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surfered

(8,166 posts)
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:04 AM Jul 21

Trump's Mental Decline

Trump has always had some crazy ideas, believed wild conspiracy theories, and given rambling speeches, but he’s getting worse.

He recently made a delusional claim that his uncle John taught the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, at MIT despite Kaczynski attending Harvard and not becoming the Unabomber until after his Uncle had died.

Trump claimed Biden appointed Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, forgetting that he appointed Powell during his first term.

Trump also appeared to be unaware that his administration had paused military aid shipments to Ukraine. When a reporter asked who ordered the pause, Trump said, “I don’t know. You tell me.”

Trump recently claimed gas prices have “…gone to the lowest level in decades. You’re seeing $1.99, $1.98, I saw $1.95 at certain states.” He’s very much out of touch, as the national average is $3.16.

Bragging about his big, beautiful bill, Trump said it would eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits and wouldn’t cut Medicaid or Medicare. This is demonstrably false.

At times, Trump seems unaware of what is happening inside his own administration, appears clueless about major policy events, and doesn’t seem to understand the very legislation that he’s promoting or bragging about.

He’s become disconnected from reality.

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Trump's Mental Decline (Original Post) surfered Jul 21 OP
Psssst: FURTHER disconnected. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 21 #1
Yesterday Micheal Cohen said he does't see doc03 Jul 21 #2
That's kind of what I was thinking too..... but if anyone would know it's Michael Cohen groundloop Jul 21 #15
Yep, he's not changed a bit in that regard over his entire adult life. At his essence, he is nothing but a charade, KPN Jul 21 #17
I'm glad Cohen pointed that out. GoodRaisin Jul 21 #20
Yet he remains in office with considerable support from Congressional R's. Diamond_Dog Jul 21 #3
Definitely, the first two items on your post go to his mental and memory issues Mike 03 Jul 21 #4
25A Starbeach Jul 21 #5
Gas prices. Norbert Jul 21 #6
He doesn't know either. He was just picking a lower number out of his ass that sounded good to him at the time. W_HAMILTON Jul 21 #26
Trump is faking it and put shitty people around him Johonny Jul 21 #7
If Reality includes Dementia... atreides1 Jul 21 #8
He's always spoken (and been) like a dummkopf, but his base doesn't care. Unfortunately, the Texin Jul 21 #9
He lies. He has always lied. He does not necessarily believe what he says. Martin Eden Jul 21 #10
Or - he knows what's happening and just notinkansas Jul 21 #11
Trump's scant brain cells have reached their nadir. He is now a complete asshole. Ping Tung Jul 21 #12
I made a decision this morning.. homegirl Jul 21 #13
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 21 #14
grasp on reality gfarber Jul 21 #16
This makes Trump the ideal president for those who put him office. sop Jul 21 #18
Maybe he'll just fucking die already. Orrex Jul 21 #19
The things that come out of his mouth... pat_k Jul 21 #21
MSM don't care. Talked about Biden non-stop. Crickets now. Evolve Dammit Jul 21 #22
Traitor is a GD Pathological LIAR... he knows Cha Jul 21 #23
The media Godot51 Jul 21 #24
He really has and it is only downhill from here Scott Alan Swaggerty Jul 21 #25

doc03

(38,179 posts)
2. Yesterday Micheal Cohen said he does't see
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:19 AM
Jul 21

any change in Trump mentally. That is what he does he can say gas is under a dollar and the cult will beleive that it is somewhere. He just comes up with crazy shit to distract the morons in the MSM.

groundloop

(13,157 posts)
15. That's kind of what I was thinking too..... but if anyone would know it's Michael Cohen
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:19 PM
Jul 21

Never forget that tRump is a master con artist, he made a very good living for many many years conning people.

KPN

(16,798 posts)
17. Yep, he's not changed a bit in that regard over his entire adult life. At his essence, he is nothing but a charade,
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:03 PM
Jul 21

a gaslighter extraordinaire. That is the one thing he actually excels at.

GoodRaisin

(10,376 posts)
20. I'm glad Cohen pointed that out.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:38 PM
Jul 21

Krasnov’s “mental decline” is an M$M talking point to cover for the stupid things he says and does which he has been doing for years.

Mike 03

(18,623 posts)
4. Definitely, the first two items on your post go to his mental and memory issues
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:26 AM
Jul 21

However, an equally frightening explanation for the rest is that he relies exclusively on a handful of his closest appointees to tell him what his administration is doing, and that he no longer watches and peruses (as he used to) any major news platforms or cable stations besides Fox so he is never exposed to facts or criticism of any kind. So there may be an intentional disconnect between what he is telling people to do and what they are doing, and, in turn, they tell him what he wants to hear while carrying out Project 2025 in total indifference to what Trump actually wants.

