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JoeOtterbein

(7,795 posts) Sun Oct 6, 2024, 09:54 AM Oct 6

How Trump's Speeches Are a Red Flag for Mental Decline: Experts

https://www.thedailybeast.com/confused-incoherent-trumps-speeches-show-signs-of-mental-decline-nyt-analysis?ref=home?ref=home

Daily Beast

“I can’t tell you how staggering this is,” a social psychologist previously told Stat News. “He does not think in a complex way at all.”

Sean Craig
Reporter
Updated Oct. 06, 2024 10:46AM EDT / Published Oct. 06, 2024 9:55AM EDT

An increasingly incoherent and profane former president Donald Trump, 78, is rambling at his rallies at previously unheard-of lengths and showing signs of confusion that could indicate mental decline, according to a New York Times analysis.

An average rally speech by the elderly Republican nominee for president—who has promised to release his medical records and cognitive tests and then refused to do so—lasts 82 minutes this election cycle, nearly double the 45 minutes he averaged in 2016, a computer analysis by the newspaper found.

In addition to Trump’s well documented rambling, repetitive and winding addresses—punctuated with strange asides about things like his “beautiful” body—among the potential signs of cognitive change are that he curses 69 percent more in speeches than he did in 2016. That could be a sign of disinhibition, a kind of impulsivity that is sometimes attributed to mental decline in old age, the Times said.

The newspaper also said its analysis found Trump used negative words 32 percent more negative words than positive ones, up considerably from 21 percent in 2016, another potential indicator of cognitive change.

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How Trump's Speeches Are a Red Flag for Mental Decline: Experts (Original Post) JoeOtterbein Oct 6 OP

Watch a short segment of this video posted on DU. CrispyQ Oct 6 #1

He is lonely and rambling almost twice as long as in 2016, while actually saying half as much Attilatheblond Oct 6 #2

I have a serious question about this.. essaynnc Oct 6 #3

This is part of the Republican plan dlk Oct 6 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Oct 6 #5

Fantastic headline from The Daily Beast on Donald Trump's cognitive decline! LetMyPeopleVote Oct 6 #6

Deep dive probe into 9 years of Trump rallies reveals startling changes: NY Times LetMyPeopleVote Oct 7 #7

CrispyQ

(38,540 posts)

1. Watch a short segment of this video posted on DU.

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 10:04 AM

Oct 6

Starts at 3:30.

https://democraticunderground.com/100219533706

He couldn't recover. In the past he would have made a disparaging comment about the stage crew & then gone on but his brain went totally blank. All he could think about & talk about was the teleprompter. Every media outlet that said Biden should step down should be doing the same about Trump only louder. There's no way they can claim to be nonpartisan if they don't.

Attilatheblond

(4,499 posts)

2. He is lonely and rambling almost twice as long as in 2016, while actually saying half as much

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 10:08 AM

Oct 6

shows how desperately he seeks attention, approval, and yes, even love.

Time to drop him into the movie Sleeper and let him be Miss America. Too bad for him, he wouldn't fit in the Orgasmatron.

essaynnc

(871 posts)

3. I have a serious question about this..

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 10:53 AM

Oct 6

Hey electing Donald Trump is really electing JD Vance as president.

How come Kamala and crew aren't pushing this? We know all about what he stands for, and at 99% of the people in the country don't want that. This is a no-brainer.

A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for J.D, spewer of the most Draconian right-wing fascist crap that we've ever seen in this country. Vote blue!!!

dlk

(12,466 posts)

4. This is part of the Republican plan

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 11:22 AM

Oct 6

If Trump is elected, the 25th Amendment will be invoked and we will have a President J. D. Vance, who will waste no time with implementing Project 2025. It's all going according to their plan.

The more demented Trump becomes, the better for Project 2025 implementation.

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LetMyPeopleVote

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6. Fantastic headline from The Daily Beast on Donald Trump's cognitive decline!

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 01:41 PM

Oct 6

Link to tweet

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,388 posts)

7. Deep dive probe into 9 years of Trump rallies reveals startling changes: NY Times

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 06:36 PM

Oct 7

TFG has been declining for some time. His speeches are now twice as long with a large amount of nonsense and material that does not make sense. The NYT has finally done an article on TFG's dementia and decline

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https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-age-2669337188/

Donald Trump's speeches have grown noticeably darker and less coherent — and New York Times correspondent Peter Baker has tracked the changes using statistics.

The reporter conducted an analysis of the former president's rally speeches dating back to 2015 and found that they had nearly doubled in length, from 45 minutes eight years ago to 82 minutes now. And they show clear signs of advancing age and diminishing mental capacity.

"It's not new that Donald Trump is a discursive speaker, that he rambles, that he says things that are outrageous, that he says things that are untrue, that he seems to at times be disconnected from the norms, the standards that we are used to," Baker told MSNBC's Morning Joe.

"We see the speeches getting longer, more rambling," Baker added. "They're nearly twice as long today as they were in 2016. At the same time he's doing far fewer of them. Does that mean he's tired? We don't know. Obviously, we remember he nodded off during his hush money trial. He's doing less than one quarter of the rallies so far this year than he did in 2016, so I think it's appropriate to look at age."

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