# Is Trump confused? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 24, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589 "2024-01-24T13:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1161 "2024-07-25T00:22:50Z")
It’s more than likely that Trump doesn’t know what “late, great” means. He probably thinks it’s a synonym for “famous”. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1162 "2024-07-25T00:33:14Z")
Well, see-Hannibal Lecter likes to eat brains and trump figures he is safe. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1163 "2024-07-25T01:03:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1816256387565142466) As I predicted, Trump has already declared himself the leading Republican candidate for 2028. Who knows, he might even be out of jail by then. Edit: quote box is being a shit, I just meant to quote the one line about taking the White House back from Kamala Harris but I’m not going to try to edit it because of the board rules. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1164 "2024-07-25T01:42:54Z")
I think that when turnp talks about lecter he is basically speaking to a crowd who are there at every rally and he is speaking informally in a “party” style of banter to them, which any one of us is capable of in our own locutions. But the press is just clueless about it as are the posts here. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1165 "2024-07-25T01:43:56Z")
Well, then maybe you could explain what he is trying to say… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1166 "2024-07-25T01:45:17Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > he is basically speaking to a crowd who are there at every rally I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - a Trump rally is just the world’s lamest Grateful Dead concert. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1167 "2024-07-25T01:46:12Z")
The Grateful Dead made sense. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1168 "2024-07-25T01:56:41Z")
Hey, if you understood what the hell Uncle John’s Band is supposed to mean, you’re either a smarter man than I or you had far more interesting chemicals in your system than I did. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1169 "2024-07-25T01:58:31Z")
Aronson is the author of _Elderhood_. The article discusses Trump as well, limited giftlink. > **[Biden Made a Healthy Decision](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/07/biden-aging-trump-geriatrician/679218/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > Difficult conversations about a person’s decline—even in private—are still too rare in American life. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1170 "2024-07-25T02:43:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > a Trump rally is just the world’s lamest Grateful Dead concert. Oh no. I worked on as Security and was a guest at one. True, they are both very loud, but other than that there is no similarities. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1171 "2024-07-25T02:47:30Z")
Moderating: > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Aronson is the author of _Elderhood_. The article discusses Trump as well, limited giftlink Nothing in the limited gift link discusses Trump at all. This is in the wrong thread. Please make sure you’re posting to a thread that relates to your link. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1172 "2024-07-25T02:51:28Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1816244090784362625) This was an interesting one. Like he seemed to realize he was short-circuiting and roll it back. Like " a total radical on a word called imbol _glitch_"… Very slight pause… “you know this, right? A word called, what? Abortion.”. Is that actually symptomatic of certain neurological conditions? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1173 "2024-07-25T02:52:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - a Trump rally is just the world’s lamest Grateful Dead concert. Right. Every now and then, some TV news reporter will interview a few Trump rally attendees. All will say that they’ve been to many Trump rallies. The number varies from person to person, but it’s always more than one. I don’t think I’ve heard anybody saying that this is their first Trump rally; though in fairness, that could be due to selective editing. So if the Grateful Dead has Deadheads, does Donald Trump have Trump-rumps? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1174 "2024-07-25T03:00:14Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Is that actually symptomatic of certain neurological conditions? I have heard Dr. John Gartner (psychologist famous for being willing to risk his professional career talking shit about Trump) say several times that Trump’s inability to actually spit certain words out is a sure sign of dementia. Youtube examples abound, this one should be cued up to where he talks about the specifics: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vuZw_8mM6xE/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump neurological smoking gun, 99% chance of dementia | Dr. John Gartner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuZw_8mM6xE&t=309) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1175 "2024-07-25T03:12:08Z")
In addition to whatever’s wrong with his brain, I think there are two other factors at play; 1. He doesn’t write his own speeches and never rehearses or reads them beforehand, so he’s learning the speech in real time as it scrolls on the prompter 2. He needs reading glasses but refuses to wear them because they offend his vanity, so he can barely even make out the words on the prompter anyway ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1176 "2024-07-25T03:58:29Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Is that actually symptomatic of certain neurological conditions? Yes; Donald Trump suffers from an advanced case of Being Donald Trump Syndrome. There is no known cure. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1177 "2024-07-25T04:02:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yes; Donald Trump suffers from an advanced case of Being Donald Trump Syndrome As discussed numerous times up thread that’s not the case. He’s always been a hateful narcissist who spouts incoherent hateful bullshit. But he’s clearly undergoing a cognitive decline on top of that. This kind of thing (like momentarily losing the ability to say the word “abortion”) did not happen in 2020 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1178 "2024-07-25T04:05:44Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I have heard Dr. John Gartner (psychologist famous for being willing to risk his professional career talking shit about Trump) say several times that Trump’s inability to actually spit certain words out is a sure sign of dementia. I think I agree, but I am leery of making diagnosis without an actual examination. However there is this- > **[Ronny Jackson's Virginia Medical License Expired, Still Treating Trump](https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/20/ronny-jackson-viriginia-medical-license-expire-treating-trump/)** > > The assassination attempt of Donald Trump brought his former physician Ronny Jackson rushing to his side to render aid ... but, it appears Jackson's medical licenses are expired. _The assassination attempt of **Donald Trump** brought his former physician **Ronny Jackson** rushing to his side to render aid … but, it appears Jackson’s medical licenses are expired._ _TMZ has checked, and it turns out Jackson’s Virginia medical license expired back in 2020 … so, technically it seems he’s not allowed to treat patients._ _The [**Dallas Morning News**](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/09/07/im-an-er-doctor-rep-ronny-jackson-told-officers-at-rodeo-but-license-is-expired/?outputType=amp) reports he’s still American Board of Emergency Medicine certified to provide emergency medical services … a certification that lasts until 2025._ _According to public records, Jackson’s Florida license is listed as Military Active … basically meaning he can provide medical treatment but only in military facilities._ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1179 "2024-07-25T04:11:08Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > So if the Grateful Dead has Deadheads, does Donald Trump have Trump-rumps? Very good! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1180 "2024-07-25T04:36:25Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > As discussed numerous times up thread that’s not the case Remitting Relapsing Being Donald Trump Syndrome [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=60)