Is President Donald Trump Suffering From Dementia?|Does President Trump Have Dementia?

Is President Donald Trump Suffering From Dementia?|Does President Trump Have Dementia?

After his Feb. 16 press conference, the public debate over whether President Trump is mentally unbalanced has intensified. Much of the current and past discussion has centered on the possibility of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), as speculated in The Atlantic and Vanity Fair and The Guardian. Sure, Trump has many of these qualities (that predate his actual grandiose status as POTUS):
Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others
Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions
Needing constant admiration from others
Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs
Intensely envious of others and the belief that others are equally envious of them
Pompous and arrogant demeanor And we can call him narcissistic in the generic sense of the word. But do we need to diagnose him with a quasi-psychiatric disorder, as in this NY Times letter signed by 35 mental health professionals?
Mr. Trump’s speech and actions demonstrate an inability to tolerate views different from his own, leading to rage reactions. His words and behavior suggest a profound inability to empathize. Individuals with these traits distort reality to suit their psychological state, attacking facts and those who convey them (journalists, scientists).

In a powerful leader, these attacks are likely to increase, as his personal myth of greatness appears to be confirmed. We believe that the grave emotional instability indicated by Mr. Trump’s speech and actions makes him incapable of serving safely as president.
Dr. Allen Frances, chair of the DSM-IV task force, has forcefully argued that Trump does not meet criteria for NPD, because he is not distressed by his behavior:
Mr. Trump causes severe distress rather than experiencing it and has been richly rewarded, rather than punished, for his grandiosity, self-absorption and lack of empathy. It is a stigmatizing insult to the mentally ill (who are mostly well behaved and well meaning) to be lumped with Mr. Trump (who is neither).
This is the most egregious example in the one hour, 17 minute train wreck. But there are other signs. He used the construction “very, very” 20 times. The word “thing” (and its variants) was uttered 102 times. Am I going to diagnose him with anything? Of course not. That's unethical! But I will say that since Mr. Trump has been a public figure for nearly 40 years, we can objectively analyze his spontaneous speech and quantify any changes over time. I must emphasize that there is no magical scale to use for classification or comparison purposes (at least not yet). We don't know what's normal age-related decline and what's pathological. Trump dementia. Donald Trump dementia. Dementia. Is President donald Trump Suffering From Dementia? Is Donald Trump Suffering From Dementia? Trump Suffering From Dementia. Trump Has Dementia. Trump Dementia Problems. Donald Trump Suffering From Dementia. President Trump Suffering From Dementia. Is President Trump Suffering From Dementia? Does Donald Trump have Dementia? Does President Trump Have Dementia? President Trump Dementia. Trump Dementia. Donald Trump Dementia. Trump Dementia. Dementia Trump. Dementia Donald Trump. Dementia President Donald Trump. Dementia Trump. Trump Suffering From Dementia.
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[lisabunyan]

I've been screaming from the rooftops against this man ever since he became a potential presidential candidate. Prior to that, I never gave this man a thought. About a month or two ago, I started thinking there is a cognitive problem with him. Which makes me feel bad about the things I've said! And it makes me mad that I have to feel bad about the things I've said! LOL!!

[anneg]

The more I think about it, the more I believe he suffers from dementia (Alzheimer's, or any other dementia). This is obvious not only from his language (grammar, vocabulary, as shown in the video), but also, if you compare his last interviews with those he gave many years ago, even the body language is different, and so is the way he interacts with the journalists asking him questions. His whole behavior is different. I would say dementia is obvious, I'm not a psychiatrist, but I've studied the brain for many years now, in college and on my own.
What I don't understand is why almost nobody talks about it.
I'm not even sure he's in the early stages, brain imaging and testing would provide insight.

[datboyke]

hammer this home your awesome lowkey 💯

[jordannetwork]

and people say Bernie was old look at this

[commentor]

"i'm the most demented, believe me."