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Miles Archer

(22,214 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 03:52 PM Yesterday

"Expert" says Trump's health "rapidly declining." DEFINE "RAPID."

An expert Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's health has started to rapidly deteriorate as questions increase over his mental capacity and ability to lead, according to reports.

Dr. John Gartner, psychologist, psychiatrist, and a former assistant professor at John Hopkins Medical School, told British publication The i Paper that there have been increased concerns over the president's health and suggested signs of cognitive decline.

“The main way to diagnose dementia is that we see a deterioration from someone’s own baseline in these four areas: language, memory, behavior, and psychomotor performance,” Gartner said.

“He’s deteriorated since his last administration noticeably but now we’re seeing deterioration almost week over week. The rate of decline is accelerating,” Gartner said.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-health-deteriorating/
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"Expert" says Trump's health "rapidly declining." DEFINE "RAPID." (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
Whatever it is, choie Yesterday #1
As Miranda Priestly says, BonnieJW 5 hrs ago #84
It feels way too slow to me. ananda Yesterday #2
THIS malaise Yesterday #16
I wanted him gone in 1955 ..... IS That Too Much To Ask ???? I will go back in TIME to take care of the situation. Trueblue1968 22 hrs ago #59
I never liked Trump either. Thus... ananda 21 hrs ago #74
If only it were like a banana peel on fresh oil on black ice Jerry2144 Yesterday #3
Let him drive around on the golf course NameAlreadyTaken Yesterday #4
The criminal is having a great time committing crimes 24/7 without fear of interference or consequences dalton99a Yesterday #5
Not fast enough. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #6
Go.... MarcoZandrini 7 hrs ago #82
Well, is he dead yet? Wicked Blue Yesterday #7
One morning we'll wake uo and Orrex will tell us. NNadir Yesterday #11
Or a black border on the Fox broadcasts. 3Hotdogs Yesterday #19
Snort! electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #52
I'm SO MUCH looking forward to that day! WestMichRad 2 hrs ago #91
Come on cholesterol, work your magic Arazi Yesterday #8
With an assist from BaronChocula 22 hrs ago #68
Something... ANYthing! buzzycrumbhunger 20 hrs ago #77
Experts are wrong. He'll outlive us all. Srkdqltr Yesterday #9
He's such a horrid person that even death doesn't want him. Dr. T 23 hrs ago #33
Satan doesn't want the competition........ lastlib 23 hrs ago #38
They'll have a party. mr715 23 hrs ago #46
So the other 5... GiqueCee 22 hrs ago #53
This message was self-deleted by its author Pepsidog 3 hrs ago #88
Don't get your hopes up, his dad lived to be 93, EIGHT YEARS after he was diagnosed with Alzheimers. Fil1957 Yesterday #10
However, I think his lifestyle is quite different PatSeg Yesterday #20
That assumes he's "functional as a president" now... regnaD kciN 22 hrs ago #57
I'll never underestimate this regime PatSeg 21 hrs ago #73
And his family won't give up the grift opportunities to Vance and Musk. Once he's gone their positions are gone. ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #21
His dementia symptoms became apparent during his first term synni Yesterday #25
His brain doesn't know what his anus is doing?? lastlib 23 hrs ago #40
thanks for the giggle. stage left 23 hrs ago #45
Once he gets bad enough they won't be able to hide it. Norbert Yesterday #27
I'm torn between praying for slow and agonizing versus quick to finally rid us of the Orange Fuckface. SoFlaBro Yesterday #12
The latter durablend 23 hrs ago #29
Join the pool! lastlib 22 hrs ago #63
Yet somehow he still manages to be somewhat ambulatory Ocelot II Yesterday #13
If He's Not Dead... GB_RN Yesterday #14
How many years have we heard this? Lulu KC Yesterday #15
Sure. maxsolomon Yesterday #17
I just came back from a shopping trip Keepthesoulalive Yesterday #18
Mitch and *Rump are neck-and-neck Seinan Sensei 23 hrs ago #49
