NY Times details Trump's cognitive decline in scathing article

[C_Clayton_Jones]

‘Former President Donald J. Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side. Except that there was no audience. The debate was held in an empty hall. No one “went crazy,” as Mr. Trump put it, because no one was there.

Anyone can misremember, of course. But the debate had been just a week earlier and a fairly memorable moment. And it was hardly the only time Mr. Trump has seemed confused, forgetful, incoherent or disconnected from reality lately. In fact, it happens so often these days that it no longer even generates much attention.

He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought — some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own “beautiful” body. He relishes “a great day in Louisiana” after spending the day in Georgia. He expresses fear that North Korea is “trying to kill me” when he presumably means Iran. As late as last month, Mr. Trump was still speaking as if he were running against President Biden, five weeks after his withdrawal from the race.’

Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age

With the passage of time, the 78-year-old former president’s speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past, according to a review of his public appearances over the years.

www.nytimes.com

Trump’s clear mental and cognitive decline should be generating a great deal of attention – it is yet another factor that renders Trump unfit to be president.

 

[progressive hunter]

‘Former President Donald J. Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side. Except that there was no audience. The debate was held in an empty hall. No one “went crazy,” as Mr. Trump put it, because no one was there.

Anyone can misremember, of course. But the debate had been just a week earlier and a fairly memorable moment. And it was hardly the only time Mr. Trump has seemed confused, forgetful, incoherent or disconnected from reality lately. In fact, it happens so often these days that it no longer even generates much attention.

He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought — some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own “beautiful” body. He relishes “a great day in Louisiana” after spending the day in Georgia. He expresses fear that North Korea is “trying to kill me” when he presumably means Iran. As late as last month, Mr. Trump was still speaking as if he were running against President Biden, five weeks after his withdrawal from the race.’

Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age

With the passage of time, the 78-year-old former president’s speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past, according to a review of his public appearances over the years.

www.nytimes.com

Trump’s clear mental and cognitive decline should be generating a great deal of attention – it is yet another factor that renders Trump unfit to be president.

OMG!!

they did??

what should we do about it??

 

[BackAgain]

Raise your hand if you hang on the pontifications and bloviations of The New York Slimes.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

OMG the leftist rag mag doesn't like Trump?

Excuse me while I fake fainting away

 

[Arlette]

Trumpy is kaput. Harris broke him.

 

[1srelluc]

They're skeered.....I say keep the skeer upon them.

 

[Muhammed]

Trump’s clear mental and cognitive decline should be generating a great deal of attention – it is yet another factor that renders Trump unfit to be president.

^
Obvious projection.

 

[JoeB131]

OMG!!

they did??

what should we do about it??

Not voting for Trump would be a good place to start.

So finally, instead of "Sane-Washing" Trump, someone is starting to ask the legitimate question: Does Trump's age and clear signs of mental decline make him unfit for the presidency?

It's the same question that was legitimately asked by the same newspaper about Joe Biden, which is why he isn't the candidate now.



According to a computer analysis by The New York Times, Mr. Trump’s rally speeches now last an average of 82 minutes, compared with 45 minutes in 2016. Proportionately, he uses 13 percent more all-or-nothing terms like “always” and “never” than he did eight years ago, which some experts consider a sign of advancing age.

Similarly, he uses 32 percent more negative words than positive words now, compared with 21 percent in 2016, which can be another indicator of cognitive change. And he uses swearwords 69 percent more often than he did when he first ran, a trend that could reflect what experts call disinhibition. (A study by Stat, a health care news outlet, produced similar findings.)

Mr. Trump frequently reaches to the past for his frame of reference, often to the 1980s and 1990s, when he was in his tabloid-fueled heyday. He cites fictional characters from that era like Hannibal Lecter from “Silence of the Lip” (he meant “Silence of the Lambs”), asks “where’s Johnny Carson, bring back Johnny” (who died in 2005) and ruminates on how attractive Cary Grant was (“the most handsome man”). He asks supporters whether they remember the landing in New York of Charles Lindbergh, who actually landed in Paris and long before Mr. Trump was born.

 

[progressive hunter]

Not voting for Trump would be a good place to start.

So finally, instead of "Sane-Washing" Trump, someone is starting to ask the legitimate question: Does Trump's age and clear signs of mental decline make him unfit for the presidency?

It's the same question that was legitimately asked by the same newspaper about Joe Biden, which is why he isn't the candidate now.



According to a computer analysis by The New York Times, Mr. Trump’s rally speeches now last an average of 82 minutes, compared with 45 minutes in 2016. Proportionately, he uses 13 percent more all-or-nothing terms like “always” and “never” than he did eight years ago, which some experts consider a sign of advancing age.

Similarly, he uses 32 percent more negative words than positive words now, compared with 21 percent in 2016, which can be another indicator of cognitive change. And he uses swearwords 69 percent more often than he did when he first ran, a trend that could reflect what experts call disinhibition. (A study by Stat, a health care news outlet, produced similar findings.)

