# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 354
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/354 "2024-03-15T22:12:08Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I posted this elsewhere, but it seems to go best here. Tell me what the hell happens to him during this segment? It’s like his brain melts down for a couple seconds. I had responded to Buck\_Godot’s reply to your post in the Schadenfreude thread: > [@A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4762): > > Honestly, I think he just got tongue tied saying the word “reducing” and made a poor recovery. I’m not saying he is not losing it, but by itself I don’t necessarily see that this is strong evidence. Now if he had a thirty second blank out like McConnell had started having that would be something else entirely. > [@A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4769): > > I hate to admit it, but I think you’re right, at least in this instance. He flipped the first two syllables of ‘be reducing’ so it came out “re-be-du…”. I’ve seen that clip several times, but most clips cut off right at the “re-be-du…” and that weird sigh he makes right after, which gives the impression that he’s really losing it. That clip shows him saying what he meant to say right after, which gives the flub a bit more context. You know what I also hate? I hate that I’m wishing accelerated … As I said in that thread, I hate that trump is making me wish accelerated dementia on anybody, even him. And to be clear, I don’t wish dementia on him, just that _ **if** _ he _ **is** _ coming down with dementia, let the full-blown phase come sooner rather than later. Like, before the election sooner. There are other, perhaps even more telling, recorded examples out there where trump seems to completely lose his train of thought and does a quick “but anyway…” subject change, which, as has been mentioned many times, is a typical coping mechanism that people in the early stages of dementia adopt. The “re-be-du…” may be one example, or it may just be someone transposing syllables, taking a beat, and moving on. I’ve made it clear which one I’m hoping for, and also that I’m not happy with myself for doing so. But such are the times in which we find ourselves. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589)._