I seriously doubt he'll finish out his term. He may not even make it until the midterm election. patphil Yesterday #22
Yeah, at his present rate of decline he won't make it three more years. sop 23 hrs ago #28
Most maga I know MW67 23 hrs ago #44
Not fast enough for me! nt slightlv Yesterday #23
It is 12:14, so would 12:15 work for you too? not a texan Yesterday #24
perfectly stage left 7 hrs ago #79
Have another burger, Donald C_U_L8R Yesterday #26
and two beautiful pieces of chocolate cake with ice cream. stage left 23 hrs ago #42
Yes, let him eat cake! n/t lastlib 22 hrs ago #65
Even if he were in total dementia, Republicans would pump him full of drugs and pretend he was fine. Lonestarblue 23 hrs ago #30
Rubio appeared to be on cocaine during a press conference a few days ago. Dr. T 23 hrs ago #39
If this wasn't the continuation of a 12-month plus drumbeat... Gore1FL 23 hrs ago #31
Yes, he's exactly the same as he was in 2015. Wednesdays 23 hrs ago #41
I would argue he has declined a lot. Gore1FL 22 hrs ago #54
I saw a video... Chellee 23 hrs ago #32
In what year? Boomerproud 21 hrs ago #75
Lol! Chellee 20 hrs ago #78
Although it may be true at his age MW67 23 hrs ago #34
This message was self-deleted by its author lastlib 23 hrs ago #35
Rapid - We need Ludicrous SPEED!!! Lokee11 23 hrs ago #36
I was hoping for "warp speed". twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #37
That would work! electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #55
Do not care until it happens rpannier 23 hrs ago #43
Let's ask Orrex! BidenRocks 23 hrs ago #47
And if he croaks we're stuck with a Juvenile Delinquent Vance edbermac 23 hrs ago #48
NOT Rapid Enough for me!!! electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #50
Taking too long, can't he just slip on a banana peel already? Dave Bowman 22 hrs ago #51
Rapid would be now. That is rapid. AllyCat 22 hrs ago #56
I don't hear any cheering out my window. Sigh electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #58
My champagne remains corked in the cabinet. AllyCat 22 hrs ago #61
Hopefully REAL SOON! electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #62
Who's Who? OC375 22 hrs ago #60
Someone with oodles of money should bet on the day of his demise Raven123 22 hrs ago #64
Join the Pool! lastlib 22 hrs ago #66
His sycophants continue to claim it's just Trump being Trump, trolling the world... Beartracks 22 hrs ago #67
I try to be optimistic about Trump's imminent demise ... Escape 22 hrs ago #69
Will he get a state funeral? Bayard 22 hrs ago #70
In a better, more honest world... Miles Archer 22 hrs ago #71
Oh dear canetoad 21 hrs ago #72
like bdamomma 21 hrs ago #76
We've heard this for 10 years now . we can do it 7 hrs ago #80
rapid not fast enough rampartd 7 hrs ago #81
If I had a dollar berksdem 6 hrs ago #83
Donald, please die soon. The world is anxiously waiting for the news. We beg you, Donald, please die soon. nt Exp 5 hrs ago #85
When he goes, he'll probably have himself stuffed and put on display at Mar-a-Lago. SpankMe 5 hrs ago #86
As long as he can still read the teleprompter, the MAGA believers aren't going to be alarmed FakeNoose 5 hrs ago #87
TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO REPLACE VANCE BEFORE PUNKINHEAD CROAKS gfwzig 2 hrs ago #89
Been hearing this for 10 years. Wake me when he stops breathing or gets the 25th Callie1979 2 hrs ago #90
Seems to me he's same old malignant narcissist, rambling, clueless, broken record he's been for a decade. pat_k 1 hr ago #92
It Seems to Me a Huge Problem When the Subject's Baseline "Mental Health" and Overall The Roux Comes First 1 hr ago #93

Trueblue1968

(19,138 posts)
59. I wanted him gone in 1955 ..... IS That Too Much To Ask ???? I will go back in TIME to take care of the situation.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:32 PM
22 hrs ago

ananda

(34,592 posts)
74. I never liked Trump either. Thus...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:53 PM
21 hrs ago

when Peter Sellars produced a totally let's say,
disrespecful and yet interesting, Marriage of Figaro
in Trump Tower, I was an avid viewer.

