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Trump appears to be REALLY lost meeting the new Prime Minister of Japan. (Original Post) jmbar2 Oct 2025 OP
did he drool some fumbling giberish about 'what a beauty' she was ? stopdiggin Oct 2025 #1
He just had an MRI montanacowboy Oct 2025 #2
But his doctor said it was perfect! Um, yeah... not so much Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #11
Because they're hoping you don't notice. calimary Nov 1 #45
Gonna have to put stick-on footprints down on the floor for him to follow. tanyev Oct 2025 #3
Who was he saluting before going walkabout?? Bayard Oct 2025 #4
He saw the ghost of Jeff Epstein newdeal2 Oct 2025 #7
At this point he barely remembers his own name jeffreyi Oct 2025 #13
Apparently the flag of Japan. AZ8theist Oct 2025 #15
Himself . yourout Oct 2025 #37
Lol! Blue_Roses Nov 1 #48
My father had alzheimer and for him he slowly deteriorated mentally...... Lovie777 Oct 2025 #5
My brother's wife's mother had horrible dementia. Initech Oct 2025 #10
Without term limits misanthrope Oct 2025 #28
My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2022 misanthrope Oct 2025 #27
are MRIs part of the diagnosis process? Jbraybarten Oct 2025 #43
Usually PET scans Mossfern Nov 1 #47
Humiliating for US. Deuxcents Oct 2025 #6
Grampy needs a nap. Swede Oct 2025 #8
He has fucking dementia. He should be in a 24/7 supervised nursing home, not the Oval Office. Initech Oct 2025 #9
"This is straight elder abuse." LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #17
Yep Jbraybarten Oct 2025 #44
Sure looks like it. calimary Oct 2025 #20
Diaper Don the Despotic Dotard peppertree Oct 2025 #12
I'm just SO PROUD to be an AMERICAN RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AZ8theist Oct 2025 #14
The mad King goes on a walkabout. They should dress him in a robe like mobster Vincent Gigante! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #16
except Gigante mokeyz Oct 2025 #25
Yeah, I remember Gigante's ruse was un-rused. Entertaining, but not a sound legal strategy. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #41
L'il Marco will soon have to lead him around by a leash! Totally Tunsie Oct 2025 #18
Maybe he's trying to make her look bad because he's pissed that he's being guided by a woman who isn't white. Or... littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #19
Being led around by a woman of color had to have been a downer for Maru Kitteh Nov 1 #46
Wow DET Oct 2025 #21
He will endure misanthrope Oct 2025 #29
We Shall See DET Oct 2025 #32
How many people receive his level of pampering? misanthrope Oct 2025 #33
Something is way off pfitz59 Oct 2025 #22
AKA Jet Lag for Seniors thought crime Oct 2025 #30
It's more than Jet lag. BannonsLiver Oct 2025 #40
Our Weekend at Bernie's President! nt Blasphemer Oct 2025 #23
Like the dog that gets last place in show. johnp3907 Oct 2025 #24
She led him around like a dog. thought crime Oct 2025 #31
Silver lining: Japan has so many old people that wandering around muttering to yourself is usual. betsuni Oct 2025 #26
That's the President of the U.S.? C Moon Oct 2025 #34
She plans to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. What does that make her? littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #35
Oh gawd!! C Moon Oct 2025 #36
I could be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! maxrandb Oct 2025 #38
That boy's cheese gone done slid off his cracker Torchlight Oct 2025 #39
Dotard berksdem Oct 2025 #42
MRI result: (probably) - Aristus Nov 1 #49

stopdiggin

(15,121 posts)
1. did he drool some fumbling giberish about 'what a beauty' she was ?
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 10:59 PM
Oct 2025

because that's the new standard for 'diplomacy'.

montanacowboy

(6,686 posts)
2. He just had an MRI
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:06 PM
Oct 2025

there is something really wrong with his brain, he is wandering around with no fucking idea where he is or where he is going. This is not going to end in a good way for him. His brain is more fried than we thought. Why do his handlers allow this?

Attilatheblond

(8,469 posts)
11. But his doctor said it was perfect! Um, yeah... not so much
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:36 PM
Oct 2025

Has ANYONE here ever heard a medical doctor say a test was "perfect"? Nope, that's a standard go-to word when Trump has to lie about something bad.

tanyev

(48,791 posts)
3. Gonna have to put stick-on footprints down on the floor for him to follow.
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:08 PM
Oct 2025

Unbelievable.

jeffreyi

(2,534 posts)
13. At this point he barely remembers his own name
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:07 AM
Oct 2025

Much less Epstein's. My theory, anyway.

Lovie777

(22,118 posts)
5. My father had alzheimer and for him he slowly deteriorated mentally......
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:17 PM
Oct 2025

and physically. It's a painful issue for family and friends.

