Name 3 times he showed more than normal decline for an 80 year old. Specific only. For example: "Unlike normal aging, which is characterized by forgetting names or words, Trump repeatedly shows something very different: confusion about reality," re: Trump's confusing Barack Obama with Joe Biden. - ThreadSky

historycat.bsky.social • 16 days ago

Name 3 times he showed more than normal decline for an 80 year old.

Specific only.

For example:
"Unlike normal aging, which is characterized by forgetting names or words, Trump repeatedly shows something very different: confusion about reality," re: Trump's confusing Barack Obama with Joe Biden.

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hyperbingus.bsky.social•16 days ago

he demonstrated poor decision making by allowing the DNC to run him in 2024 instead of saying "someone younger and smarter than me, who is more progressive and thus less evil, should run instead". so that's one example

historycat.bsky.social•16 days ago

From:

Dr. Lance Dodes, a supervising analyst emeritus of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and retired Harvard Medical School professor

historycat.bsky.social•16 days ago

John Gartner, a psychologist and former professor at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, has defended Biden's forgetfulness as a natural sign of his age, but authored a petition that argues Trump is "showing unmistakable signs strongly suggesting dementia."

historycat.bsky.social•16 days ago

another statement released, New York psychologist Suzanne Lachmann said Trump, 77, would "seemingly forget how the sentence began and invent something in the middle" resulting in "an incomprehensible word salad"—a behavior she argued is observed "frequently in patients who have dementia."

alangrofield.bsky.social•16 days ago

Wow seems like guys in their late 70s shouldn’t be President

faqrules.bsky.social•16 days ago

These motherfuckers all think it is ageist to be like, “If someone is old enough that their mind and body are rapidly deteriorating in front of our eyes on TV, they should not hold a high office.”