Nuff said.

Dr. T

(547 posts)
33. He's such a horrid person that even death doesn't want him.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:49 PM
23 hrs ago

My ex mother-in-law was like that. She made it to 98.

lastlib

(27,783 posts)
38. Satan doesn't want the competition........
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:54 PM
23 hrs ago

He's already got Adolf, Benito, Josef, Mao, and Saddam---why would he want Donald?

Response to Srkdqltr (Reply #9)

Fil1957

(622 posts)
10. Don't get your hopes up, his dad lived to be 93, EIGHT YEARS after he was diagnosed with Alzheimers.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:27 PM
Yesterday

His mother lived to be 88.

So he can easily finish out his term, although he may be less functional than he is now. And as long as doesn't drool, throw feces or run into the middle of the street naked and screaming, no matter how mentally incompetent he gets, there's no way the 25th amendment will be invoked by this Republican party.

PatSeg

(52,540 posts)
20. However, I think his lifestyle is quite different
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:50 PM
Yesterday

from his parents and considerably more deleterious. Poor diet, no exercise, and poor sleep habits could easily speed up the process.

Meanwhile, even if he does live many years longer like his parents, that doesn't mean he'll be functional as a president. They can only hide so much truth from the public.

regnaD kciN

(27,540 posts)
57. That assumes he's "functional as a president" now...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:28 PM
22 hrs ago

You can count on Pee-Wee German et. al. to keep up three more years of Weekend at Donnie’s if necessary to advance their agenda.

PatSeg

(52,540 posts)
73. I'll never underestimate this regime
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:51 PM
21 hrs ago

They'll do anything to hold onto power. That said though, Trump would still have to make public appearances at least to placate the base and at the rate he's declining, I'm not too sure how long they can sustain this charade.

I think we've all been around some people suffering from serious dementia and there's no way such people can give speeches, meet with foreign leaders, or give press conferences. I don't know, maybe it is like the frog in boiling water - people just start to get used to how bizarre and irrational he behaves and talks and accept it as "normal".

synni

(705 posts)
25. His dementia symptoms became apparent during his first term
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:14 PM
Yesterday

Plus, it's not a matter of years. It's a matter of how fast the decline is.

Also, his parents didn't have the stressful job that he does. Nor did they deliberately overdose on aspirin, as he is doing. (He thinks it will prevent a stroke, but it's increasing the risk of a stroke from a cerebral hemorrhage.) And, as others have mentioned, his diet is probably far worse than the diet of his parents.

His total lack of a reaction to crapping his pants on live television is also very telling. It's one thing to pretend nothing happened, but quite another not to know that it happened. His brain literally doesn't know what his anus is doing.

With this form of dementia, it's common to be incapacitated years before death. At some point, Trump will completely lose the ability to speak. There will be no way that doctors can prop him up in front of the cameras, as they are doing now.

Norbert

(7,651 posts)
27. Once he gets bad enough they won't be able to hide it.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:17 PM
Yesterday

Unlike Strom Thurmond, most people will know something is up when we don't see him for weeks at a time since he is a moth to a light. AI can only get you so far.

lastlib

(27,783 posts)
63. Join the pool!
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:40 PM
22 hrs ago

Guess the date of his demise, and win a prize!

Closest guess to the actual blessed date will get a DU star membership, on me, lastlib! And let's hope someone wins SOON!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220891626

Ocelot II

(129,715 posts)
13. Yet somehow he still manages to be somewhat ambulatory
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:37 PM
Yesterday

and to make word-adjacent sounds with his face that some people interpret as having meaning, however obscure it might be. He is deteriorating, but not nearly quickly enough.

