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PCIntern

(27,993 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:34 AM Sep 2025

He is a rambling mess...

He definitely has some somatic and cognitive decline which is increasing in rapidity. I had conversations with many individuals in my years in practice with elderly on the downslope. It’s inevitable that we are going to witness a break reasonably soon.

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He is a rambling mess... (Original Post) PCIntern Sep 2025 OP
He's fixed everything on earth. spanone Sep 2025 #1
Well, he knows everything better than anyone Orrex Sep 2025 #20
don't forget the 7 wars lmao vapor2 Sep 2025 #28
Thankfully, the Cambodians and Armenians are at peace 31st Street Bridge Sep 2025 #33
You know, PC, I've been saying this for a long time. FalloutShelter Sep 2025 #2
Now. The time to pull the mic is right fg now! txwhitedove Sep 2025 #8
Even with him NJCher Sep 2025 #17
You saw it, I saw it, Lawrence talked about it......... Katinfl Sep 2025 #27
general public? NJCher Sep 2025 #42
Point taken. Katinfl Sep 2025 #45
Well, they reap what they sow vapor2 Sep 2025 #30
He's been a rambling mess for a long time. mwmisses4289 Sep 2025 #3
Not really NJCher Sep 2025 #18
It doesn't matter who is behind the throne. The demented lunatic is the one with the figure on the button. flashman13 Sep 2025 #41
Freudian slip NJCher Sep 2025 #43
I can feel my blood pressure rising as I listen. badhair77 Sep 2025 #4
I have to leave the room when my anger flares too. House of Roberts Sep 2025 #21
Fux Noise airs in many homes where I work Orrex Sep 2025 #22
Jeez, he's still talking. spanone Sep 2025 #5
The longer he goes on TommyT139 Sep 2025 #6
It's his same Greatest Hits of grievances and gripes...and for what???? spanone Sep 2025 #7
Fine. TommyT139 Sep 2025 #15
What audience? What is this about? thesquanderer Sep 2025 #24
The generals he brought to Quantico from around the world. spanone Sep 2025 #25
Thanks. I thought that was going to be a closed-doors meeting, I didn't know there would be televised speeches. n/t thesquanderer Sep 2025 #38
I didn't either. spanone Sep 2025 #40
same here NJCher Sep 2025 #44
Can't wait until Jake Tapper deep dives into his decline pimpbot Sep 2025 #9
I'm so disappointed in Putin... ECL213 Sep 2025 #10
I mean, Putin probably knew about the nuclear subs TommyT139 Sep 2025 #16
I can't believe I'm even thinking a military coup would be good for the country. rubbersole Sep 2025 #11
The brass are not amused pfitz59 Sep 2025 #12
Do you think we will get info as to how it went over with the brass? Katinfl Sep 2025 #31
He sounds like he's doing an imitation of Turbineguy Sep 2025 #13
...and still going. I can't imagine what they're thinking. Ellipsis Sep 2025 #14
The sad thing is, GoCubsGo Sep 2025 #19
I watched the entire speech. It was bizarre. ashredux Sep 2025 #23
You have more stamina than I do. My blood boils at just the sight of him..his voice makes my ears bleed Deuxcents Sep 2025 #29
We're being played by the far right and their enablers in the media sphere... Hugin Sep 2025 #26
Problem is he could come out onto the WH lawn in his diaper and he'd still be President the next day. NoMoreRepugs Sep 2025 #32
I've been reading this for how many years now ? republianmushroom Sep 2025 #34
Trump is displaying obvious neurological fluency/articulation/thought disorders... agingdem Sep 2025 #35
Recommended H2O Man Sep 2025 #36
AI search: "eye closed while speaking" PCIntern Sep 2025 #37
If Biden had been even a 1/10th addled the way Turd was.... Fla Dem Sep 2025 #39

Orrex

(66,709 posts)
20. Well, he knows everything better than anyone
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:40 AM
Sep 2025

Holy fuck when will he just fucking die already?

31st Street Bridge

(101 posts)
33. Thankfully, the Cambodians and Armenians are at peace
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:18 AM
Sep 2025

That war ended so fast, I never knew it was happening. Lol.

FalloutShelter

(14,206 posts)
2. You know, PC, I've been saying this for a long time.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:41 AM
Sep 2025

How long before they absolutely cannot put him in front of a live microphone?

They’ve already blown past that moment IMHO.

