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Dennis Donovan

(23,841 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 03:57 PM Monday

Clinical psychologist: Trump is "really not in a strong cognitive place."

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Dr. Ben Michaelis, a clinical psychologist who has previously carried out cognitive assessments for the New York Supreme Court, warned that Trump is “really not in a strong cognitive place."

MORE: https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chris-christie-trump-harris-medical-report-mental-decline-b2628292.html

3:11 PM · Oct 14, 2024


The Independent - Chris Christie becomes latest to sound alarm over Trump’s ‘significant’ mental decline

Former ally’s comments came just hours before Kamala Harris shared her medical report in what marked a thinly-veiled challenge to Trump to do the same

Rachel Sharp
1 day ago

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At his campaign rallies, Trump often leaps from one topic to another unrelated topic or train of thought, devolves into “word salads” and throws out wild claims and comments – with “the late, great Hannibal Lecter” making more than one appearance.

Then came his debate performance, where Trump wildly – and falsely – claimed that migrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

Leading mental health experts, including a former White House doctor, told The Independent that he is showing signs of “cognitive decline” and appears to “have lost touch with reality.”

Dr. Ben Michaelis, a clinical psychologist who has previously carried out cognitive assessments for the New York Supreme Court, warned that Trump is “really not in a strong cognitive place.”

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Clinical psychologist: Trump is "really not in a strong cognitive place." (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Monday OP
Great use of litotes! ananda Monday #1
He's not in a good place. The Unmitigated Gall Monday #2
Trump literally staged a coup and they didn't invoke the 25th. NYC Liberal Monday #4
Unless the oligarchy sees an advantage to 25Aing him orthoclad Monday #5
Probably caused by the loss of a tremondous amount of blood due to a scatched ear. Ping Tung Monday #3
He really isn't well! Fyrefox Monday #6
It doesn't matter how much his cognitive abilities have deteriorated. Fla Dem Monday #7
I guess as a nurse speaking to a doctor it would be unprofessional to say, tavernier Monday #8

NYC Liberal

(20,329 posts)
4. Trump literally staged a coup and they didn't invoke the 25th.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 04:32 PM
Monday

And that was with a VP who had every motive to do so considering part of the plot was to have him killed.

Vance will never ever do it. If for no other reason than it would destroy any chance of him winning the GOP nomination in 2028.

orthoclad

(4,451 posts)
5. Unless the oligarchy sees an advantage to 25Aing him
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 04:41 PM
Monday

People like Musk and Thiel know that T's dissolving. They also know that he's a proven performer. T's clown show gets attention, sane-washed or not.

They'll replace T at their convenience, with a younger, healthier, "saner" dictator who can lie in complete sentences, once T's performance (and the cheating) takes the White House.

Follow the money. Look behind the curtain.

Fyrefox

(315 posts)
6. He really isn't well!
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 04:43 PM
Monday

Trump's inner landscape is a dark and hellish place, a domain which requires the chastisement of the many which threaten or fail to share his hateful and extreme views. Such people require treatment, not elevation to the highest office in the land! Most striking to me is the derailment characteristic of Trump's speech. Objectionable, untrue, and absurd content aside, Trump literally cannot remain on topic for anything other than a short time...

Fla Dem

(25,478 posts)
7. It doesn't matter how much his cognitive abilities have deteriorated.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:09 PM
Monday

If he gets elected there'll be a team behind the scenes running every bit of his administration and Vance there to take over if he totally falls off the wagon. Until then he's merely a figurehead puppet with all his strings controlled by the far right team of Steven Mill, Peter Thiel, and all the other puppet masters of Project 2025.

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