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To think there is something seriously wrong with Donald Trump?

125 replies

AlternativePerspective · 14/03/2020 07:36

I heard him speak twice this week, and both times I thought that he sounded almost confused and not coherent. Not in the usual way he sounds clueless, but actually from a “I think there’s something seriously wrong with his health” point of view.

The thing is that usually he spouts such drivel that everyone takes the piss out of him anyway, but this seemed different. Almost as if he wasn’t aware of his surroundings and was struggling to find the words.

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Roussette · 15/03/2020 15:31

I don't think America are messily their approach to Coronavirus up though, and wish GB we're doing something more like they are. I actually quite admire their stance

Really? So not testing people is a stance to admire? South Korea have tested more people in a 24 hour period than US have tested since this all started. Their average is 1-2 tests per million population. S. Koread is 2,500 per million, we are average in Europe at about 300 per million.

I'm not sure what the US are doing re coronovirus that is good. Although Trump is trying to secure a vaccine being developed in Germany for the US and only the US. He wants the exclusive licence for it. Germany are fighting it tooth and nail, thank god.

He is obviously on something drug wise, he is limited in his reading, understanding and speaking abilities and the day he leaves the Wh will be a day to celebrate. And yes his cognitive functions are decreasing by the day

PinkiOcelot · 15/03/2020 15:41

Now that you mention it, I thought there was something wrong with him the other day when he was in n about the Coronavirus. There were a lot of pauses in his speech.

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 15/03/2020 16:11

I have heard he has poor eyesight and is too vain to wear glasses.

This. It explains the issue with stairs, the fact he sometimes fails to recognise people he should know and he seems to be squinting a lot.

His increasingly erratic non-scripted speeches are something else though.

BigChocFrenzy · 15/03/2020 16:22

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Highlight:
"You did disband the White House pandemic office... what responsibility do you take to that?"

President Trump:
"I just think it's a nasty question... You say we did that. I don't know anything about that."

BigChocFrenzy · 15/03/2020 16:24

The WH pandemic office was created by Obama, who saw the possible future danger of global pandemics

Trump abolished it, because he wants to abolish everything that Obama did
He absolutely hates Obama and from Trump's long history, the reason is racism

willowpatterns · 15/03/2020 16:39

Funny isn't it, how the biggest of dangerous megalomaniacs bullies crumble when there's something they simply cannot control or blag their way out of...

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 15/03/2020 18:44

Heygirl yep! This time last year he was found to have a BMI of just over 30, so I expect it's even higher now.

Lordfrontpaw · 15/03/2020 18:49

BMI or IQ?

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 15/03/2020 19:12

Allegedly his vision was 20/30 correcting to 20/20 with his glasses. I can’t believe that’s the case now.

Sweetbabycheezits · 15/03/2020 19:25

Erm, I am an American, and had never in my life heard the word "bigly" before Trump used it. It may have common usage now as a piss take, but I'm pretty sure it's never been commonly used!
I call his speeches "word salad". I'm a reasonably intelligent person, but his speeches are so convoluted that I just can't really follow. I don't know that I've noticed a difference between his earlier speeches and now, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's going down the dementia route.

bellinisurge · 15/03/2020 19:28

He's a sociopath

Al1Langdownthecleghole · 15/03/2020 19:43

Any update on his Covid 19 testing?

lolaflores · 15/03/2020 19:45

He is a hustler. That and daddy's money. The most stomach churning aspect of this sack of shit is his Epstein connections. The beauty pageant bullshit. His behaviour around his daughter.bhis blatant racism in the past and I think he was successfully sued by black tenants.
Here is a human with no visible redeeming qualities.
I can imagine he has onset dementia probably hastened by the stress of a job he is utterly unfit for.
It is my sincere hope he is put out of the White House before he can do any.ore damage. Then dies a slow lingering death rolling in his own poo

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 15/03/2020 19:45

I thought it was negative.

Probably more negative than any one else’s.

Roussette · 15/03/2020 19:47

I'm not American but I thought 'bigly' was Trump's mangled way of saying 'big league'. I may be wrong!

Roussette · 15/03/2020 19:48

I think his COVID test was 'beautiful' and 'smart' Grin

Womenwotlunch · 15/03/2020 19:49

@BigChocFrenzy- He’s also very jealous of Obama. Obama is respected for his intellect, charm etc. Trump is an entitled egomaniac and cannot get his orange head around the fact that Obama is held in high esteem.
Definitely agree that something is wrong with Trump. The coronavirus briefings were car crash tv. I just couldn’t believe that this stupid man was the leader of the so called free world. He makes George W Bush look like an intellectual

HollowTalk · 15/03/2020 19:52

Wasn't he reading an autocue last week and he couldn't do it? That's why his speech came out so strange.

He's definitely deteriorated. If he gets in for another four years then I dread to think what he'll be like.

Roussette · 15/03/2020 19:55

The speech was written by Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller, both of whom are totally unqualified to do this. One is in the Administration because he's married to Ivanka and the other one is on a racist mission. No advice from the Health people or scientists, and I read they were changing it right up until the last minute.

nachthexe · 15/03/2020 19:55

Like fuck is bigly a word 😂😂
I did say to dh that the old Trumpster was looking like a bag of shite when he turned up wearing that stupid USA hat to the lectern yesterday. Wondered what they were trying to hide. His eyes looked shot to bits and he looked bloody haggard. Sure you’re the most negative a person has ever been, Don.

aroundtheworldyet · 15/03/2020 20:05

Why doesn’t he wear contact lenses then

Mypathtriedtokillme · 15/03/2020 20:06

Well he’s and his administration even more of cunts if it’s true that he offered a German Bio-pharma company huge sums of money if they would make the covid-19 vaccine they are developing exclusive to U.S use only.

The company refused (with incentives from the German govt) and said any thing developed was for the whole globe, fired its American CEO and replaced him with its original founder.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/15/trump-offers-large-sums-for-exclusive-access-to-coronavirus-vaccine

TomPinch · 15/03/2020 20:09

The worst of it is that, short of Trump.actually dying, none of this matters.

Even if he became completely insane, his allies in the US congress and the media would simply say it was a slur, and a majority of the American voting public would believe that.

Please let an American reading this tell me I'm wrong, and that the public there are more critical than I believe them to be.

aroundtheworldyet · 15/03/2020 20:14

@Mypathtriedtokillme
I mean that just makes me so angry. I want to go and punch someone american.