I went through this with my father and I see every marker including TIA’s and loss of inhibition.
Big stroke coming? Who knows.

This is both painful and disgusting to watch.
Not to mention disastrous and dangerous for the country and NOT ONE member of GOP leadership is ready to drop the hammer.

Just wow.

NJCher

(42,544 posts)
17. Even with him
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:34 AM
Sep 2025
NOT ONE member of GOP leadership is ready to drop the hammer.

It’s a matter of human decency.

A long, long time ago a book by a physician came out. It was about the death process. Paragraphs from that book flash in my head when I watch his pathetic public decline.

The juvenile behavior, such as with the sombrero on Hakeem last night, will brand republicans forever.

Katinfl

(649 posts)
27. You saw it, I saw it, Lawrence talked about it.........
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:04 AM
Sep 2025

It was disgusting to say the least. But has the general public seen it? i don’t think so. unless it is broadcast on national news tonight and for days after, it will go unnoticed. We here on DU are plugged into it all, but most people are not.

NJCher

(42,544 posts)
42. general public?
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:58 AM
Sep 2025
But has the general public seen it?

General public is irrelevant. What is relevant is how many eligible voters saw it. About 35-40% of eligible voters fail to vote, so that waters down your point remarkably.

Katinfl

(649 posts)
45. Point taken.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:42 PM
Sep 2025

General public, eligible voters…….whatever. Basically people need to wake the hell up and see what is happening. Then go vote accordingly.

vapor2

(3,851 posts)
30. Well, they reap what they sow
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:06 AM
Sep 2025

If the UN speech didn't embarrass repugs, nothing will

mwmisses4289

(3,318 posts)
3. He's been a rambling mess for a long time.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:47 AM
Sep 2025

Maybe more people are finally noticing because it's getting visibly worse; partly because he appears to have some kind of dementia/cognitive decline, and partly the meds he must be on (he always looks sleepy and out of it; I know a lot of meds have the warning can cause drowsiness as a side effect).

Edited to add: he is still the useful figurehead to the real powers behind the throne.

flashman13

(2,073 posts)
41. It doesn't matter who is behind the throne. The demented lunatic is the one with the figure on the button.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:29 AM
Sep 2025

I believe this get together was a huge mistake by Trump. The entire upper echelon of the military has now seen Hogsbreath and President Lunatic in full cry. Seeing is believing. They will most certainly understand the consequences.

These star officers are all very intelligent men. They all have the equivalent of masters and doctorate degrees. Most are students of history. They have sworn an oath.

Dedication to Duty, Honor, Country runs deep.

NJCher

(42,544 posts)
43. Freudian slip
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:00 PM
Sep 2025

I agree with your post, especially the part about in your second paragraph, but I think the Freudian slip in your subject line is telling.

"How much for me not to press the button?" he would typically ask.

badhair77

(5,084 posts)
4. I can feel my blood pressure rising as I listen.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:48 AM
Sep 2025

I soon have to leave the room just to save myself.

Last night during the handover, between Rachel and Lawrence, they openly discussed his failing mental capabilities. It’s even worse than their observations and I was surprised they went as far as they did.

Ok, Scarborough has stepped in to save me from this nonsense so I’ll hold on for a bit as he fact checks.

House of Roberts

(6,411 posts)
21. I have to leave the room when my anger flares too.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:41 AM
Sep 2025

Usually I go out on my front porch and just take a few deep breaths. This morning I found a package that must have arrived after dark last night. That's become an almost daily thing around here, so I go check the front porch anytime I need to get away from BBC News and stretch my legs a minute.

Orrex

(66,709 posts)
22. Fux Noise airs in many homes where I work
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:42 AM
Sep 2025

It’s impossible to avoid, and as you note it’s hazardous to listen to him. And these people sit wide-eyed and slack-jawed in front of their tvs, absorbing every word like gospel.

spanone

(141,069 posts)
5. Jeez, he's still talking.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:53 AM
Sep 2025

Bullshitting at the highest level.

He's getting ZERO response from this 'audience'.

TommyT139

(2,155 posts)
6. The longer he goes on
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:57 AM
Sep 2025

...the more evidence they have that orders originating with him should not be followed.

spanone

(141,069 posts)
7. It's his same Greatest Hits of grievances and gripes...and for what????
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:00 AM
Sep 2025

To tell them they are too woke.

Hegseth, 'no more dudes in dresses'

TommyT139

(2,155 posts)
15. Fine.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:31 AM
Sep 2025

We're going to need a trans army soon enough.

