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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's childlike attention span means he loses track after "two minutes" of policy briefing: report
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/trumps-childlike-attention-span-means-he-loses-track-after-two-minutes-of-policy-briefing-report/
According to a Washington Post report about national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMasters attempts to get the presidents ear on Afghanistan policy, the troubling trend of Trumps super-short attention span once again reared its head.
I call the president the two-minute man, a confidant of the president told the Post. The president has patience for a half-page.
Even a single page of bullet points on the country seemed to tax the presidents attention span on the subject, said senior White House officials, the report continues.
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Its kind of ridiculous how (NATO leaders) are preparing to deal with Trump, a source told Foreign Policy in May. Its like theyre preparing to deal with a child someone with a short attention span and mood who has no knowledge of NATO, no interest in in-depth policy issues, nothing. Theyre freaking out.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)and this very quality saves us from Trump attempting to become a dictator. He can't pay attention long enough. It saves us from Trump ever becoming effective at anything.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)He doesn't even want to try.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)complete with the personality disorder to go along with him.
So, what is important to him, and what is important to most of us is completely different. He focuses well on things that make him money, or feed his bottomless need for fawning attention.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)Unfortunately, I know this personality disorder well.
What you said, plus he will try to destroy anyone who causes him narcissistic injury (i.e., harms his childlike ego).
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)It's that he can't pay attention, it's that he doesn't think he needs to.
meow2u3
(24,772 posts)(It also helps taking medication which mitigates the total lack of attention).
LisaM
(27,830 posts)and find other tools to make sure you were giving adequate time and preparation to issues.
That's what is so puzzling about all of this - how could someone run for a job he clearly doesn't really want to do?
kwassa
(23,340 posts)and I am very thankful for that.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Smartest person I know. He can learn anything in 1/10 of the time that it takes anyone else. Cannot handle a classroom. Smarter than any teacher has has ever had. Learned what he needed for his bar mitzvah in what seemed like a week. Kids spend years on that. Parents have no idea what to do with him.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Has his parents ever tested whether he can repeat something learned a day later, a week later, a month or more later? If I can repeat stuff verbatim learned, the kid should be able to be made to function like a genius if he is handled in a certain way. If he can learn fast and create as fast, that is a special gift, IMO.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)Early onset dementia that exacerbated her underlying narcissism. She tried to constantly cover for her deficits by touting her "successes" and getting "stories straight" with everyone. I'm sorry to say, but know how this will end.
meow2u3
(24,772 posts)He also seems to have a dark triad personality (narcissistic, manipulative, aka Machiavellian, and sociopathic); the only time he focuses well is on matter which benefits himself, especially when he gets to harm others.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)He didn't have to keep hearing the same thing over and over, because he's like a smart person with a very good brain, and he doesn't need to be wasting a lot of his valuable time (17 day vacation after six months on the new job - nice) just getting the same information.
Wow, if his supporters had an ounce of self-awareness or integrity, they'd be calling for their hero's combed-over scalp right about now, wouldn't they?
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)MrPurple
(985 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)playing golf, watching TV, firing people, flying into fits of childish rage, eating LOTS of ice cream, eating LOTS of EVERYTHING else!
So yes, a 17 day vacation is much needed. He plans to play golf, watch TV, fire fewer people, fly into childish rages, eat LOTS of ice cream, and eat LOTS of everything else.
Wait a minute. Just exactly WHAT does he need a vacation FROM?
Goonch
(3,614 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Common diagnosis these days, roughly 10% are diagnosed, probably at least that many are undiagnosed (my guess).
NYC has a much higher amount of people diagnosed with ADHD than many other places.
Adults with ADHD
4.4 percent of the adult US population has ADHD, but less than 20 percent of these individuals seek help for it.
41.3% of adult ADHD cases are considered severe.
During their lifetimes, 12.9 percent of men will be diagnosed with ADHD, compared to 4.9 percent of women.
About 30 to 60 percent of patients diagnosed with ADHD in childhood continue to be affected into adulthood.
Adults with ADHD are 5 times more likely to speed
Adults with ADHD are nearly 50 percent more likely to be in a serious car crash.
Having ADHD makes you 3 times more likely to be dead by the age of 45
Anxiety disorders occur in 50 percent of adults with ADHD.
Conditions Related to ADHD
65% of children with ADHD have problems with defiance, non-compliance and other problems with authority figures, including verbal hostility and angry outbursts.
75% of oppositional defiant disorder manifests by age 14.
1 in 4 students with ADHD has other serious learning disabilities in one or more of these areas: oral expression, listening skills, reading comprehension, and math.
Half of all students with ADHD also have listening comprehension problems.
About one-third of these students have one or more of the following:
Language deficits (poor listening comprehension, poor verbal expression, poor reading comprehension)
Poor organizational skills
Poor memory
Poor fine motor skills
Students with ADHD are 2 to 3 times more likely to have problems with expressive language than are their non-ADHD peers.
50% of children who have ADHD also have sleep problems.
27,985 children aged 14-21 with autism, emotional disturbance, or other health impairments including ADHD drop out of school each year.
States in regions with above-average rates of ADHD and LD suspend children at twice the national average.
States in regions with below-average rates of ADHD and LD suspend children at half the national average.
Substance abuse is 3 to 4 times greater than the national average for those with untreated ADHD.
Children with ADHD are 12 times more likely to have Loss of Control Eating Syndrome.
tblue37
(65,487 posts)"What a coincidence," Melania was heard mumbling to herself.
AZ8theist
(5,493 posts)Too effin funny ...
tanyev
(42,613 posts)Peek-a-boo!
However, it appeared that Trump didnt know where Rudy was despite Giuliani being seated directly in front of him.
Maybe Ill ask Rudy to say a few words, POTUS said, turning his head all around the room. Wheres Rudy?
https://www.mediaite.com/online/wheres-rudy-trump-doesnt-appear-to-realize-that-giulianis-sitting-right-across-from-him/
barbtries
(28,811 posts)he seems to be suffering from dementia.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)you kept growing. trump has many more issues than ADHD - he is seriously mentally ill. i can't believe this is the president.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)at least emotionally he stopped growing at about 2. i truly believe this.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Two year olds are just starting to learn they aren't the center of the universe. If you never learn this lesson, you become a narcissist.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)How's that stopping the leaks thing going?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Dumbo sounds like a good choice of character.
MrPurple
(985 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Would you want him with the nuclear football in his hands while Ivanka is reading to him topless? That dude might massage off the launch code.
syringis
(5,101 posts)How can he lose something he never got?
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)Imagine in a really serious crisis, they have to repeat the details over and over.
DeeDeeNY
(3,356 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)So I have a lot of experience with it. One year one fourth of my class was either ADD or ADHD (there is a difference). I don't know how I survived until summer vacation.
I agree with the other posts. If he wanted to address this issue seriously over the past 71 years he would've done so by now. He doesn't care and doesn't want to. His other mental health issues probably are the reason for it. If he is a true narcissistic sociopath he probably thinks he is perfect the way he is and doesn't have any problems of his own. It is everyone else who has a problem not and him. No amount of Ritalin or meds will fix that.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)It seems to me it's just good old narcissism. He doesn't really LISTEN to begin with. Whereas I believe people with the ADD or HD disorders actually try.
Trump doesn't LISTEN because he doesn't HEAR anything unless it's about him. That's why it seems like he's lying when he claims he talked to someone 'on the phone,' yet we find out it was instead an in-person conversation. To him it doesn't matter!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It makes him sound innocent. He's a 71 year old man. It's not childlike, it's pathetic. He's a fucking moron with the mental capacity of a fruit fly.