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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's lawyers and Fox News preparing a dementia-defense for Trump. (Seriously.)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211496337Here his lawyers argue that Trump's tweets don't count as evidence because he doesn't know what he's talking about.
And here Fox News argues that Trump technically isn't lying because his memory simply changes with time.
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/11/30/fox-host-trumps-lawyer-didnt-want-him-meeting-mueller-because-his-memory-sort-changes-time/222202
MONTGOMERY: I don't know, man. I think that some of this is fluid for him. And I think, you know, his memory sort of changes with time, and that's one of the reasons his lawyers didn't want him sitting down with special counsel. But, in his defense -- and I really believe this -- he thought he wasn't going to win. ...
His own defenders are arguing that the President of the United States doesn't know what he's talking about and that he no longer has a functioning memory.
His defenders!
25th Amendment anyone?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Except it's to the point now that I don't think the audience would laugh.
TEB
(12,841 posts)Im as we all so tired of this shit thanks for calming me down friend
brush
(53,764 posts)ease trump out, and it finally seems like it's inevitable, should include shutting down FOX.
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)That would be an easy out and Trump does not deserve an easy out.
What he deserves is prison.
Just once I'd like to see actual justice served to a criminal president.
2naSalit
(86,536 posts)Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)the guilty walks free, nothing changes and we are, once again, left vulnerable to another wannabe tyrant.
And if it's not the healing claptrap, it's the there is always something more important than holding a criminal president accountable. As if justice and change can't both be had.
Which only results in the guilty walking free, nothing changing, and we are - once again - left vulnerable to another wannabe tyrant.
certainot
(9,090 posts)deal with global warming seriously
not to mention imprisoned children, butchered journalists, etc.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Kaleva
(36,294 posts)erronis
(15,241 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)I read here that the DOJ is doing something similar.
So if that is his defense then get the 25th amendment ready.
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)Dont take the shovel from them!
nolabear
(41,959 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Maybe Putin would not allow them to cover for this failure? He has not pleased Vlad at all.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)It's like when one of those mad medieval kings. Nobody comes out and says it, they just all know the truth, work around it, and wait for the king to die.
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)n/t
shanny
(6,709 posts)otoh there is no lie he isn't prepared to tell to duck responsibility for...anything
otooh he wasn't declared incompetent prior to tweeting like a madman so good luck with that
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)been able to put out whatever ridiculous story lines they want....none of it has been coherent and it's been a disjointed mess. As the truth is exposed these absurd accusations made by rump and supported by faux is and will fall apart.
It's only a matter of time now.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)To use as his defense.
dlk
(11,552 posts)Granted, Trump has serious mental health issues. However, it is highly doubtful a dementia defense would ever make any headway in the courts.
erronis
(15,241 posts)If we allow the diagnosis of narcissism or pathological lying or psychopathy to be defenses against criminality in court, then most charges can be dropped.
If we did, I'm sure we'd still keep charges such as "trying to feed my family" or "running away from cop (while black)".
bringthePaine
(1,728 posts)Im still a little unclear as to which side they come down on cuz,
I mean, now we gotta separate stupid from dementia from dumbass
from psycho from sicko from felonious shitbucket from inbred white
tiny-hands-syndrome to oh-you-get-the-idea WTF deferment-monkey
BS-ad-infinitum crazitude, in modo perpetuam
I think the GOP is working on a defense position, not for Trump himself, but for their party's complicity. Saint Ronnie was definitely demented, yet the Republicans worship him to this day. This demonstrates that mental capacity is not important to them. In fact, maybe they prefer incapacity. Easier to control the puppet.
After the mid-terms, they are desperate to maintain power and avoid indictment. I wouldn't be surprised if they threw Trump under the bus to accomplish this.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)so we wont pay attention to justice.
watch
trev
(1,480 posts)that is a direction in which they're moving.
global1
(25,241 posts)Trump would cop to dementia if he was not going down.
bora13
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RockRaven
(14,959 posts)not lying AND having dementia.
Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)Everyone's memory declines over time, they usually become less vocal. Trump's just a liar, and now he's a loudmouth liar where everyone can see him.
Being old is not the cause, being an asshole is.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,775 posts)TRUMP: I have 'one of the great memories of all-time'
alwaysinasnit
(5,065 posts)be invalid, don't you think?
bluestarone
(16,906 posts)REPUGS in congress ALSO had dementia for last two years!!! (THEY supported everything he wanted)
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Marthe48
(16,935 posts)But insanity is the best defense (Dietrich on Barney Miller)
empedocles
(15,751 posts)enid602
(8,614 posts)And then hell manage to miraculously recover in time to sign a TV deal. I have a feeling his time in the golf, hotel and condo businesses has passed.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)SergeStorms
(19,193 posts)then they should 25 45. He's mentally unfit to be "president".
global1
(25,241 posts)"25 45"
paleotn
(17,911 posts)Sounds like time for the 25th amendment. Can't have it both ways, you fucking morons.
onetexan
(13,036 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)Was that on SNL last night? Perfect!
Enoki33
(1,587 posts)or another for a great leader with the greatest memory. The dementia defense basket is as porous as a sieve. Instead he may well do something very dangerous for the world in an attempt to save himself.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)A few hours at Walter Reed, an MRI, and we'll know. Won't happen.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)I'm not a shrink, but I can read and I can observe and I have direct experience...unfortunately.
Whatever is in their mind at the time is an absolute truth...regardless of what they said 10 minutes ago. They totally, 100% believe it in their shriveled psyches. You can show them a video or play a recording and it will make NO DIFFERENCE because it does not compose with their current reality. That is all they have. There is zero accountabiity. You will be personally attacked and shredded...then accused of being hysterical/lying/out to get them, etc. Think of it as stream of conscious thinking/believing reacting to every slight and having the physical capacity/money/influence/flunkies to carry it out.
Is it dementia? Sometimes. Is it sociopathy? Sometimes. It is whatever it is At. That. Moment. There is no cure...it is baked into the psyche usually by a traumatic childhood.
Just imagine if someone like that ran our .... oh yeah, one does.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Its coming, when he's about to go down, we'll get a resignation and a dementia diagnosis.
Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)Said he tested his memory and he did fine. Paraphrasing here, 'great shape for a man his age; good genes, yada..yada..yada'.
unblock
(52,196 posts)Gothmog
(145,130 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)So.... he can break the law because he thought he wouldn't win? He can lie?
I don't think they're really clear on what they want to say.