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He probably literally can't. Like MAYBE if his staff hangs around with a cattle prod and teleprompter maybe they can hide it for a while but dementia patients often can't retain new information, they circle back again and again to whatever knowledge/memories that were locked in before their deterioration stepped up to their current slope downwards.
I wouldn't be surprised it this is a huge part of why they're panicking so desperately. This is cataclysmic and I can't wait to watch it unfold
Something tells me that if Biden, Hillary and Obama were to start stumping for Harris and the media covered it, Trump would have no idea who he was actually facing in the election. There's no way his handlers would be able to keep him focused.
It would be a pleasant alternate reality if some reporter who was doing an interview with Trump would start giving him a cognitive test live on air.
You wouldn’t have to make it formal. Just ask a few questions about Obama, get him talking about Obama’s policies, maybe the Iran nuclear deal. And then suddenly ask, “Who’s your opponent, Donald?” Soft and friendly like a serial killer. “Who are you running against in this election?”
“What year is it, Donald? What’s the day of the week?”
“Who’s this, Donald?” and put up a picture of Nikki Haley.
“What year did Covid happen, Donald? Can you remember?”
Give him lots of long silences to try to figure the answers out. Don’t interrupt, don’t distract him, don’t move on. Just let the dead air play out until he can’t stand it and says something. But if it’s not the answer… ask again. Tell him it’s okay if he doesn’t remember, but you want to give him another try.
Before you do it, set up his mic all tangled and firmly fastened, so if he tries to stand up and leave, he can’t get it off, and keep the camera running while he struggles. Keep asking questions while he’s trying to free himself. Politely and calmly, but don’t stop.
A little off topic but I've been listening to the Alex Jones depositions on the knowledge fight podcast (highly recommend) and that was kinda similar. Not in a cognitive test way, but seeing his fish gallop technique running into a wall is so satisfying.
For example the plaintiffs lawyer asks a question, Jones uses that as a jumping off point for one of his famous nonsense rants and they just let him ramble for 2 minutes and then the lawyer answers in a very calm manner - "Mr. Jones, that was not my question, my question was ..." Repeatedly until they got a straight answer, "Mr Jones I have all day to get the answers I need."
Once or twice the lawyer even interrupted him with "Babababab! Please just answer my question!" Or "What are you even talking about?" Jones was so caught in his show persona that he stood no chance of avoiding to answer unpleasant questions.
His dad was way more in control of the court room, giving yes or no answers, keeping it short, like someone who listens to his lawyers should do.
The scariest dude in the depositions was one of his editors, a nice sounding guy, who hated Alex Jones, knew that what they were doing was harmful bullshit but continued to do it for years without caring about the impact. The mundanity of evil.
It's "gish gallop". Don't forget to fix it after the inevitable autocorrect. If you just type "gish" a hundred times... then you'll never be able to write "fish" again.
Lets be real, he'd walk out. A few years ago I heard an NPR interview with him not too long after Jan 6th and he clearly only took them up on it because he had been mostly de-platformed and was struggling to land interviews right then. He talked over the reporter then hung up. The entire thing was only about 6 minutes long
Yes, if he’s still capable of realizing he’s being played, he’ll either attack back or end it.
He’s doesn’t seem to have the quiet peaceful dementia (yet, maybe). He has the paranoid violent kind where he still likely knows he’s losing it much of the time.
I’ve had 2 different in-laws go through Alzheimer’s. One went from Mr. Rogers nice, to swearing and upset, especially when he lost control of some of his bodily functions. Thankfully Covid got him early in the pandemic and he didn’t have to suffer through starvation.
My MIL however was pleasant and calm, and eventually succumbed to dehydration when she forgot how to swallow. We need proper right to die laws in the US.
Imagining this makes me so happy. This idea needs to spread so some reporter sees it and does it.
