly sure who I was, but knew I was cool. Looking back he may have been coping with some memory issues for a long time and it just got untenable.

But yeah, he's definitely been like this for a while now. This whole second term kinda. All the nicknames and stuff, might account for some subject changes.

[–] Greyletter@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Hes been like this the whole time. Dont excuse his bad behavior with health problems.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Make no mistake, they're curating how we see him like they did with Reagan. In reality he's probably as comprehensible as a toddler on meth.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you have a hard time watching him, speed it up to 2x like I did, and you'll see what I mean. He sounds healthier than he looks.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Sounding healthy when you are at 2x speed does not sound terribly healthy to me.