Mr. Trump frequently reaches to the past for his frame of reference, often to the 1980s and 1990s, when he was in his tabloid-fueled heyday. He cites fictional characters from that era like Hannibal Lecter from “Silence of the Lip” (he meant “Silence of the Lambs”), asks “where’s Johnny Carson, bring back Johnny” (who died in 2005) and ruminates on how attractive Cary Grant was (“the most handsome man”). He asks supporters whether they remember the landing in New York of Charles Lindbergh, who actually landed in Paris and long before Mr. Trump was born.

if it wasnt for the clear threat from democrats I wouldnt vote for him,,

 

[JoeB131]

They're skeered.....I say keep the skeer upon them.

If what they say is true, shouldn't we all be "skeered"?

Trump will be the oldest man to ever ascend to the presidency if he starts his second term. People from his first term are all screaming loudly he's not all there.

At his age, we don't let Grandpa drive the car, but we're going to let him manage the nukes?

 

[JoeB131]

if it wasnt for the clear threat from democrats I wouldnt vote for him,,

So what you are saying is that your hatred of Democrats is greater than your love for the country?

 

[progressive hunter]

If what they say is true, shouldn't we all be "skeered"?

Trump will be the oldest man to ever ascend to the presidency if he starts his second term. People from his first term are all screaming loudly he's not all there.

At his age, we don't let Grandpa drive the car, but we're going to let him manage the nukes?

my mother is 9 yrs older than him and drives just fine and still runs the company her and her boyfriend own,,

age isnt the problem,,

 

[progressive hunter]

So what you are saying is that your hatred of Democrats is greater than your love for the country?

no what I am saying is the democrats pose a clear and present danger to the constitution and the country,,

hate doesnt enter my mind other than the hatred dems have for trump,,

 

[Lastamender]

‘Former President Donald J. Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side. Except that there was no audience. The debate was held in an empty hall. No one “went crazy,” as Mr. Trump put it, because no one was there.

Anyone can misremember, of course. But the debate had been just a week earlier and a fairly memorable moment. And it was hardly the only time Mr. Trump has seemed confused, forgetful, incoherent or disconnected from reality lately. In fact, it happens so often these days that it no longer even generates much attention.

He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought — some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own “beautiful” body. He relishes “a great day in Louisiana” after spending the day in Georgia. He expresses fear that North Korea is “trying to kill me” when he presumably means Iran. As late as last month, Mr. Trump was still speaking as if he were running against President Biden, five weeks after his withdrawal from the race.’

Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age

With the passage of time, the 78-year-old former president’s speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past, according to a review of his public appearances over the years.

www.nytimes.com

Trump’s clear mental and cognitive decline should be generating a great deal of attention – it is yet another factor that renders Trump unfit to be president.

Again?

 

[struth]

‘Former President Donald J. Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side. Except that there was no audience. The debate was held in an empty hall. No one “went crazy,” as Mr. Trump put it, because no one was there.

Anyone can misremember, of course. But the debate had been just a week earlier and a fairly memorable moment. And it was hardly the only time Mr. Trump has seemed confused, forgetful, incoherent or disconnected from reality lately. In fact, it happens so often these days that it no longer even generates much attention.

He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought — some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own “beautiful” body. He relishes “a great day in Louisiana” after spending the day in Georgia. He expresses fear that North Korea is “trying to kill me” when he presumably means Iran. As late as last month, Mr. Trump was still speaking as if he were running against President Biden, five weeks after his withdrawal from the race.’

Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age

With the passage of time, the 78-year-old former president’s speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past, according to a review of his public appearances over the years.

www.nytimes.com

Trump’s clear mental and cognitive decline should be generating a great deal of attention – it is yet another factor that renders Trump unfit to be president.

The propagandist that covered for senile joe for years has no cred on this topic

 

[JoeB131]

my mother is 9 yrs older than him and drives just fine and still runs the company her and her boyfriend own,,

age isnt the problem,,

Would you trust someone of that age with the nukes.

Now, I don't know your mom, and unlike you, I don't make comments about people's family members.

But most people in that age range I do know, you can see the cognitive decline.

In Trump's case, just compare his speeches from 2016 to the crazy shit he says now. Or interviews he did in the late 90's or early Aughts.

 

[JoeB131]

The propagandist that covered for senile joe for years has no cred on this topic

Except it was the NYT that called loudly for Joe to withdraw from the race after the first debate.

 

[Rawley]

The propagandist that covered for senile joe for years has no cred on this topic

Seems they've giving up attacking Trump on policy becasue they know it's a losing argument. This is a good sign.

 

[JoeB131]

no what I am saying is the democrats pose a clear and present danger to the constitution and the country,,

hate doesnt enter my mind other than the hatred dems have for trump,,

That's the most retarded thing you've said yet.

Seriously, what "Present danger" is that? Besides the fact that Kamala is probably going to have to deal with a Republican Congress and a Republican SCOTUS, what awful thing to you think that she's going to do to ruin your life, exactly?

 

[progressive hunter]

Would you trust someone of that age with the nukes.

Now, I don't know your mom, and unlike you, I don't make comments about people's family members.

But most people in that age range I do know, you can see the cognitive decline.

In Trump's case, just compare his speeches from 2016 to the crazy shit he says now. Or interviews he did in the late 90's or early Aughts.

I dont trust anyone with nukes,, and beings trump is anti war I trust him more than any candidate or POTUS in my lifetime,,


any protest you have means nothing after all the yrs youve defended bidens decline,,