A Republican strategist warned that President Donald Trump's accelerating "cognitive decline" could prevent him from completing his second term.

Come on stroke!

  • Kekzkrieger@feddit.orgEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I dont think it would solve the overall issue the US has, tho it would be not the worst thing to happen

  • Alloi@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    if the republicans are willing to wheel out congress members in their 80s who live in assisted living conditions and are deep into the throws of dimentia to pass bills.

    they are going to shove a broom stick up his ass after he dies and work him like a puppet until his skin rots off. even then they might duct tape him back together for another “red wave”

  • blorbo [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    13 days ago

    C’mon, Rick Wilson saying something mean about Trump isn’t news. He’s not changing any Republican minds, his Lincoln Project has been outside the tent for years.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      It’s been outside the GOP tent but squarely inside the Dem tent.

      Wilson loves to tell Democrats that Republicans are going to suddenly and catastrophically collapse and then just hand power to the Dems on a plate. And all the Dems need to do is wait patiently for the right moment, doing nothing that might risk their opportune position.

  • Drewmeister@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    It’s not like he’s going to begin acting like an irrational idiot soon. Why would this change anything?

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
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    13 days ago

    I’m NOT a Snowflake and NEITHER is Trump but that man NEEDS to be DEPORTED because that’s a Mean Thing to SAY!

      • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        12 days ago

        If that 19 year old kid had better aim, we wouldn’t be in this situation. The other day I saw a guy in a coffee shop wearing a tshirt with a picture of Trump the day he was “shot” with his hand in the air. I wanted to comment, “Nice shirt. That was a messed up day. What was the name of the guy that died that day?”

        I guarantee this mother fucker has not a clue who Corey Comperatore is and they don’t give a shit either.

  • shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    They’ll just wheel him around like they did with Alzheimer’s Reagan in the 80s. Anything to keep up doing the most evil shit they can think of without repercussions

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Just look at some of his speeches from the last time he was president and you’ll see the difference is night and day. Before it was just stupidity, but now it’s so much worse and he can barely form a sentence compared to then. And for all the people saying “well, Biden was clearly in decline too and everyone tried to hide it.” And you’re probably right. But you know what? He’s not the president right now. And if it was such a big deal back then it should be an even bigger deal now because we are still letting it happen.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I feel like I notice more poor grammar from lots of people these days. Weird turns of phrase and all that. And my mind goes to COVID.

      But I’m not making excuses for him. Just, noticing a pattern? Maybe it’s social media, not COVID. Who knows!

      • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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        13 days ago

        COVID, even in mild cases, has been linked to long term (up to a year was one study duration) cognitive loss.

    • mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      Honestly I’m pretty sure he was already in decline back then. If you dig up old interviews with him from the 80s/90s, he was still an egomaniacal dumbfuck but he was at least somewhat articulate. If you can stomach enough of the fucker to watch all 3 in a row you can pretty much watch his brain turn to soup.

      I genuinely suspect he was diagnosed with dementia around the time of that “man, person, woman, camera” incident. Usually when neuropsychological testing like that is done, they do several tests, not just one. One test that is typically given along with is the clock drawing test, which can be highly indicative of dementia. Given the everything about his personality, if he did not brag about drawing the best clock they’d ever seen…I would guess he had some pretty damn concerning results on that bit.

  • SnarkoPolo@lemm.ee
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    13 days ago

    We pay for his health care, better quality than most millionaires could dream of. His team will keep him so full of drugs, and so many secret surgeries, he will live into his 80s. His brain will be last week’s taco meat, but he will live.

    • Ultraviolet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I don’t know if even death will. Maybe he stops making public appearances for “national security reasons” and only communicates through video broadcasts. Anyone who notices something is slightly off about them, like frames where he has extra fingers or nonsense text on the papers on his desk is called a conspiracy theorist, and to shut up and celebrate the Dear Leader’s 170th birthday.

      • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        nonsense text on the papers on his desk

        I mean this wouldn’t necessarily indicate AI in this case

      • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        Anyone who notices something is slightly off about them, like frames where he has extra fingers or nonsense text on the papers on his desk is called a conspiracy theorist, and to shut up and celebrate the Dear Leader’s 170th birthday.

        The year is 2117. Either…

        A: AI still can’t generate video without a bunch of fucky artifacts.

        B: The Trump administration is still using janky AI from the 2020s, even though better options exist.

        Both sound plausible.

    • Washedupcynic@lemm.ee
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      13 days ago

      Sadly, the grim reaper pulled the actress that played Houlihan on mash out of the claw machine instead of trump.

  • WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    13 days ago

    I don’t see how it could make any difference.

    He’s already an idiot, a delusional narcissist, and a compulsive liar, so it’s not as if he could become even more detached from realitybthan he already is. And his supporters don’t care (and likely don’t even notice), since they’re even dumber than he is.

    And it’s not like he"s going to forget his platform, since it’s pretty much just hating immigrants and LGBTQ, dicking over poor people, singing his own praises and scamming as much money as possible, and that’s all as natural and automatic to him as breathing…

    Really, there’s just not much cognition going on there in the first place - it’s more in the nature of infantile immediacy and animal instincts - so I can’t see how any loss of it would matter much.