Mental health experts sound the alarm on Trump's potential 'cognitive decline' as he's 'lost touch with reality'

[OKIsItJustMe]

Source: The Independent

Mental health experts sound the alarm on Trump’s potential ‘cognitive decline’ as he’s ‘lost touch with reality’
Exclusive: After President Biden’s cognitive decline was heavily scrutinized, mental health experts tell The Independent they have similar concerns about Trump

Rhian Lubin

Leading mental health experts, including a former White House doctor, have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s mental faculties, suggesting he’s showing signs of “cognitive decline.”

Several experts told The Independent their concerns about the Republican presidential nominee are similar to those they had about President Joe Biden before he dropped out of the race, warning Trump appears to “have lost touch with reality,” as exhibited by the 78-year-old’s “rambling” speeches and “erratic” debate performance.

They join a growing number of mental health professionals calling for independent and objective cognitive testing as November’s election edges closer.

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That was on full display at Monday night’s rally in Pennsylvania, where Trump was mocked for his “word salads.”He said of Kamala Harris: “She had the other interview with the other guy who was a nice guy I think from Philadelphia from Pennsylvania, he was a nice guy, he was asking her all these [inaudible] — the daily take — they don’t take like I do! Anybody wants to go, go what the hell differences they make — they have — and how dishonest was ABC...”

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mental-health-fears-cognitive-decline-b2615076.html

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Perhaps not exactly “breaking news” that he’s gone around the bend…

[cstanleytech]

1. Nope, not breaking as It's analysis / opinion

It's also something that's been well published already and discussed

[OKIsItJustMe]

3. Here's the news

They join a growing number of mental health professionals calling for independent and objective cognitive testing as November’s election edges closer.

[cstanleytech]

4. Again though that doesn't alas change it.

[jaxexpat]

14. Memo to Noah Webster: redefine "breaking", will become important in "information age"

[niyad]

2. WTAF? President Biden's "cognitive decline"?? Bastards.

[Biophilic]

16. Seriously I never hear President Biden say anything remotely like that.

They are all dishonest.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Mental health experts have been sounding the alarm about Trump for years.

The American public doesn't seem to care that a ruthless narcissistic sociopath with cognitive decline is on a crime spree and running for high office.

In fact they like it.

[twodogsbarking]

6. Thinking that someone who has been dead for nearly 20 years is coming back to The Late Show is a sign.

When you lose it you may think that everyone is still living,.

[niyad]

18. And who had retired almost 13 years before that!

[AKwannabe]

7. Again?

Meh

[barbtries]

8. it would be news

if corporate media covered it.

and if right wing media acknowledged it.

[mpcamb]

20. trump's 78 years old, unravelling publicly, can't string words together in a coherent sentence;

How is he going to function 4 years from now?
2 years from now? In January?

Worse, try to picture catboy Vance taking over...
America- come to your senses!!(/b]

(USE THAT[/b) as a 10 second interval at News Hour American TV!)

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

9. What difference does it make to the GOP and MAGAt voters?

The oligarchs behind the GOP know that Trump is easily controlled, as far as their interests go. They just have to have access, so as to be the last person in his ear before any decision is made. What do they care if the nation/world fail apart and people's lives are miserable and/or dangerous? They care about their wealth, privilege and power.

MAGAt voters have been "educated" for the past 40+ years by a propaganda machine started by the likes of Roger Ailes and Rush Limbaugh to which Democrats and their liberal oligarchic backers have been unable or unwilling to respond. So now for MAGAts, Trump is them and they are Trump; all evidence to the contrary. If Orange Jesus is President, they think they win; again, all evidence to the contrary. It helps to remember that the far right propaganda machine was set in motion during the Reagan administration, and Reagan was another extremely manipulable slughead who was probably in dementia when he took office.

The GOP oligarchs know what they're doing.

[patphil]

10. Trump's stream of UNconsciousness is getting more and more pronounced.

His consciousness is in a death spiral; circling the drain as it degenerates into incomprehensible blather.
I don't know if he could take the oath of office if he won. He would make it a mistake ridden, word salad, mumble jumble, what'd he say? experience.
If he doesn't correctly take the oath, would he actually be President?
We're looking at Just Dumb Vance sitting in the Oval Office if this scenario played out, and Trump was deemed unfit for office as per the 25th amendment.
That is indeed a terrifying thought.
One more reason to vote Democratic.

[H2O Man]

11. Recommended.

In a recent widely ignored OP, I charted the obvious recent decline. The experts are not mere agreeing with those led by Dr. Bandy Lee from years ago. They are noting the rapid increase.

[niyad]

19. Would you be so kind as to link to it, as I seem to have missed it.

Thanks in advance.

[Skittles]

12. LOL

see here's the thing - REPUKES DON'T CARE, as long as Trump is a USEFUL IDIOT

[4lbs]

13. I would have said it was long COVID, but there is something else here.

His "mental fog" has become "pee soup" (yes, I meant pee, not pea).

Dude's been rambling ever since his COVFEFE incident, maybe before that. We just really noticed it with that.

[jalan48]

15. We've been hearing this for years. I'm not sure that the people who need to hear it are listening.

[Boomerproud]

21. Obviously they are oblivious.

The consequences will be catastrophic.

[kimbutgar]

17. I work around seniors in my moving job and he sounds like one of those people I move into assisted living or memory care