• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Been reading about Trump’s “cognitive decline” since 2017. For some reason, we need to believe his brain is broken in order to explain away his miserable attitude and sadistic policies.

    No guys, that’s just a normal American billionaire thinking and talking exactly like they all do.

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      7 days ago

      No, he’s always been a piece of shit, and stupid. But you can also see he was way quicker and on top of things just a few years ago in videos.

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      7 days ago

      Yea, that was more a narcissistic rant than a cognitive slip. He can’t get Biden out of his head because Biden beat him in 2020. This whole administration is all about soothing his narcissistic injuries.

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        6 days ago

        He can’t get Biden out of his head because Biden beat him in 2020

        Any perceived slight he can’t let go. Take defunding NOAA for example. Was that because he’s an evil businessman who wants to dismantle public services so he can grant access to his business cronies, or was it really just because he was once contradicted about drawing a fake hurricane path with a sharpie?

        To me the latter case seems somehow worse.

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        7 days ago

        He can’t get them out of his head because he’s struggling to create new memories

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        7 days ago

        He had a similar problem with Obama. I think he suffers from imposter syndrome which would explain his constant reminders that he is President. Deep down he knows he’s not really up for being the president.