Maybe it’s just the point when he was perceived as more of a media personality in his own right than a rich guy who sometimes liked to be on WrestleMania and other silly cameos and stuff.
Of course, maybe it’s just that his schtick has changed- originally his thing was to be super-rich and a byword for wealth and glamour, but at some point, the celebrity driving force changed from being his wealth, to being for its own sake, something like the way the Kardashians are famous for being famous.
Either way, that seems to be the point when he went from mostly respectable to being something of a self-caricature. I mean, did anyone actually take him seriously on The Apprentice? Clearly he was on there because he liked being on TV and the attention it brought him.
So the election and subsequent presidency have been more of the same- he can’t stand being out of the spotlight, because his primary goal is to focus all attention on himself.
As for the slurring and mispronunciations; I don’t know the answer to that, but I suspect the verbal diarrhea is a consequence of his deep seated need to be in the spotlight. Say enough BS and obnoxious stuff, and they’ll keep the cameras on you, basically.
I don’t think it was a change in his character. It was a change in his circumstances. He had failed in business so many times and stiffed his creditors so often that his creditors took away the reins of power from him and put him on salary with nothing to do. He got locked out of his businesses through repeated failure. He had literally nothing else to do. That gave him more time to do the pure celebrity-focused appearances, which matched his preferences anyway. He always wanted adulation. He never cared how he got it.
Yes. I know Trump supporters on Facebook who told me during the campaign what a brilliant, successful businessman Trump was and that’s what we needed for a president (this in response to my speculation that Trump was suffering from mental illness, like early stages of dementia and, obviously, narcissism). When I asked what made them think Trump was a “brilliant, successful businessman” and pointed out his many bankruptcies and failed businesses and product lines, I was told I must not have seen The Apprentice and didn’t appreciate Trump’s genius and business acumen. :smack:
Trump is a genius at promoting himself to and conning his base. I’ll give him that.
IIUC, Trump’s actions and comments on The Apprentice were all scripted by the show’s producers. He was just a strawman/showman, play-acting the single role he was comfortable with.
Exactly; not any of it was particularly relevant to the real business world from what I could tell. Or at least not any business world I’ve ever been part of, anyway.
It was a reality show engineered to play up the more cutthroat and adversarial aspects of inter-office culture, not a real reflection of how that works.
Exactly. But some of the Trump supporters I know thought that was real. I’ve never seen The Apprentice, so I’m not sure how Trump was presented but they seem to think it showed what a titan of business Trump is.
Of course, some of them refuse to acknowledge that Trump has any failings. One of my “favorite” examples of this is when I said Trump sexually assaults women and that Trump himself admitted this on the Hollywood Access tape. One guy responded with “What’s wrong with saying ‘getting some pussy’?” He obviously had never listened to what Trump actually said. :smack: “Grab them by the pussy” was just fake news pushed by the “lamestream media” to him if he had even heard the phrase.
I would hazard a guess that those types probably don’t really understand sexual assault, misogyny or sexism as defined in the modern world. They’re probably over there thinking “Powerful men are philanderers. It’s the way of the world. Trump is just extra powerful, so it’s not surprising that he’s that way.” And they’re probably wondering what the whole kerfluffle is about that reporter’s butt getting slapped at that marathon- it’s just a butt slap to them, and they don’t get the outrage.
Beyond that, they seem to have this misguided idea that anyone but the GOP is going to come in to power, tax all their money away, give it to undeserving poor people, and impose a large new set of regulations that take away their freedoms. Trump is agin’ all that, so they’re sticking with him, despite his BS.
I don’t wear dentures but I have done quite a bit of reading about them because at one point I thought they might be in my future. I know that some people get dentures and they wear the same pair for years and have little trouble with them. For some other people it is a constant struggle to keep them fitting well as the gums continue to recede or change. There is also the matter of finding an adhesive that works, different people prefer different products. Some people don’t need any adhesive. I have spoken to people that I could tell were struggling to keep their dentures in place and have seen people’s dentures come loose while they were speaking to me. All this to say that I would totally buy denture slippage as the cause of what Trump had going on in the OP’s video except, I would expect someone of Trumps position to have implanted posts with snap on dentures which would eliminate slipping. It can be a very expensive procedure but that wouldn’t be an issue for Trump. Assuming Trump actually does wear dentures, the only reason I could think of for him not going with implanted posts would be fear of having the posts screwed into his jaw bone. Sometimes bone grafts are required to have enough solid bone to hold the implants. If he is actually wearing dentures and they are not implant supported and they started to loosen as he was speaking on camera, he would be using his cheek muscles and maybe tongue to try and hold them in place while also trying to speak and might result in exactly what the video shows.
Many people…smart people…are saying Frontotemporal Dementia One doctor, a big, handsome doctor, said to me “Sir”…and he said this with tears in his eyes…“Sir you may have Preformed Dilemma, and yours is the bigliest and best we have ever seen!”
Jesus. That’s just not normal. And even the Fox news people knew it was not normal. My guess is that’s just not going to get any better as time passes.
Can’t wait for a complete and total meltdown/seizure at one of his rallys.
Trump tweeted KC is in Kansas but to be fair many Americans probably believe that. There is a KC in Kansas but the larger KC is in Missouri and that’s where the pro teams play.
At the Super Bowl watch party at Mar-a-Lago, Trump acted like a hyperactive toddler during the playing of the National Anthem. As others stood with their hands over their chests, Trump fidgeted, moved his chair, gestured to guests, and twirled his hands in the air as though he were conducting the music.