My favorite cognitive question ever is when I heard a paramedic ask a patient "Is Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"
It would be hilarious if all three showed up at the debate location (if it even happens) to show support to Harris, I think the orange man would blue screen. :-D
It took him years to get over Clinton. He's got 4 months now, and Biden is still President so he's gonna have an even tougher time trying to keep it straight in his dementia-riddled mind.
It was also visible in the debate. They told him "whatever question comes up, bring up immigrants". If Trump had been forced to actually answer any of the questions, his dementia would have been much more obvious.
...teleprompter....
Speaking of which:
Wasn't there something about Trump's wound being the result of a bullet-shattered teleprompter, not an actual bullet?
What became of that? Not to minimize the heinousness of the act, but he didn't take a bullet...
It was speculated on, but it turns out that he was indeed hit with a bullet and the teleprompter wasn’t even damaged.
Refusing to acknowledge reality is a common theme for maga.
Also for those with dementia.
Lot of overlap there.
They all cheered at the convention when someone said Obama is secretly still in control of the WhiteHouse.
The RNC is basically the party of conspiracy theories through and through.
I'm remembering a trump tweet while he was in the white house complaining about the deep state doing something and all I could think is "You're the freaking president, you are the deepstate you bafoon!"
This is so tiresome and annoying. His “bad” nickname for her is “smiling Kamala”. Really? That’s your big bad criticism?
I guess the unsmiling misery of the last 8 is supposed to be status quo now?
People will hear how he describes it and then see her and realize it isn't crazy at all, it's really friendly and welcoming. You can tell she's really excited and enthusiastic about the job she has ahead of her.
How soon until he refers to Harris as "Hillary" or his other nemesis "Nancy"?
Hell he might throw a Niki in there! This whole situation has taken me from being low key terrified to can't wait for what next.
Dementia Don the racist rapist with 34 felonies that complete a coherent sentence is once again showing he's too old to run our great country. He needs to step down, it's embarrassing.
Don't forget he likes to look at all the little bodies. Having been the owner of some miss USA pagents his time was always known as the creepy don days.
He's too senile to change tactics. I'm willing to bet half the reason he chose Vance was because they knew he was going to screw up and say Pence a bunch, and the similarity of pronunciation would give them plausible deniability.
“Tomorrow trump will wake up and forget biden even dropped out!” - dementia addled trump
They also don’t know the difference between socialism and communism. His voters are morons.
Think of how stupid the average conservative is then remember half of them are stupider than that.
Good, good, keep running against the wrong guy. Your dumb cultists will stay enraged, as you like them, but those who are possible to actually reach might be turned off by it.
Why would he? In his fantasy world, Biden is his easy opponent, he's perfectly innocent and not a convicted criminal at all, he is actually the smartest person alive, instead of just the smartest person he's ever been. Why would he join us in reality when his imaginary happy place that's shared by millions of FOX viewers is so much more attractive?
just the smartest person he's ever been
He's not even that. His brain is clearly deteriorating.
Trump would be crazy to try and debate her.
So, he probably will. Good times.
No he won't. He's already doing a cop out saying he will only debate her if Fox hosts and moderates.. Which I believe is impossible since the agreed networks (one of them isn't Fox) have already been agreed
Fox is also an entertainment network, not a news network, as they themselves have claimed.
Sometimes, when people get older, they get a little confused. It happens. Donald, he's getting up there, and maybe he's just feeling a little confused again. Like that time he mixed up Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi.
Maybe he should drop out of the race, let someone a little younger and more aware take over.
I wish they'd stop using pics of dementia donnie with the maxi pad on his ear. The less we are reminded about another Republican trying to take this clown out, the better.
Step 1: Denial
How long before his old brain processes all the stages of grief?
He so old, he must be confused
Old Sleepy Don rambles incoherently about those competent presidents, Obama and Biden, even if they aren't running. We need a debate ASAP to see how Harris chews Old Don Poorleone up and spits him out.
Bitch too old, I’m not sure he has the cognition to grasp the new reality.
Too demented to remember. Sad. Big sad