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Fiendish Thingy

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22. The battle of the "experts"

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 03:15 PM

Dec 2025

One “expert” disputes another’s long distance diagnosis, and insists his own long distance diagnosis is the only true one.

While it is clear Trump’s functioning is declining, I don’t see how this battle of the duelling experts helps with resisting this regime- anybody who could something directly about it (such as the 25th amendment) doesn’t give a shit.

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DAMMIT It's Not Alzheimer's! Here's Why It's A Far Worse Nightmare Scenario. This explains a lot. [View all] Amaryllis Dec 2025 OP

Pick's Disease. Hugin Dec 2025 #1

In Trump's case - Prick's Disease relayerbob Dec 2025 #13

Absolutely. Hugin Dec 2025 #14

Ha! Reminds me of the tiny moth with the weird hairdo and microscopic peen named after T💩p OMGWTF Dec 2025 #43

Twirler moths Cirsium Dec 2025 #60

Maybe RFK should try popsdenver Dec 2025 #27

An enema cocktail, 1/3 bleach 2/3 ammonia will kill any of the germs inhabiting his rodundity. 3Hotdogs Dec 2025 #44

KABOOM! erronis Dec 2025 #64

His doctors at Walter Reed are unlikely to be charlatans. yardwork Dec 2025 #55

The same people who said Trump was the utmost best picture of health ever seen in a President? n/t Hugin Dec 2025 #59

Turns out even respected physicians Farmer-Rick Dec 2025 #84

Come on, cholesterol! Work your magic! SheltieLover Dec 2025 #2

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2025 #3

Bruce Willis has FTD boston bean Dec 2025 #4

LOCK HIM UP in a padded cell. NameAlreadyTaken Dec 2025 #5

Did it ever occur to anyone that he's just an asshole? BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2025 #6

THIS!!! ☝🏼 MustBeTheBooz Dec 2025 #9

both things can be true at once stopdiggin Dec 2025 #15

The cringe is probably from the smell. 3Hotdogs Dec 2025 #46

And popsdenver Dec 2025 #29

yes, he's an asshole. An asshole with dementia that's getting worse every day LymphocyteLover Dec 2025 #32

I don't think his momma loved him either. n/t Uncle Joe Dec 2025 #37

Totally agree radical noodle Dec 2025 #41

Yep and always has been. mountain grammy Dec 2025 #47

The dementia is real. ShazzieB Dec 2025 #50

Yep. Hugin Dec 2025 #62

So true. cksmithy Dec 2025 #51

The two are not mutually exclusive. n/t returnee Dec 2025 #69

I gotta agree jfz9580m Dec 2025 #91

I see a malignant, toxic narcissist. NewHendoLib Dec 2025 #7

He's a malignant, toxic narcissist all right. ShazzieB Dec 2025 #53

I have long maintained it was (probably or even more likely) FTD especially given his gait abnormalities hlthe2b Dec 2025 #8

Yeah, he's a veritable constellation of... Hugin Dec 2025 #12

At his age most people have a least one health condition. llmart Dec 2025 #34

I've seen FTD, my MiL had it. I can agree with this. ms liberty Dec 2025 #10

One problem can lead to another and then another and then _____________________ twodogsbarking Dec 2025 #11

Exactly. I've done enough diagnosing myself to know that it's never one thing... littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #76

New illness attacks weak points and exacerbates the problems. twodogsbarking Dec 2025 #78

Meh MorbidButterflyTat Dec 2025 #16

Can I get an AMEN! Maru Kitteh Dec 2025 #20

Now would be good! niyad Dec 2025 #77

Is it fatal? How soon? Grim Chieftain Dec 2025 #17

When will it or something else kill him... ECL213 Dec 2025 #18

This ☝️ mountain grammy Dec 2025 #49

I'm hoping "someone" will act as a Goodfella BigmanPigman Dec 2025 #81

An old friend's bro in law had that and I was told that the BIL became a bigger and bigger A-hole everyday.. nt Exp Dec 2025 #19

Most of you know I have FTD Omaha Steve Dec 2025 #21

And, since I just checked your journal - you've been diagnosed since 2014. Ms. Toad Dec 2025 #31

The battle of the "experts" Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #22

Yup, shades of the Teri Schiavo fiasco. GoCubsGo Dec 2025 #35

But the author assured us their opinion wasn't conjecture EdmondDantes_ Dec 2025 #45

informed guesswork, I would argue. cab67 Dec 2025 #85

I know we all rage against keyboard diagnoses canetoad Dec 2025 #23

more than a couple barbtries Dec 2025 #28

The first 5 for sure. 3catwoman3 Dec 2025 #66

I never bought the dementia, people diagnosed him in his first term. I have always said Bev54 Dec 2025 #74

i think he is all of the above, barbtries Dec 2025 #75

Narcissists have no empathy. llmart Dec 2025 #36

A lot of those behaviors stem from Trump's narcissistic personality disorder. yardwork Dec 2025 #57

it's dementia. barbtries Dec 2025 #24

Don't forget canetoad Dec 2025 #40

i never forget it. barbtries Dec 2025 #42

At the core of his decline... purr-rat beauty Dec 2025 #25

He may have these diseases, it wouldn't surprise me. But, personally, I think he has a narcistic disorder (top grade) SWBTATTReg Dec 2025 #26

Confabulation is common in most dementia. Trueblue Texan Dec 2025 #30

That seems to describe his whole Friday night speech in North Carolina Farmer-Rick Dec 2025 #87

Trump has been a pathological liar for at least a decade Martin Eden Dec 2025 #33

FTD gfarber Dec 2025 #38

Is this disease, one that occurs over a fifty year time period? Buddyzbuddy Dec 2025 #39

It's all speculation anyway BaronChocula Dec 2025 #48

...or, he could just be an old, lying asshole. LudwigPastorius Dec 2025 #52

I love the smell of vindication in the morning. Smells like -- the 25th Amendment? Rocknation Dec 2025 #54

Something a lot of people don't realize airplaneman Dec 2025 #56

The description sounds just like what he's been doing for 15 years. Callie1979 Dec 2025 #58

One thing is for sure, he is demented. Joinfortmill Dec 2025 #61

Lobotomy. multigraincracker Dec 2025 #63

Tertiary Syphilis Deep State Witch Dec 2025 #65

I tell everyone he is syphilitic displacedvermoter Dec 2025 #80

That would explain his weird hair. ChazInAz Dec 2025 #89

See, I am right! displacedvermoter Dec 2025 #90

Would not surprise me. MorbidButterflyTat Dec 2025 #83

K&R UTUSN Dec 2025 #67

My mother Rebl2 Dec 2025 #68

He was never qualified for the office. returnee Dec 2025 #70

I've seen no changes in personality; he was, is, and ever will be an ass. nt Xipe Totec Dec 2025 #71

I tend to agree. Once a psychopath, always a psychopath. littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #73

Forget the medical/psychological analysis. Aussie105 Dec 2025 #72

I've been saying he's got frontotemporal dementia for AGES! buzzycrumbhunger Dec 2025 #79

I just don't understand wendyb-NC Dec 2025 #82

Alzheimer's, FTD, whatever, does an exact diagnosis really matter? indusurb Dec 2025 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author defacto7 Dec 2025 #88

I though FTD could be caused by Alzheimer's. mackdaddy Dec 2025 #92

Having read Mary Trump's book about the family.. Trust_Reality Dec 2025 #93