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LetMyPeopleVote

(155,389 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:19 PM Oct 15

Trump's town hall looked like 'live sundowning' -- don't call it a 'dance party': reporter

TFG was sundowning at this event

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-town-hall-2669402467/

A Boston Globe reporter shamed those who downplayed Donald Trump's decision to stop answering questions from his fans and instead play music and dance.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr suggested the world could be witnessing the "live sundowning" of a presidential candidate.

The term sundowning describes when an older adult begins having different behaviors in the late afternoon or early evening. The Alzheimer's Society said that the person can become " intensely distressed, agitated and have hallucinations or delusion.....

"He is supposed to answer questions," Atkins Stohr said of the town hall. "He is not. He is sort of melted down into this bizarre, inexplicable sort of live sundowning in a way. It continues to show his unfitness. And I think characterizing it as a dance party does a disjustice to it. This is somebody who wants to run the world [and] have the nuclear codes. He clearly did not seem okay."

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Trump's town hall looked like 'live sundowning' -- don't call it a 'dance party': reporter (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Oct 15 OP

It was like "Activity Time" at the memory care facility. NameAlreadyTaken Oct 15 #1

"This is a neurological smoking gun." LetMyPeopleVote Oct 15 #2

Just call it nappy time. nt BootinUp Oct 15 #3

Just call it bdamomma Oct 15 #13

DJ Donnie spinning looney tunes. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 15 #4

The scariest part about it, to me, wasn't his musical trance but that the people in the audience Solly Mack Oct 15 #5

From what I've heard and read, most attendees left well before he left the stage. Wiz Imp Oct 15 #12

The fewer the better. Thanks. Solly Mack Oct 15 #16

I'm sure some people who were there and stayed for it all thought it was the greatest thing ever. Wiz Imp Oct 15 #17

To me, the folks behind Trump looked confused about what to do Deminpenn Oct 16 #19

Good news for Vance/Vantz to 25 Dotard. (25th Amendment) keithbvadu2 Oct 15 #6

But how do they use the 25th BWdem4life Oct 15 #8

I agree with her Owens Oct 15 #7

And not a bit of rhythm to be found in that venue. Crowman2009 Oct 15 #9

Soulless train. BattleRow Oct 15 #10

He was waiting for the music to stop, his handlers were waiting for him to stop the music tinrobot Oct 15 #11

Well didn't the Village People infamously say that we couldn't stop the music? Crowman2009 Oct 15 #18

I'd say anyone who can watch video of that and not think there is something seriously wrong with Trump... Wiz Imp Oct 15 #14

Normally... The Madcap Oct 15 #15

'Unstable and unhinged': Harris slams Trump at rally, uses his own words against him.... riversedge Oct 16 #20

TFG is sundowning before our very eyes. LetMyPeopleVote Oct 16 #21

NameAlreadyTaken

(1,628 posts)

1. It was like "Activity Time" at the memory care facility.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:21 PM

Oct 15

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,389 posts)

2. "This is a neurological smoking gun."

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:31 PM

Oct 15

Link to tweet

Sleepiness and low energy are common symptoms of DEMENTIA. It’s why he takes Adderall

Cognitive Doctor discusses Trump’s Brain Damage

It's not a joke, it's not sarcasm.

"This is a neurological smoking gun."

BootinUp

(49,169 posts)

3. Just call it nappy time. nt

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:33 PM

Oct 15

bdamomma

(66,713 posts)

13. Just call it

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:34 PM

Oct 15

Dangerous, there is no way that this SF needs to be in the WH. HE IS A THREAT.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,582 posts)

4. DJ Donnie spinning looney tunes.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:33 PM

Oct 15

That's all folks!

Solly Mack

(93,181 posts)

5. The scariest part about it, to me, wasn't his musical trance but that the people in the audience

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:42 PM

Oct 15

seemed to think it wonderful.

He stands there, swaying, being admired by his followers and they were all too willing in their role as the adoring crowd.

