Eek
Trump meanwhile took questions from voters at a town hall in Philadelphia, but was twice interrupted by medical emergencies in the room. The former president then called for the event to be turned into a “musical-fest” and it continued with Trump standing on stage for 40 minutes, swaying to hits from his campaign playlist – including Hallelujah, November Rain and Nothing Compares 2 U – before walking off into the crowd.
Oh god. 40 minutes of watching Trump “sway to” music.
My father opined that there has been a precipitous decline in Trump’s mental state.
I countered that we are likely seeing the same progressive decline that has been apparent for years, and if it seem suddenly worse that is probably because Trump is out there more (campaigning) and people are paying more attention (election season) and seeing the significant delta since the last time they paid attention to Trump (4 years ago, when he was president).
But maybe he really is going over the cliff…
It kind of seems like both. He’s been off the charts crazy and stupid all along AND he’s fallen off a cliff.
I’m not an expert by any means, but when my father was in decline the doctors told me that often a person with dementia initially declines fairly gradually. Often a partner or people around them help cover the signs and enable them. consciously or not. Then some trigger event occurs. It might be illness, an accident, something stressful, an assassination attempt.
Trump has pretty clearly been in decline for a long time, even when President. Now, after a period of relatively low workload he has been facing multiple court cases as both defendant and claimant, a sharply increased workload, and at least two assassination attempts, one we’d have to a free was a serious effort. It’s really not surprising that he’s porpoising the way he is. [Not feeling sorry for him BTW]