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What medical professionals are saying about Trump's symptoms of mental illness, including his cognitive decline

Toni said:
But this term, the transcripts of his public speeches are no longer available to the general public as such transcripts have always been available previously, including during his first term. They do not want official archived evidence of the fact that he is not just a mentally ill narcissist but is also in serious cognitive decline.
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Watch what you can of his commencement ramble at West Point, where he talked about everything from how they won this last election by a wider margin than any other president to him being prosecuted more than Al Capone to how his dad love working to real estate and trophy wives to how great the economy ws at the end of his first term to bragging about the planes they are buying (even though the Army typically doesn’t fly planes) and all the ships they are going to build (even though the army doesn’t use ships) to how the previous administration was letting mentally insane immigrants in and the courts will hopefully allow them to keep working on it, to his election to tariffs…He could have given a commencement in 15 minutes, but he needed the next 40 minutes to talk about himself

 
Gulf of America? Might have to take Greenland by force? Tell Canada their sovereignty is meaningless? Call your opponents vermin and scum? Start a trade war with the world? Try to get rid of habeas corpus? Attempt to micromanage universities?
Yeah, very healthy individual.
Crazier by far, and irrefutably nuts: his 2023 narrative about schoolboy Johnny getting his junk cut off in school.
He'd be pitiable if he hadn't thoroughly wrecked our reputation in the world, and if he didn't hold in his little hands the means to do catastrophic damage in the future. There will a lot more to the saga. It will not end well for us.
 
https://theins.ru/en/society/281495

Above is another article that discusses Trump's mental decline and symptoms of what appears to be dementia.

Even during Donald Trump’s first term, his cognitive and psychological traits attracted attention.​

Those around him noted that he struggled to concentrate on a single subject for long, and his public remarks and behavior caused such concern among psychiatrists that, in 2017, 27 mental health professionals collectively published a book titled The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, warning that his mental condition, combined with the powers of the presidency, posed a threat to global security. Trump is set to turn 80 before his current term is out, and his condition is clearly not improving: his speech is increasingly incoherent, he often makes crude jokes at inappropriate moments (like when he mimed oral sex with a microphone), and he frequently resorts to profanity. His already limited vocabulary continues to shrink, while both his speech and actions are becoming more impulsive. According to several experts, these may be signs of early dementia — which, in combination with his narcissistic personality and lack of empathy, could prove to be an extremely dangerous concoction.​

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barbos said:
southernhybrid said:
Last week he was praising Putin. This week he's criticizing him and threatening Russia with sanctions. Next week or tomorrow it might be somethings else.
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Not a symptom of dementia, he was doing the same thing all his life.
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Yes, Trump has exhibited symptoms of significant mental illness for all or most of his life. He’s never been a deep thinker and he’s always been extremely self-centered. His vocabulary has always been limited and full of superlatives, and a lot of self-aggrandizement. There’s a lot of insecurity there masking as the opposite: supreme confidence in his own powers and abilities.

Dementia usually begins at least with subtle changes. Trump’s vocabulary has always been limited but it is much more limited now, compared with 20/30 years ago. He has no patience and very little ability to concentrate or focus. He is strongest with what he is most familiar with: his own best interests. He cares not one wit about anybody or anything else. A lot is made of his occasional stumbling but the reported loss of control over his bodily functions is more serious indication of declining health.
 
Personally, I think barbos' posts in this thread are splendid examples of someone in mental decline. The infantile "does not" argument...*chef's kiss*. I guess Putin supporters, whether they are russian or American Presidents, all have consistent behavioural markers.
 


As President Joe Biden’s term comes to an end, social media users are falsely claiming that his administration spent billions of dollars on the construction of just a handful of electric vehicle charging stations. Multiple high-profile figures, including sitting members of Congress, have promoted the claims.

The claims misrepresent funding set aside by the 2021 Infrastructure and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, for a national network of publicly available electric vehicle chargers. Biden has set a goal of creating 500,000 such chargers by 2030.

Here’s a closer look at the facts.

CLAIM: The Biden administration spent $7.5 billion to build eight electric vehicle charging stations.

THE FACTS: That’s incorrect. The $7.5 billion figure refers to the total amount allocated through the 2021 law to build a network of charging stations across the U.S., not the amount that has already been spent. There are currently 214 operational chargers in 12 states that have been funded through the law, with 24,800 projects underway across the country, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

A charger, often called a charging port, provides electric power to one vehicle at a time through a connector, which is plugged into the vehicle. Stations are physical locations that can have multiple chargers.
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The easy way to describe sociopathy to a lay person is to explain that if young children were tested for the condition they’d often test positive for the disorder, which is referred to by professionals (and the DSM) as “Antisocial Personality Disorder” (ASPD).

