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(1) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: A deeply orange Trump boasts that billions have been spent on vaccine research. “Nothing’s happened like this since the end of World War II,” he ad libs between monotone reading of written text.
(2) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Trump is reciting statistics he doesn’t understand, sounds dull and bored, droning. He stumbles on “pooled” testing, a foreign concept to Trump. “The cupboards were bare.” Brags about millions of masks & ventilators!
(3) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Trump sticks to his text better than usual. Claims the States are getting everything they need, every governor is a happy camper. This is a very poorly written text, hard to follow, as he’s just reciting numbers.
(4) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Trump runs through a long list of numbers, bragging how much he has given to Texas. “I trust all Americans do the right thing, but especially to practice social distancing and wear masks.” What a concept.
(5) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Trump says North Carolina is a phenomenal place. He says progress has been like nothing you’ve ever seen before. He still lies about testing related to cases. His cognitive impairment prevents understanding the concepts.
(6) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Q&A Trump does not respond to the question, but vaguely repeats “things are coming along really well, and that’ll be announced over the next two weeks,” a common defense in dementia.
(7) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Asked about Putin and Russia, Trump refuses to say what was discussed. This is also a common defense mechanism in dementia. He doesn’t answer questions because he can’t. He has to use vague generalities & evasion.
(8) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Trump avoids the next question by saying, “We’ll see what happens,” adding that he thinks "the governors are opening some states too slowly.” When he freestyles he loses track of reality & memory.
(9) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Trump avoids question re his campaign plan, saying he is leading in all of the polls except fake news & fake polls. This is a common in dementia: denial of reality, prevarication, & confabulation. (Lies & fantasies)
(10) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: Trump says there are "thousands of boats out on the ocean waving Trump signs,” & he lapses into his “old tapes,” lies about the VA, “space force,” & other canned material. He ignores because he can’t process cognitively.
(11) #Presidementia #TrumpDementiaSyndrome - 7/27 Briefing: By the 5th (ignored) question, Trump begins to ramble & wander mentally. He goes in verbal circles, brings up China, had to close it, etc etc, bullshit and calf splatter, then abruptly says thank you and leaves. **END**