Here he was, contemptuous (or forgetful) of what he was supposed to be doing and opting to remain on stage while his braindead collaborators smiled and played along as if his behavior was the most normal thing in the world.

No room for reality in that bunch.

Wiz Imp

(2,333 posts)

12. From what I've heard and read, most attendees left well before he left the stage.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:31 PM

Oct 15

I think most people as soon as they realized he wasn't taking any more questions, figured there was no reason to stay and left. Even the news articles say a relatively small number of people stayed the whole time. You can't tell from the video because it only shows the very front of the venue.

Oh, and I just saw a different video which better showed how many chairs they had - it was more than I figured, which means the number of attendees was far less than I figured (I thought almost everyone would be forced to stand the whole time). I'm guessing there weren't more than 2000 people there if even that many.

Solly Mack

(93,181 posts)

16. The fewer the better. Thanks.

Reply to Wiz Imp (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 08:54 PM

Oct 15

Wiz Imp

(2,333 posts)

17. I'm sure some people who were there and stayed for it all thought it was the greatest thing ever.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #16)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 09:13 PM

Oct 15

However, I think a far larger number went home saying "what the hell was that that I just witnessed?" It may not have changed any minds but I bet many/most of them didn't feel quite as positive afterwards as they did going in.

Deminpenn

(16,347 posts)

19. To me, the folks behind Trump looked confused about what to do

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:43 AM

Oct 16

They were mostly standing there expressionless. The video clip I saw of the folks standing in front of Trump showed a few of them with their phones up recording, but the rest were just standing around.

keithbvadu2

(40,425 posts)

6. Good news for Vance/Vantz to 25 Dotard. (25th Amendment)

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:55 PM

Oct 15

BWdem4life

(2,493 posts)

8. But how do they use the 25th

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:03 PM

Oct 15

when the media and all his supporters say he's just fine?

Owens

(349 posts)

7. I agree with her

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 05:13 PM

Oct 15

We had a former senior employee, at the end of the day she would just walk around doing nothing.

Crowman2009

(2,840 posts)

9. And not a bit of rhythm to be found in that venue.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:05 PM

Oct 15

BattleRow

(1,255 posts)

10. Soulless train.

Reply to Crowman2009 (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:09 PM

Oct 15

tinrobot

(11,474 posts)

11. He was waiting for the music to stop, his handlers were waiting for him to stop the music

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:25 PM

Oct 15

So the music just... kept... going...

Waiting for him to stop it is a big problem when Trump has no idea where he is or how much time has passed.

Crowman2009

(2,840 posts)

18. Well didn't the Village People infamously say that we couldn't stop the music?

Reply to tinrobot (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 11:00 PM

Oct 15

On a side note, that movie has been released on 4k UHD.

Wiz Imp

(2,333 posts)

14. I'd say anyone who can watch video of that and not think there is something seriously wrong with Trump...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:35 PM

Oct 15

has serious cognitive issues themselves. That is, they have to deny reality to think that was anything other than an insane display of someone who has significant & blatant mental issues.

The Madcap

(557 posts)

15. Normally...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 07:02 PM

Oct 15

when one dances, one actually moves one's feet. T**** looked more like a broken-down old rowboat swaying in the surf. No rhythm, no head-bobbing. Just swaying.

Yes, there is definitely something wrong with him. Just keep him from the nuclear football.

riversedge

(73,379 posts)

20. 'Unstable and unhinged': Harris slams Trump at rally, uses his own words against him....

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Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:56 AM

Oct 16

'Unstable and unhinged': Harris slams Trump at rally, uses his own words against him

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/unstable-and-unhinged-harris-slams-trump-at-rally-uses-his-own-words-against-him/vi-AA1skbZU?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=7666ad9bb4ba43038fa85c0893294cc7&ei=8&rc=1#details

Vice President Harris called former President Trump "increasingly unstable and unhinged" at a rally in Pennsylvania. Sen. JD Vance defended Trump's "enemy from within" comments. The New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser joins Katy Tur to react.

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,389 posts)

21. TFG is sundowning before our very eyes.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2024, 12:22 PM

Oct 16

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