Lulu KC

(8,720 posts)
15. How many years have we heard this?
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:39 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:00 PM - Edit history (1)

Of course, if I ever turned on the sound when he was speaking I might see or hear something I haven't before--since 1980!

maxsolomon

(38,393 posts)
17. Sure.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:43 PM
Yesterday

Whatever inhibitions he once had have evaporated. That could be dementia, but it could also be his clear, total victory at the polls.

The American People validated him completely and he never needs their approval again.

We're fucked, and these assessments are fucking useless.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,183 posts)
18. I just came back from a shopping trip
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:45 PM
Yesterday

The first thing I checked was any news of his demise and damnit he’s still with us. From now on I will not get my hopes up. Months from now experts will be saying he’s facing his maker. Satan. Now Mitch McConnell might surprise me.

patphil

(8,832 posts)
22. I seriously doubt he'll finish out his term. He may not even make it until the midterm election.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:03 PM
Yesterday

Vance will replace him; just another asshole in the Offal Office.
I'm sure Vance is excited about becoming president. So am I, but only because it would mean Trump isn't.

MW67

(98 posts)
44. Most maga I know
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:08 PM
23 hrs ago

Say Vance is going to be the next president, maybe they will very soon be right about something for once. "Maybe it's Maybelline" will become the next captain of the SS Titanic shit show right before it hits the iceberg ,hopefully.

C_U_L8R

(49,112 posts)
26. Have another burger, Donald
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:17 PM
Yesterday

How about some fries. And a shake with that.
Make it a double or a triple or a super duper size.
Your heart will love you for it.

Lonestarblue

(13,338 posts)
30. Even if he were in total dementia, Republicans would pump him full of drugs and pretend he was fine.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:32 PM
23 hrs ago

MAGA has no ability to discern reality from any garbage they're fed, so they'll still believe that he is the second coming of Christ.

Dr. T

(547 posts)
39. Rubio appeared to be on cocaine during a press conference a few days ago.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:56 PM
23 hrs ago

He probably got into Dimwit Donnie's stash.

Gore1FL

(22,888 posts)
31. If this wasn't the continuation of a 12-month plus drumbeat...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:33 PM
23 hrs ago

…I’d be a little more inclined to believe it.

“Wolf” has been cried too many times on this issue.

Gore1FL

(22,888 posts)
54. I would argue he has declined a lot.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:26 PM
22 hrs ago

We’ve been told for months he’ll be dead in a month.

It’s about as believable at this point as when Trump says “two weeks” on any given topic.

After a while it’s hard to believe the soothsaying.

Chellee

(2,294 posts)
32. I saw a video...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:39 PM
23 hrs ago

of an internet psychic, or astrologer, or something... a practitioner of the woo, who said that he's going to expire on 2/17. I'd like to hold her to it, but woo is rarely even coincidentally correct, so...

But there's a hard stop date for you, if you have birthday candles, or evening stars to wish on.

MW67

(98 posts)
34. Although it may be true at his age
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:49 PM
23 hrs ago

But... I've always firmly believed he would " develop a cognitive disorder" or become mentally incompetent ( much worse than he normally is) when his time of accountability finally arrives, I really believe that's been his ultimate pre planned defense all along ,so he can go hide away and enjoy all his dirty money. Also I think it would give his allies a more easy way to distance themselves in the future, something like it was all due to his mental decline , all him, not the party . Although pretend or real works for me this time around

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

edbermac

(16,408 posts)
48. And if he croaks we're stuck with a Juvenile Delinquent Vance
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:15 PM
23 hrs ago

The next presidential election can’t get here soon enough.

OC375

(545 posts)
60. Who's Who?
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:34 PM
22 hrs ago

When he's gone and everyone is snarling for power, who will be the Triumvirate and who will be the Antony/Cassius crew? Where do they fight, and is Greenland Egypt?

Raven123

(7,650 posts)
64. Someone with oodles of money should bet on the day of his demise
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:43 PM
22 hrs ago

Remember the mysterious $30k bet that netted some lucky(?) person over $400k when he/she bet on Maduro’s removal on Polymarket? If nothing else it would mess with what’s left of Trump’s brain.

