Politics - News Analysis
More Americans are Noticing Wide-Ranging Symptoms that Show Something is Wrong With Trump
Once again we take on a delicate topic. Unlike many, we’re very careful to taper our columns and observations with the common sense admission that we don’t know with certainty what is going on with Trump. The theories out there are well-established, dementia, drug use, exhaustion, panic attacks, all are possible, none are mutually exclusive. We simply don’t know and neither does anyone else without being a specialist with a physical exam and an accurate accounting of everything going into his body and mind.
There are many rumors regarding drug abuse. Noel Casler, the former Celebrity Apprentice employee, strongly asserts that Trump is on a continuous yo-yo between Adderall and Ativan, up-down, up-down, which certainly fits a lot of what we’re seeing. Many others have attested to the same, while some are near certain Trump has dementia, specifically frontotemporal dementia.
We don’t pretend to know. We do intend to document the symptoms that are extremely concerning. There are many and some were on prominent display this weekend, especially from Saturday night, which we will cover here:
Dementia Update:
-Trump's gait is unbalanced. He takes a few steps, stops & claps his hands like he's an oversized mechanical toy. He's trying to regain balance
-His voice is noticeably weaker.
It's all part of his degenerative neurological disease. He's not getting out of this.— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) July 6, 2020
We don’t support the ultimate diagnosis, it’s possible, but not definitive. We do support that these physical issues are absolutely present, especially the weaker voice. At times this weekend, he looked like he wanted to shout some powerful position, and just couldn’t get the breath and voice required.
Trump’s dementia decline is on display for the world.
-Tongue protrusion
-Trouble standing w/ MT
-Slurring
-Jolting “swift & swiffian, it was swift & it was sweeping like nobody’s ever seen”
-Can’t look up or he’d lose his balanceHis neurological deterioration is unsustainable pic.twitter.com/AhZUsioJLE
— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) July 5, 2020
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The swift line has been covered repeatedly and it was fcking bizarre. The statement alone should get him checked out. But let’s focus on one other aspect that is obvious to us. He cannot look up for more than a few seconds. We saw it plainly at the rocket launch, where Pence and his wife stood for minutes watching the rocket disappear over the Atlantic horizon. Trump watched for only a few seconds after the rocket reached an elevation where Trump needed to look up from the platform a couple of miles away.
Similarly, Trump would only glance at the planes flying overhead as part of the Fourth of July festivities. He simply couldn’t hold his gaze upward. We don’t know if it is a balance issue or a neuro-muscular issue, we just don’t know. We do know that he can’t do it. The tongue protrusion could be physical, could be from medication, we only know he does it, a lot!
He is also obviously still unsteady, always reaching for Melania or Ivanka, whatever woman happens to be near him.
Some others had thoughts:
Now @morning_joe @WillieGeist @MichaelSteele @Elise_Jordan @JonLemire say one word about Trump's obvious decline.
Nothing about the slurred words, profuse sweating, leaning on the podium with his full weight .. nothing.
MSM ignores Trump's decline to our detriment.
— Samantha Sanderson (@SamSanderson123) July 6, 2020
This is all too true, and it is one of the reasons we do cover it and document it. It is interesting to note that Fox is constantly talking about Biden’s “concerns,” and that the international media has no problem pointing out Trump’s obvious issues.
It’s progressing quickly. He doesn’t seem to be able to clap with two hands. He uses one while the other remains still.
Also, good morning to you
— Outspoken (@Out5p0ken) July 6, 2020
We have noticed the same. He seems to clap hands as much for balance as positivity.
Below, still the most concerning, shocking picture:
— DAWG (@88SEATTLE61) July 6, 2020
The way that he white knuckles the podium during speeches while his shoulders and elbows betray him in spastic shrugs is really something to behold.
— Tim Bryan (@TimBrya92300826) July 6, 2020
We noted the same over the weekend. He grabs the podium for dear life.
How much longer Tom before Trump is so blatantly, visibly incapacitated that McConnell knows that Trump can’t be on the ticket? One month, two months?
— belle (@upchuck66) July 6, 2020
Has to be by the end of July, which is why we’re on record stating it is 50-50 whether Trump announces he is withdrawing “for health reasons” (always been the go-to excuse if there’s a legal-scandal issue). The end of July is the last date that the GOP could put together a new ticket. He can’t stand a loss or the disclosure of information.
Yes, his full faceplant, whether frontwards or backwards is coming soon, the public needs to see him fall to see just how bad a shape he is really in!!
— BAM (@LOARMANDOL) July 6, 2020
Unlikely that a fall happens. They seem to know he’s a risk and thus they don’t show him standing up from sitting very often. They always have handrails for him. It was why he was terrified at West Point. A fall would end the race.
Sleep deprivation from abusing speed does the exact same things.
— Tom Perich (@thomasperich) July 6, 2020
We agree. This is why the presumption that it’s dementia is not yet fully supportable. Drug use would manifest itself in the exact same way.
— Okkie Tenggala (@okkie48) July 6, 2020
This screams drug use. But drug use and dementia are not mutually exclusive.
All optics for pictures.
We never actually see him getting in and out of golf cart.— Kathleen (@KathleenIrish75) July 6, 2020
This is an argument against dementia. Though we don’t see him golfing, and he may have issues we don’t see. We do know that he may be far more relaxed while golfing, thus symptoms don’t appear as extreme as when very nervous.
It's not Trump. Ever notice that it's usually a conservative news outlet releasing images from a quarter-mile away?
Do you really think The Hill sent out a photographer with a super long lens to the 6th hole just to snap a TMZ photo of Trump golfing?
It's staged.
— I Write Therefore I am (@FaganWrites) July 6, 2020
We seriously doubt that’s true. They wouldn’t “stage it” near as often. Only very sporadically, it would do the job. Yet he goes far more often.
Last, this important one that we’ve noticed.
These little hiding efforts -stop & clap, body twists, clinging to the podium, having people at his side (to grab if he starts tumbling), having car parked closer to AF1 stairs- are going to become overwhelming & too exhausting soon.
— Tiff …is tired (@tifftherational) July 6, 2020
He seems to never simply turn his head to look at anyone. He turns his entire body. This, again, argues for balance issues or neurological issues.
We seek to document and discuss what most media will not. But we’re not coming to a conclusion.
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Peace, y’all
Jason
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