President Donald Trump set off another round of speculation about his mental health by mixing up his father's birthplace.The 79-year-old president hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday at the White House, where he took questions about the U.S. attack on Iran and seemingly mixed up his U...
Saying confidently wrong things based on feelings. Yep, that’s Trump all right.
I’m not surprised that feelings elicited a memory for him, but he lost track of the exact details. It’s absolutely in line with dementia. When I worked with dementia patients, a lot of them liked me, and when they saw me they felt better. But they didn’t remember who I was exactly, or what my relation to them was. I was often mistaken for a granddaughter, not because I resembled their grandkids, but because they felt warmly toward me.
The only thing is, Trump has always acted based on feelings. As a spoiled nepo baby, things have always worked out for him, so I doubt he ever developed a strong mind in the first place. The patients I worked with used to be sharp, and dementia made a marked difference in their decision-making. Trump’s still Trump, just more unhinged (somehow.)