For those who haven’t heard of polymarket, here is a link to an explanation.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymarket

lastlib

(27,783 posts)
66. Join the Pool!
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:50 PM
22 hrs ago

Guess the date of his demise, and win a prize!

Closest guess to the actual blessed date will get a DU star membership, on me, lastlib! And let's hope someone wins SOON!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220891626

Beartracks

(14,454 posts)
67. His sycophants continue to claim it's just Trump being Trump, trolling the world...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:51 PM
22 hrs ago

... by pretending to be enfeebled, and that anyone who doesn't think he's God's hand-picked savior and messiah who lives an existence of total perfection just has so-called Trump Derangement Syndrome.

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Escape

(406 posts)
69. I try to be optimistic about Trump's imminent demise ...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:06 PM
22 hrs ago

but judging his health and mental acuity from his actions and behaviors, may not be relevant to the reality of where we are in this..

There are no rules for Donald Trump. No restrictions on anything he says or does. The Supreme Court and the Republican Party have appointed him King . Courts try to rein him in, but they have no ability or mechanism to force him to behave ethically, appropriately or responsibly.
Unlike every other person in American history, he knows he will never face punishment for anything he does..

He is a very unintelligent person. He doesn't read or can't read. He doesn't understand physics, math, philosophy or history and he sees morality and compassion as weakness and failure.

He is extremely lazy, does no research, is bored or insulted by others' attempts at reason... and it may be decades before historians know what drugs he ingests to stay up all night bragging and blathering and babbling and lying about whatever imagined offense the cruel, unappreciative world has foisted upon him that day.

I'm guessing he shits his pants and falls asleep in public as some sort of self-indulgent, warped protest against decency and civility.

And I'm sure he believes that the women and children he has molested, raped or abused should be honored to have been given his sterling attention.

In short, Donald Trump should never be judged or evaluated as if he were a human being.






Bayard

(28,984 posts)
70. Will he get a state funeral?
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:12 PM
22 hrs ago

Imagine the cheering along the parade route.

I can't imagine he wants to be buried in Arlington with the losers.

Miles Archer

(22,214 posts)
71. In a better, more honest world...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:17 PM
22 hrs ago

...the take on that would be "He didn't like US, we didn't like HIM, maybe it's protocol, but maybe we should make an exception here and skip the state funeral."

Although I'm sure the surviving presidents would welcome the closure of knowing Trump was heading to the Lake of Fire, and would never insult them again.

And maybe Don Jr, Eric & Ivanka are sniffing out a "tax break" like their dad got when he planted their mom on his golf course. The two of them really do belong together.

SpankMe

(3,676 posts)
86. When he goes, he'll probably have himself stuffed and put on display at Mar-a-Lago.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 11:45 AM
5 hrs ago

Just like Lenin's and Mao's tombs.

He'll have his penis removed, enlarged, gilded, and put on display next to the body. Republicans will travel great distances to slowly shuffle past it and weep, as if something great was lost.

FakeNoose

(40,686 posts)
87. As long as he can still read the teleprompter, the MAGA believers aren't going to be alarmed
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:15 PM
5 hrs ago

And apparently he still CAN read the teleprompter. Whenever there is none, it becomes immediately obvious that he can't deliver anything off-the-cuff.

pat_k

(12,804 posts)
92. Seems to me he's same old malignant narcissist, rambling, clueless, broken record he's been for a decade.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:45 PM
1 hr ago

I wish I could detect the sort of massive decline described again and again, but looking at old rants, he seems about the same to me. I sometimes wonder if people project a more "together" past because it's beyond belief that he was always such a psychotic, malignant narcissist, rambling, clueless, broken record.

The Roux Comes First

(2,217 posts)
93. It Seems to Me a Huge Problem When the Subject's Baseline "Mental Health" and Overall
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:58 PM
1 hr ago

Coherence were so marginal to begin with. If we could count on the medical folks to judge by "percentage decline" it would be one thing, but alas he has been able to bring in wholly incompetent and corrupt "Whitehouse Physicians" perfectly willing to accept remembering a couple of the five words in the basic memory test (no doubt with notes in hand) as his baseline.

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