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Trump presser suggests his mooring to reality has gotten loose [1]
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Date: 2025-01-07
He’s too f’ing close to the nuclear button, among other levers.
The use of non-words or distorted words, such as "illegal adlinthin," "re-be-doahhhhhh," "infastruckadkdsure," "becocked," "debanked," and "Venezueler," can be indicative of “phonemic paraphasias” a speech issue where an individual substitute nonsensical sounds for real words.
He’s bitching about water pressure. He’s talking about electric heaters making people itch. He says he’s going to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. He says windmills drive whales crazy.
Regarding the January 6th insurrection, Trump was asked if he was "planning to pardon those who were charged with violent offenses." He replied "We’re looking at it." Then he went on to demand that “We have to find out about Hezbollah" and their role in it.
Biden v. Trump
Over 230 mental health professionals have raised concerns about Trump’s cognitive fitness, citing signs like aphasia, perseveration, and disorganized thought patterns. Experts like Dr. Bandy X. Lee and Dr. John Gartner argue the risks are too great to ignore.
If you’ve worked with dementia patients, the signs are unmistakable: aphasia, perseveration, echolalia, tangentiality, paraphasia, logorrhea, circumlocution, anomia, and confabulation. Trump’s speech patterns strongly mirror these symptoms.
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