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Does he actually have Alzheimers or Dementia?

posted 7 years ago by [deleted]
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We've seen a couple of moments where he seemed to have problems.

1) missing his limo at the bottom of the stairs when disembarking Air Force One. Okay, maybe he was tired. A "senior citizen" moment.
2) Slurring his words when speaking.
3) Drinking water with both hands.
4) holding onto the podium with two hands like he was holding on for dear life.

These could all be chalked up as "senior citizen".

But the latest news, which actually is scary, is that he has lost his short-term memory. He used to annoy people by telling the same story, maybe within 25 minutes, but now they say he might decide to tell the exact same story to the same person within 10 minutes.

Alzheimers affects short-term memory. You forget the little things you JUST DID. It then progresses to a lot more serious memory and cognitive loss.

Ronald Reagan seemed to suffer from this towards the end of his 2nd term. He toasted Margaret Thatcher twice with the same speech at a dinner, leaving people a little shocked.

But that was 2nd term, late in the game. This is 1st year. 1st year!
Trump doesn't do the things that push off Alzheimers, like READING and WRITING, and speaking a 2nd language. I don't think he has ever challenged his mental strengths, leaving him ripe for early onset of dementia and alzheimers.

If he is scaring staff by forgetting things he said or did 10 minutes earlier than that means he needs to resign. His mental capacities are gone.

[–] [email protected] (6247) 7 years ago

No he doesn't , do you? LOL Nah, just more like Trump derangement syndrome.

I don't seem to remember the Democrats pushing any panic buttons during the campaign when their high priestess had frequent coughing fits, disappeared for days on end or collapsed and had to be dragged like a bag of wet laundry into her van/ambulance.

You folks need to give it up and get on with life. The election is over.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Well, for your information, I did notice those things and also thought that Hillary was too old to be president. Anyone over 60 is probably too old, given that its a potential 8 year stint. Nobody in their 70s should have this job.

[–] [email protected] (6247) 7 years ago

Well okay, fair enough! But really what can we (the ordinary folks) do to prevent anyone of these people from running for office? But actually I don't think 60 is too old to be President.

It's not like there's a law that prevents anyone older for running for President, Senate, Congrss. Orrin Hatch from Utah finally decided to retire at the age of 83. Maxine Waters is 79. These people latch onto these jobs and make lucrative careers out them although that was not what our Founders intended. John McCain with his brain tumor is 81. Ted Kennedy also with a brain tumor served until his death at the age of 77.

I'm with you in that I think governing should be done by people who are in good health and not frail and elderly. But do you think there's a chance that these people will vote for term limits and vote themselves out of cushy jobs? HA! There are mandatory retirement ages for many jobs, but surprise, politicians exempt themselves from such troublesome rules.

As for President, the qualifications are few. A candidate has to be 35 and a natural born citizen. Our Founders didn't add an age limit. Apparently they didn't foresee people living so long. During Colonial times the life expectancy was about 40. A lot of the Founders, like Ben Franklin, lived well beyond that. But it wasn't the norm.

I've still seen ideas floated around that Hillary may run again or Joe Biden. And he's 75. It would be great for a vigorous 40 year old to be President. But at the same time, it's the politicians who have been around the longest who have all the clout and money behind them.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

He indeed is showing signs of it, and it's no secret that his father battled Alzheimer's for six years - until his death in 1999. There's an excellent chance he has it at 71, as the Alzheimer's Association has determined that those people who have had a parent or other close family member with Alzheimer's (brother, sister) run the highest risk of developing the illness. The common age for developing the illness is 65-85. So yes, indeed there's a great chance of him being in the stages of development.

This is not something to be taken lightly. Ronnie Reagan was diagnosed with it in the first year of his second term (according to his son) though was showing signs of it in his first term, and never should have stayed in office. But the family kept it quiet back then, as Nancy Reagan did her best to buffer him by denying such rumors - and there's plenty of controversy surrounding who really ran the country from 1985-1989 in his second term. Back then, there was no social media or internet like we have today. If there were, I don't think Nancy could have kept it hidden as well as she did.

[–] TandyMan (11355) 7 years ago

As a man that idolizes Reagan and modeled much of his campaign after his, that's a pretty disturbing coincidence if Trump ended up in the same boat Ronnie did.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

It is indeed.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

I wonder if tweeting is actually beneficial to fighting alzheimers? Hmmm.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

I hope so because it's certainly not beneficial to his Presidency. Let's hope there's something positive somewhere.