Thanks for the free training though!

As far as "too woke," it's just another way the regime ignores science, to the detriment of the country and the world.

thesquanderer

(12,904 posts)
24. What audience? What is this about?
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:56 AM
Sep 2025

I thought the OP was speaking in general. I didn't know there was any kind of public speaking event today. Where/why/to whom he is speaking?

thesquanderer

(12,904 posts)
38. Thanks. I thought that was going to be a closed-doors meeting, I didn't know there would be televised speeches. n/t
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:18 AM
Sep 2025

NJCher

(42,544 posts)
44. same here
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:01 PM
Sep 2025

but they fly by the seat of their pants, so it was prol'ly an off the cuff decision.

pimpbot

(1,162 posts)
9. Can't wait until Jake Tapper deep dives into his decline
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:09 AM
Sep 2025

Yea, I know I'll be dead before that happens.

ECL213

(432 posts)
10. I'm so disappointed in Putin...
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:26 AM
Sep 2025

he should have destroyed our ally in a week. Are you a paper tiger, or what?

Can't this fucker just die already?

TommyT139

(2,155 posts)
16. I mean, Putin probably knew about the nuclear subs
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:34 AM
Sep 2025

...that Trump spilled the beans on. But bragging about how they are undetectable and then telling the world where they are is...stupid.

pfitz59

(12,346 posts)
12. The brass are not amused
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:29 AM
Sep 2025

called to Quantico to hear 2 mad men ramble? I'd like to hear the sidebar comments from the attendees.

GoCubsGo

(34,685 posts)
19. The sad thing is,
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:37 AM
Sep 2025

that subject line could just as easily have been about Pete Kegbreath. That being said, I'm surprised that break hasn't happened already.

ashredux

(2,880 posts)
23. I watched the entire speech. It was bizarre.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:54 AM
Sep 2025

He’s obviously in mental decline, he just rambles, repeated himself, etc., etc.

But what’s dangerous is, our adversaries are watching as well. God help us.

Deuxcents

(25,598 posts)
29. You have more stamina than I do. My blood boils at just the sight of him..his voice makes my ears bleed
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:06 AM
Sep 2025

So, I don’t watch and wait to get the overview later. I’m happier this way.

Hugin

(37,477 posts)
26. We're being played by the far right and their enablers in the media sphere...
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:00 AM
Sep 2025

I guess they think it’s funny or something.

Trump’s condition is obvious and getting worse. It’s yet another big lie.

NoMoreRepugs

(11,817 posts)
32. Problem is he could come out onto the WH lawn in his diaper and he'd still be President the next day.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:14 AM
Sep 2025

Until the Republican party acknowledges he is a menace to the planet we are SCREWED.

agingdem

(8,772 posts)
35. Trump is displaying obvious neurological fluency/articulation/thought disorders...
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:01 AM
Sep 2025

Last edited Tue Sep 30, 2025, 03:07 PM - Edit history (2)

which explains why, regardless of the venue, his rambling blather is a repeated barrage of delusional self-praise, revenge, profane insults, incitement, and threats...basically a toxic bilge of "only I can"/"greatest president"/"Joe Biden"/"fake news"..and bad boys and girls he intends to destroy...the same disjointed compost heap of lies, hate, and martyred victimhood every time...when he deviates from his repetitive garbage, his utterances are incoherent and garbled...he is literarily at a loss for words..







PCIntern

(27,993 posts)
37. AI search: "eye closed while speaking"
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:05 AM
Sep 2025

AI Overview

(Sounds like trouble to me)

+8
Closing one eye while speaking or functioning can be a sign of a convergence insufficiency (a vision problem where the eyes don't work well together) or a way to manage overwhelming sensory input during deep thought or intense emotions. It can also be due to a temporary issue like eye irritation or a more serious medical condition affecting the eyelid or facial nerve, such as blepharospasm, stroke, or Bell's palsy. If this is a new or involuntary behavior, especially if accompanied by other symptoms, it's important to see an ophthalmologist or other medical provider for a proper evaluation.

Fla Dem

(27,436 posts)
39. If Biden had been even a 1/10th addled the way Turd was....
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:24 AM
Sep 2025

he would have been carried off the stage in a straight jacket,

Imagine letting Trump stand there for an hour in front of 800 of the highest ranking US military officers spewing so much rambling idiocy.

Talk about having no confidence in your Commander in Chief.

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