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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Expert" says Trump's health "rapidly declining." DEFINE "RAPID."
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 someones own baseline in these four areas: language, memory, behavior, and psychomotor performance, Gartner said.
Hes deteriorated since his last administration noticeably but now were seeing deterioration almost week over week. The rate of decline is accelerating, Gartner said.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-health-deteriorating/
choie
(6,798 posts)it ain't rapid enough.
BonnieJW
(3,094 posts)"... a glacial pace ..."
ananda
(34,592 posts)I just want him gone forever.
Rec
Trueblue1968
(19,138 posts)ananda
(34,592 posts)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.
Jerry2144
(3,209 posts)NameAlreadyTaken
(2,271 posts)and pretend he's winning another tournament. That'll occupy him.
dalton99a
(92,820 posts)3catwoman3
(28,870 posts)Not nearly fast enough.
MarcoZandrini
(172 posts).Alzheimers, go!
Wicked Blue
(8,682 posts)Breathlessly awaiting the announcement.
NNadir
(37,523 posts)3Hotdogs
(15,145 posts)Plus Swan Lake playing on a loop for 5 or 6 days.
electric_blue68
(26,385 posts)😄😄😄
WestMichRad
(3,063 posts)Cant happen too soon!
Arazi
(8,773 posts)BaronChocula
(4,176 posts)ischemia, ulcers, peritonitis, fatty liver, whatever. And make it painful.
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,734 posts)
Srkdqltr
(9,506 posts)Dr. T
(547 posts)My ex mother-in-law was like that. She made it to 98.
lastlib
(27,783 posts)He's already got Adolf, Benito, Josef, Mao, and Saddam---why would he want Donald?
mr715
(3,227 posts)I wonder if Hell has an Epstein Island
GiqueCee
(3,618 posts)... will have something to kick around besides him.
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Fil1957
(622 posts)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)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)You can count on Pee-Wee German et. al. to keep up three more years of Weekend at Donnies if necessary to advance their agenda.
PatSeg
(52,540 posts)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".
ChicagoTeamster
(595 posts)synni
(705 posts)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.
lastlib
(27,783 posts)WHY? They're in such close contact!
stage left
(3,238 posts)Norbert
(7,651 posts)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.
SoFlaBro
(3,741 posts)durablend
(8,996 posts)If he was capable of introspection, suffering might be useful, but not in his case.
lastlib
(27,783 posts)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)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.
GB_RN
(3,531 posts)It aint fast enough.
Lulu KC
(8,720 posts)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)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)The first thing I checked was any news of his demise and damnit hes still with us. From now on I will not get my hopes up. Months from now experts will be saying hes facing his maker. Satan. Now Mitch McConnell might surprise me.
Seinan Sensei
(1,437 posts)Turtle Neck vs Vagina Neck
patphil
(8,832 posts)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.
sop
(17,901 posts)MW67
(98 posts)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.
slightlv
(7,574 posts)not a texan
(87 posts)asking for many friends
stage left
(3,238 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,112 posts)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.
stage left
(3,238 posts)Oh, hell. Have the whole damned cake.
lastlib
(27,783 posts)Lonestarblue
(13,338 posts)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)He probably got into Dimwit Donnie's stash.
Gore1FL
(22,888 posts)
Id be a little more inclined to believe it.
Wolf has been cried too many times on this issue.
Wednesdays
(21,899 posts)Not a bit of change whatsoever.
Gore1FL
(22,888 posts)Weve been told for months hell be dead in a month.
Its about as believable at this point as when Trump says two weeks on any given topic.
After a while its hard to believe the soothsaying.
Chellee
(2,294 posts)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.
Boomerproud
(9,208 posts)nt
Chellee
(2,294 posts)It was implied this year, but you could be right/
MW67
(98 posts)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
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Lokee11
(401 posts)Seriously cholesterol should have done its job already - C'mon man

twodogsbarking
(17,924 posts)4 billion miles per second. 6.4 billion kilometers.
electric_blue68
(26,385 posts)"Ahead Warp factor 9" !!! 😄
rpannier
(24,871 posts)Then I am flying back and doing some old fashioned Grave Dancing -- New Orleans style
BidenRocks
(2,937 posts)Close don't count!
edbermac
(16,408 posts)The next presidential election cant get here soon enough.
electric_blue68
(26,385 posts)😑😑😬
:drumsfingers: !!!
Dave Bowman
(6,922 posts)AllyCat
(18,655 posts)electric_blue68
(26,385 posts)AllyCat
(18,655 posts)electric_blue68
(26,385 posts)Not soon enuff for us!
OC375
(545 posts)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)Remember the mysterious $30k bet that netted some lucky(?) person over $400k when he/she bet on Maduros removal on Polymarket? If nothing else it would mess with whats left of Trumps brain.
For those who havent heard of polymarket, here is a link to an explanation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymarket
lastlib
(27,783 posts)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)... 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)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)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)...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.
canetoad
(20,394 posts)That's really sad. Oops, replied to wrong post.
This is good news.
bdamomma
(69,333 posts)one of our DU posters say "Is he dead yet??"
we can do it
(13,014 posts)rampartd
(4,219 posts)berksdem
(907 posts)for every time I heard and "expert" say this I would be rich,
Exp
(817 posts)SpankMe
(3,676 posts)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)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.
gfwzig
(152 posts)Callie1979
(1,224 posts)pat_k
(12,804 posts)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)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.