For that I'd blame guys like Miller and Vought and maybe some other behind-the-scenes people.

Neither one of those possibilities should comfort any of us.

Starbeach

(184 posts)
5. 25A
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:42 AM
Jul 21

Is there any running catalogue of these episodes daily or weekly? List keeps getting longer.

Norbert

(7,193 posts)
6. Gas prices.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:46 AM
Jul 21

We're 1.98 to 1.99 wholesale. This was when we were paying around 3.00 a gallon at the pump.

The f@cking idiot don't know wholesale from price at the pump.

W_HAMILTON

(9,369 posts)
26. He doesn't know either. He was just picking a lower number out of his ass that sounded good to him at the time.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:32 PM
Jul 21

Johonny

(24,253 posts)
7. Trump is faking it and put shitty people around him
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:55 AM
Jul 21

And thus shit us spiraling out of control. Presidency by reality TV is what he does. But there's so much moving shit as president he can't keep track of it, isn't interested in it, and basically sucks at it.

First term he had way better people around him. This time around his people suck and are causing him problems.

atreides1

(16,799 posts)
8. If Reality includes Dementia...
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 11:12 AM
Jul 21

But he's not faking that!

His first term, there were people who told him no...not only advisors but in Congress as well! In this term every single person he has nominated should not be trusted with a box of rubber hammers...he's surrounded himself with racists and bigots...like Miller and Homan...unqualified butt lickers like Hegseth, Rubio, Bessent, Kennedy, and Duffy...and let's not forget the puppy killing cunt who revels in the misery of humans and has enough plastic in her face, you could make a dozen 7-11 giant drink cups!

And he brought a few back from his first term like Navarro, who is completely lacking in any qulifications...to include cleaning a toilet at Burning Man!

Trump has always sucked at anything he's done...the mans only accomplishment is convincing stupid women to marry him, and two out of three were foreigners trying to get their citizenship!


Texin

(2,777 posts)
9. He's always spoken (and been) like a dummkopf, but his base doesn't care. Unfortunately, the
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 11:40 AM
Jul 21

billionaire-owned Fourth Estate don't care to treat it as newsworthy (not to mention, scary has hell).

Martin Eden

(14,662 posts)
10. He lies. He has always lied. He does not necessarily believe what he says.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 11:50 AM
Jul 21

Belief, truth, and/or facts do not enter into it at all. He says whatever he wants his followers and the public to believe. If that doesn't work, he'll deny saying what he actually said.

That method of communicating has, overall, worked very well for him.

Nevertheless, I concur his mental decline is showing. Some of his semi incoherent ramblings serve no useful purpose. Going off on tangents (what he calls "weaving&quot was a means of showing the masses he's a relatable, regular guy. But now those weaves are getting more bizarre.

As he physically declines and loses support from his cult over this Epstein affair, I expect his mental decline will get worse.

notinkansas

(1,269 posts)
11. Or - he knows what's happening and just
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 11:56 AM
Jul 21

LIES constantly trying to deceive his base. Equally probable.

homegirl

(1,801 posts)
13. I made a decision this morning..
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:07 PM
Jul 21

from today forward, every time I refer to (CONVICTED FELON) Donald Trump the preceding is exactly how I will format my post.

PLEASE JOIN ME!

Response to surfered (Original post)

gfarber

(60 posts)
16. grasp on reality
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:56 PM
Jul 21

There once was a fellow named Trump,
Whose grasp on reality slumped.
With tales quite absurd,
Each nonsensical word,
From his mind, truly unhinged, he's just jumped.

sop

(15,321 posts)
18. This makes Trump the ideal president for those who put him office.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:17 PM
Jul 21

Trump is the perfect useful idiot: he will say anything they want, sign anything they put in front of him on the Resolute desk and do whatever crazy thing he's told, so long as his handlers tell him he's brilliant, Americans love him and everything is a success.

pat_k

(11,497 posts)
21. The things that come out of his mouth...
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:19 PM
Jul 21

...rarely have any connection to reality.

How do you get "worse" than that?

His brain has been packed with self-aggrandizing delusions and nonsequiters for decades. They drop from his brain and out his mouth like a lunatic gumball machine.

Cha

(313,258 posts)
23. Traitor is a GD Pathological LIAR... he knows
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:29 PM
Jul 21

he can get Away with Shit.

Who's going to call him on it? The Manipulative $$$$$ Media?

Godot51

(571 posts)
24. The media
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:29 PM
Jul 21

Unfortunately most of the "media" is so caught up in the excitement of the moment they cannot focus on any one issue, such as his insanity.

Whereas when it was Joe Biden's supposed decline, the media piranha swarmed in a feeding frenzy.

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