Trump seems to be under the influence of something...

[LuckyCharms]

Or, whatever illness he has is getting worse.

On TV right now. Start/stop speech, slight slurring. He's having trouble reading and places his emphasis on words that should not be emphasized.

[Squinch]

1. Fingers crossed.

[Rollo]

3. Sending prayers...

[nolabear]

4. ...

[nini]

7. LOL

one of the best replies ever

[JDC]

9. Winner

[shanny]

50. Don't forget the thoughts!

[MFM008]

2. Something terminal

Would be nice.

[rickford66]

5. It takes a few days to recover from jet lag.

[HipChick]

15. It's not like he can't sleep on AF1

He's the same when he has not traveled

[Ms. Toad]

16. That's not the issue.

Sleeping doesn't help your body clock shift so it is awake when it thinks it needs to be asleep.

[rickford66]

20. Right. Even if you're not sleepy, your brain hasn't adjusted.

Stopping in Hawaii probably helped a little. We did that once on the way to New Zealand. Spent 3 days in Hawaii and still had jet lag in NZ.

[Ms. Toad]

23. My body is pretty tolerant to very odd sleep cycles.

But - for most people it takes days to adjust. (Australia was no problem for me.)

But it's the brain adjustment, not lack of sleep, that is the issue.

[rickford66]

29. We had a particular jet lag situation in Ausie once.

Within minutes of arriving in Adelaide to stay with friends, my wife and I were taken to a high school production of Guys and Gals. We looked at each other and thought, thank God we can close our eyes in the darken audience. But, it turned out to be theater in the round, well lit and video taped. The video camera aimed in our direction. I tried to act awake and my wife crashed on my shoulder.

[loyalsister]

18. Right

it's bound to exacerbate the condition of discombobulation that comes with being in way over his head. Not only that he is currently a white supremacist is now surrounded by very few white people.

[pangaia]

24. Not me. :)))))

I land after 14 hours in the air and I'm raring to go.

Mostly because the places I go are much more interesting than where I live, most of my friends are spread all over the world and.............BETTER FOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!


Like.... Seoul, Kyoto, St Petersburg, Oslo, Shanghai. and best of all....Chengdu.

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. Same here.

I've flown to and from China and didn't need a layover in Hawaii. And one leg of the flight was delayed in Tokyo so we got to Beijing in the middle of the night. I was up early the next morning walking around and even survived a night at the opera...the Beijing Opera, that is. And I didn't sleep on the plane either.

The jet lag hits me once I'm home.

[pangaia]

42. Ok I WILL admit...

I just love China, My ex- was Chinese.. Well, she is still Chinese but she re-married and we're good friends. In fact she is home now visiting family in Qingdao.

Been to--ok.. I'll list them all if I can. just for fun.. oh my-- Shanghai, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Sanya, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guilin, Guiyang, Kunming, Lijiang, Dali, Xi'an,

Never been to Beijing-- just the old airport...
I want to go to Hangzhou.. to eat.... and to the tiny village where the best Sichuan pepper is grown. I forget the name...

[greatauntoftriplets]

43. Hangzhou is gorgeous.

Go there if you can. It's been some years since I was there and I'm sure it's all changed, but still fascinating. I've been to Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guilin, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. I also was at the old airport, very warehouse-like. Flew from Guilin to Guangzhou in an old Russian Antonov prop plane. It was so humid outside that when they finally turned on the AC. Next, condensation started coming out of the vents, fogging up the plane's interior. Some of the Americans on the plane started freaking out because they were certain the plane was on fire. I'm sure that most of the Chinese passengers were snickering at the panic. I certainly was.

I went because digging a hole in the back yard never got me there and I was curious.

[pangaia]

46. HA HA What a great story.. :)))

yeah, I have heard how beautiful Hangzhou is, friends have been there, and the culinary history is quite long.
I have an open invitation from a friend in the Shanghai Philharmonic ...

And ya know, I loved that old Beijing airport.. Do you remember the little tea place on the 2nd floor? Overlooking the main lobby?

