• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    This isn’t just the random babbling of a confused old man. He called the Finance Minister and tried to leverage his support in exchange for tariff relief. This was a calculated move, to try and get a Novel Prize for himself, by extorting a foreign official.

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    10 months ago

    He’s been known to previously call up and hound organizations to give him prizes. Constantly whined about the networth estimates that Forbes would make.

    There’s no doubt his brain is melting, but this isn’t the proof.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It 100% is…

    Trump 79, at 65 there’s like a 5% chance someone is diagnosed with dementia, and it doubles every 5 years.

    But because there’s a delay in diagnosis, and the effects of dementia and how our brains works naturally “hides” it. The average age for the onset of dementia is also 65.

    It’s important to have a strong safety net, because those are the ones who need to point it out and start treatment.

    For almost a decade now the US president has shown clear signs of dementia and regardless of who it is their administration has intentionally hid how bad it is.

    All the shit that came out about Biden is going to be eclipsed by what we hear later about this admin. But the reason they’re getting away with it so much now, is it’s already been normalized by “both sides”.

    Dems need to replace everyone over 70 if they won’t do the right thing and resign. Even Bernie, I love the guy but he should have stepped down a long time ago.

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      I’ve already committed to not voting for any presidential candidate who will finish a hypothetical second term term in their 70’s. So that means no older than 61 during the race…

      Assuming we have elections again, of course.

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      10 months ago

      AFAIK Bernie doesn’t want to become a president anymore because of his age, and AOC is basically his replacement

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    10 months ago

    Dementia, probably. Demented, definitely.
    However this is mainly because Obama got one. And the imbecilic bungling orange fools’ rage, ego, and narcissism just can’t handle it.

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      10 months ago

      You need to have wars and warcrimes on the level of Obama, he’s not there yet

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      10 months ago

      Sticks in my craw too — it was silly and unwarranted — but I haven’t called Oslo to demand a Nobel Peace Prize for myself.

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    10 months ago

    Well if he is dead… he can’t have one.

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    8 months ago

    The Dementia was obvious to me but some people who were used to what a rambling dumbass he was at the best of times might have missed it.