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Trump always struck me as someone at risk of Alzheimer's, which his father had for 6 years before his death. At 70 years old, Trump is the oldest person to be elected president. Age, family history, and sleep deprivation are the most important risk factors in developing the disease. Most sufferers start to show signs of illness at age 65. It's a similar case with Reagan. Though he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age 83, he began to manifest symptoms far earlier, sometime around halfway through his presidency.
Remember when Trump forgot which country he’d just bombed? When it just slipped his mind to sign a pair of executive orders during an event created for that explicit purpose? When he couldn’t locate Rudy Giuliani, who was sitting directly across from him at a media briefing? Those things don’t seem like innocuous senior moments. Trump also seems to exhibit other signs of Alzheimer's. Moodiness, paranoia, belligerence, and erratic behavior are all key indicators of the onset of dementia. Trump’s inappropriate tweets, his belief that his phones are tapped and his quickness to anger, as described by his staff, all fit the bill.
I'm not saying that Trump has dementia, a characteristic of Alzheimer's, but I've worked with people who had dementia and Alzheimer's. They live in the moment, forgetting what they said a day ago, a week ago. Trump's increasingly erratic behavior is making more and more people wonder if he's losing greater touch with reality.
Remember when Trump forgot which country he’d just bombed? When it just slipped his mind to sign a pair of executive orders during an event created for that explicit purpose? When he couldn’t locate Rudy Giuliani, who was sitting directly across from him at a media briefing? Those things don’t seem like innocuous senior moments. Trump also seems to exhibit other signs of Alzheimer's. Moodiness, paranoia, belligerence, and erratic behavior are all key indicators of the onset of dementia. Trump’s inappropriate tweets, his belief that his phones are tapped and his quickness to anger, as described by his staff, all fit the bill.
I'm not saying that Trump has dementia, a characteristic of Alzheimer's, but I've worked with people who had dementia and Alzheimer's. They live in the moment, forgetting what they said a day ago, a week ago. Trump's increasingly erratic behavior is making more and more people wonder if he's losing greater touch with reality.