I also was at the old Baiyun Guangzhou Airport several times. The one right in the middle of town. The first time I ever went to China I landed there-- 2001. What a madhouse! :&gt )
Never been to either city's new airports.

I usually now fly through Shanghai. or HK. Or Seoul, actually. Wonderful airport. (And city)
Problem with Shanghai is some connections you have to get your ass from Pudong to Hongqiao.



Oh Guilin noodles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[greatauntoftriplets]

49. No, I don't remember the tea place.

My trip was was a long time ago -- back in 1982, which was pretty soon after it opened to Western tourism. But, that's correct about the Guangzhou airport. I flew back to the U.S. from Hong Kong; taking off from the old Kai Tak was an experience that haunted my dreams for years.

I also remember crossing the border from China into Hong Kong. We had to get off one train and walk down the platform to get on the other train.

You're lucky to be able to go back regularly. I look at photos these days and barely recognize the place.

[pangaia]

53. Oh man..

I did the opposite one time- 2002 maybe..getting from HK to "China" through Shenzhen. Is that where you mean? Must be...
Luohu Station?


I flew into HK, asked around how to get to Luohu station in Shenzhen. A friend was going to meet me there.
All this before smart phones. Or at least before I had one. Not even a flip phone. So I bought a phone card and called her.. told her I was in HK and was on the way.. :&gt )

So I took a bus from HKG to some train station somewhere.. Got on the right train. It stopped at the border. we changed trains for the 4 minute ride under the river to Luoho Station in Shenzhen. Customs,. etc... and found her..

What fun..

never landed at Kai Tak-- my loss.

yeah it has changed so much. Even Qingdao used to be a beautiful bright, 'small' seaside 'resort' city--easy traffic... Now it is smoggy traffic jam..

[greatauntoftriplets]

61. It was Shenzhen.

Can't recall the station name, but it likely was Luoho. We didn't go underground, but walked over a bridge. I'd read years before (can't remember where) about crossing the border and the walk. So it was pretty neat to do that myself.

That was a great trip.

[greatauntoftriplets]

57. Probably, but it was a long time ago.

Most everything in that area is quite built up now, it wasn't that modern at the time.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. My warmest condolences to whoever has to resuscitate him.

[bdamomma]

8. Sake perhaps???

oh that's right he doesn't drink.

[lunasun]

10. Too much sake? Who knows what he is signing on to with Japan off the record. They know he is a fool

[greatauntoftriplets]

40. Improperly prepared blowfish?

[Golden Raisin]

48. For an improperly prepared blowhard.

[lagomorph777]

67. Boom!

[Cuthbert Allgood]

11. I don't think he is a very good reader.

He probably had very little to no time to prep this statement. He's reading it like the kid in grade school that the whole class sighed about when it was their turn to read the short story.

[boston bean]

14. LOL

[3catwoman3]

33. It seems that he never bothers to read whatever...

...statements are put in front of him before he actually has to "perform" in public. Anyone with any brains would look over something they had to read aloud to an audience. It always seems like he is looking at things for the first time.

[mobeau69]

12. No shit. "...this ancient country (or culture), ancient, ancient country (or culture).

And it has ancient customs."

Wtf?

Damn, what a mess he is.

[lpbk2713]

13. He'll blame it on bad sushi.

He'll say he should have stuck to KFC.

[pangaia]

25. fugu?

[Control-Z]

31. Lol.

Good one!

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Imagine him barfing on the Japanese PM?

[jalan48]

19. He's probably taking something for the stress. Something to keep him from losing it on national TV.

[RKP5637]

21. How can anyone tell the difference. He acts like that all the time IMO. n/t

[adigal]

58. Sometimes he sounds and acts really stoned....monotone, etc.

I do think he has Alzheimers and I think he is medicated.

[RKP5637]

65. Yep, there is something definitely going on. n/t

[Zen Democrat]

22. When he said "al ice" for "allies" I wondered if English was his 2nd language.

[anneboleyn]

38. He was also breathing very heavily and slurring words. It was bizarre (and embarrassing)

[Horse with no Name]

26. I find myself thinking horrible thoughts

about what health issues he could fall to....since obviously the republicans are not going to remove this clown from office....we need to leave it to a higher power.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Jet lag, dementia, tranquilizers, sleeping pills? Could be any of them or all of them.