He reverted back to living on the farm when he was younger, he made motion of mending or washing fences besides other things, and 4 years later, he had a heart attack and never recovered.

I extremely don't like shithole, his family and the republican party, he should not be running the country.

Initech

(107,808 posts)
10. My brother's wife's mother had horrible dementia.
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:33 PM
Oct 2025

It was so sad to see her deteriorate. This is insanity what the GOP is doing. They should all be ashamed of themselves, but they lack even the most basic human emotions.

misanthrope

(9,411 posts)
28. Without term limits
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:20 AM
Oct 2025

The GOP would have rolled out Reagan as long as it took to keep the power in place. He lasted 16 years after his last term ended.

misanthrope

(9,411 posts)
27. My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2022
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:18 AM
Oct 2025

The day-to-day swings can be kind of severe.

Initech

(107,808 posts)
9. He has fucking dementia. He should be in a 24/7 supervised nursing home, not the Oval Office.
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:31 PM
Oct 2025

This is straight elder abuse.

calimary

(89,224 posts)
20. Sure looks like it.
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:51 AM
Oct 2025

He looks lost. Has to be led around.

Creepy and embarrassing at the same time.

peppertree

(23,166 posts)
12. Diaper Don the Despotic Dotard
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:02 AM
Oct 2025

I suppose we can now relate to the Romans during the calamitous last years of Tiberius' regime.

Where every day the Emperor spent at his Capri den of iniquity, rather than at Capitoline Hill, was actually one of the "good" days.

AZ8theist

(7,120 posts)
14. I'm just SO PROUD to be an AMERICAN RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:08 AM
Oct 2025
......do I really need to add a sarcasm emojie ??

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,945 posts)
41. Yeah, I remember Gigante's ruse was un-rused. Entertaining, but not a sound legal strategy.
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 09:28 AM
Oct 2025

As to Trump, WRAL 5 news in Raleigh covered his Japan visit, and no footage whatsoever of Trump's meandering.

Totally Tunsie

(11,636 posts)
18. L'il Marco will soon have to lead him around by a leash!
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:33 AM
Oct 2025

trump truly seems "out of it" and this video is really humiliating.

Remember how relentlessly he mocked Joe Biden during his attendance at the June, 2024, G7 summit in Italy
when Joe stepped away to congratulate a parachutist who had just landed? The video was deceptively edited to make it appear as though President Joe Biden was "wandering off" from other world leaders. The unedited footage showed the actual encounter with the parachutist.



littlemissmartypants

(32,293 posts)
19. Maybe he's trying to make her look bad because he's pissed that he's being guided by a woman who isn't white. Or...
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:50 AM
Oct 2025

Just a woman in general... ?

Or maybe that's why she...

Takaichi also plans to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, as the channel NTV reported, citing government circles. As you know, the US president has particularly targeted this award.
#Japan

Because she knows he's a bumbling fool to be manipulated. You have to watch women. They may teach us a thing or two. You know, like your mom?


Takaichi also plans to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, as the channel NTV reported, citing government circles. As you know, the US president has particularly targeted this award.
#Japan

(@sanneru.bsky.social) 2025-10-28T05:30:33.068Z

DET

(2,397 posts)
21. Wow
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:56 AM
Oct 2025

That’s really bad. He looks like Grandpa wandering aimlessly in the nursing home. My MIL spent her last years in a dementia care assisted living facility. The core of the place was designed in a square so that the residents could roam the perimeter - and they did, endlessly. It was terribly sad. The Japanese PM clearly knows that something is wrong. I wonder what Trump will look like by the end of this trip - if he survives it. I almost feel sorry for him. Almost.

misanthrope

(9,411 posts)
29. He will endure
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:23 AM
Oct 2025

He will wear down, then get home and receive whatever amount of rest and medications it takes to prop up the illusion.

DET

(2,397 posts)
32. We Shall See
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:34 AM
Oct 2025

These trips would kill me, and I’m relatively healthy. He’s 79. How many people that age could handle this amount of physical and mental stress?

thought crime

(1,322 posts)
30. AKA Jet Lag for Seniors
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:27 AM
Oct 2025

One of the reasons fewer people travel as they reach their 80's. Trump should go old school and take a boat. But he's afraid of sharks.

betsuni

(28,840 posts)
26. Silver lining: Japan has so many old people that wandering around muttering to yourself is usual.
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:15 AM
Oct 2025

maxrandb

(17,230 posts)
38. I could be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 09:12 AM
Oct 2025

I was in a decent cover band in High School.

Won't somebody please nominate me?

Talk about "delusions of adequacy", geesh!

Torchlight

(6,422 posts)
39. That boy's cheese gone done slid off his cracker
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 09:19 AM
Oct 2025

(all credit to grandad for that one, originally used to describe Reagan's obvious and pronounced floundering during the '84 debates)

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