That’s because their personalities are still developing and they haven’t yet fully developed empathy, impulse control, or a stable sense of morality, traits that are still emerging during childhood and adolescence.

This is why clinicians are careful not to diagnose children with sociopathy or ASPD outright; instead, they may diagnose Conduct Disorder, especially if the child shows persistent patterns of aggression, deceit, or cruelty. If these behaviors continue into adulthood, and particularly if they begin before age 15, the diagnosis may later shift to ASPD/sociopathy.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), adults with ASPD or sociopathy display a consistent and persistent set of characteristics. Those include a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of others; chronic violation of social norms, rules, and laws; deceitfulness, impulsivity, and aggression; and a near-complete lack of remorse or empathy.

But the simplest way to explain this is to simply note that adult sociopaths usually tend to act like young children. Consider Trump’s public behavior. He:

— Ignores or apparently doesn’t care about the rights of other people or the impact of his actions on others. He’ll send non-criminals to a hellhole concentration camp in El Salvador or deport them to South Sudan, even though it may be a death sentence — and is certainly an open door to torture — apparently without a second thought or twinge of conscience.
— Defies social norms, bragging about sexually assaulting women and how he could murder somebody on Fifth Avenue and get away with it.
— Ignores or tries to get around laws and court orders with apparent delight.
— Lies about those actions and decisions that hurt others or even damage our nation.
— Makes things up on the fly, chronically lying when it’s not even remotely necessary.
— Bullies judges, lawmakers, people who work for him, and anybody he considers disloyal.
— Almost never, ever admits errors or wrongdoing and is so constantly wrapped up in himself that he doesn’t know how to experience what others are feeling.

This is the behavior of a child who’s not yet been socialized, and in Trump’s case it’s rooted deep in his childhood, having been raised by a troubled father and a distant mother.
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hartmannreport.com

The Broken Man Who’s Breaking America

Once constrained by grown-ups in the room, Trump now surrounds himself with suckups. The result? A perfect storm of immaturity, cruelty, and power…
hartmannreport.com hartmannreport.com
 
ZiprHead said:
The easy way to describe sociopathy to a lay person is to explain that if young children were tested for the condition they’d often test positive for the disorder, which is referred to by professionals (and the DSM) as “Antisocial Personality Disorder” (ASPD).

That’s because their personalities are still developing and they haven’t yet fully developed empathy, impulse control, or a stable sense of morality, traits that are still emerging during childhood and adolescence.

This is why clinicians are careful not to diagnose children with sociopathy or ASPD outright; instead, they may diagnose Conduct Disorder, especially if the child shows persistent patterns of aggression, deceit, or cruelty. If these behaviors continue into adulthood, and particularly if they begin before age 15, the diagnosis may later shift to ASPD/sociopathy.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), adults with ASPD or sociopathy display a consistent and persistent set of characteristics. Those include a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of others; chronic violation of social norms, rules, and laws; deceitfulness, impulsivity, and aggression; and a near-complete lack of remorse or empathy.

But the simplest way to explain this is to simply note that adult sociopaths usually tend to act like young children. Consider Trump’s public behavior. He:

— Ignores or apparently doesn’t care about the rights of other people or the impact of his actions on others. He’ll send non-criminals to a hellhole concentration camp in El Salvador or deport them to South Sudan, even though it may be a death sentence — and is certainly an open door to torture — apparently without a second thought or twinge of conscience.
— Defies social norms, bragging about sexually assaulting women and how he could murder somebody on Fifth Avenue and get away with it.
— Ignores or tries to get around laws and court orders with apparent delight.
— Lies about those actions and decisions that hurt others or even damage our nation.
— Makes things up on the fly, chronically lying when it’s not even remotely necessary.
— Bullies judges, lawmakers, people who work for him, and anybody he considers disloyal.
— Almost never, ever admits errors or wrongdoing and is so constantly wrapped up in himself that he doesn’t know how to experience what others are feeling.

This is the behavior of a child who’s not yet been socialized, and in Trump’s case it’s rooted deep in his childhood, having been raised by a troubled father and a distant mother.
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hartmannreport.com

The Broken Man Who’s Breaking America

Once constrained by grown-ups in the room, Trump now surrounds himself with suckups. The result? A perfect storm of immaturity, cruelty, and power…
hartmannreport.com hartmannreport.com
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IMO, Trump is not acting like a child although his behavior is certainly childish. Most young children I know can show empathy with others, and will share things spontaneously before they are 12 months old. In a group if one small child starts to cry, the others will often also begin to cry and to offer comfort to other children. This is not perfect nor necessarily consistent. Young children will hit each other or take things from each other. A young child who persistently tries to hurt other children is concerning.

Not that I’m a psychologist or have at hand a DSM. I don’t even have a PDR anymore.
 
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