The military uses go and no go drugs, maybe Trump is using some of them.

[Honeycombe8]

28. He's old. He doesn't have the energy of a younger 60 yr old, & his eyes & brain aren't the same.

These things happen when you get old. A person can hold some of these things off longer than others....a lot of exercise, being lean, not eating meat, things like that. But that's not Trump's lifestyle. He had to use a wheelchair on a couple of conferences, when the others were walking. He's in bad shape.

[pangaia]

37. I think perhaps more than just age, and whatever other stuff we don't know about,

a lot is his being filled and consumed with so much inner anger and constant negativity his entire life;....... plus diet, no exercise, no creativity activity or thinking...

Jeeze, I'm 74. Everything still works.... pretty well, some things better than others.... LOL..
I'm 5' 10" about 172-75. Gym 4 times a week.. not killer workouts but enough...
Walk along a lake most days, practice musical instrument most days, play in several groups..orchestra, concert band, etc.. Doing 5 Nutcrackers next month. ugghh.. could do without that. But it keeps my brain functioning...

I read... had to give up Aikido--knee... so started doing other things in its place.....
I eat very little meat, but I will admit s little....

And I type TOO much..

LOL

[Honeycombe8]

45. Wow. I got tired just reading that. :) nt

[pangaia]

47. HA HA.. Me too...

And I cook Chinese and travel....

Whew..

[sprinkleeninow]

63. Would you consider being my personal coach?!😁

I got rickety faster than expected.

Don't feature ingesting stuff for osteo-arthritis.

Even after 8 hrs. beddy-by, I get up stiff, dizzy and still tired. Whatta mess! 😞

[pangaia]

66. I think I have been very lucky, so far, with good genes.

I'd be a terrible coach.
I do NOT enjoy going to the gym, at all. I do it just to stay alive.

[sprinkleeninow]

68. I need supervision! 😀

You rockin' it!

[left-of-center2012]

30. He's always had a problem reading

Even his daily briefings must be one or two pages only,
preferably power point displays instead of written.

[sarcasmo]

34. Alex Jones, is that you?

[Va Lefty]

35. Putin?

[anneboleyn]

36. I agree with you. He was slurring words, very labored breathing, very weird pattern of speech...

I get that some people are trying to claim otherwise but he sounded bizarre to me -- way more than normal. And I don't think it can all be attributed to "jet lag." His breathing was very labored and he was slurring words. It's very weird.

[Irish_Dem]

39. Yes sounds like more than simple jet lag. I have not seen the clip.

But also more than sleeping pills and sedatives as well. Unless he took way too many of them.

[imanamerican63]

41. Buttttt!!! He says he is the most healthy POTUS ever!

Jimmie Carter is still going strong!

[lindysalsagal]

44. He's never been good at it. Illiterate ass.

[Chipper Chat]

51. I think he has Muelleritis.

I heard it's contagious among republicans who lie a lot.

[sprinkleeninow]

64. Ooh! 😀 n/t

[spanone]

52. god bless the first responders....

[adigal]

55. Alzheimers - he is spiralling - stress and travel make it worse

He should be even worse in a few days.

[Nevernose]

56. Xanax, bad reader, Alzheimer's

It's the same Xanax-speech he gets every single time he has to give a "serious" speech, or pretend to be a grown up in front of foreign leaders.

He's also ALWAYS a shitty reader and pretty clearly has Alzheimer's or some very similar cognitive decline.

[Irish_Dem]

60. More than xanax, probably klonopin.

Or he is taking a lot of xanax.

[titaniumsalute]

59. Well he's on the other side of the world

We know he's a delicate snowflake and now over 70 years old. I'm sure he isn't used to jet lag. Add in his usual bumbling self when he's well rested and he's a hot mess.

[applegrove]

62. He cannot read out loud and process language at the same time. I have the same

problem. A type of dyslexia.