Are you paying attention to how forgetful Donald Trump seems lately? Could he really have a mental condition? Bill Palmer writes:
“He’s forgetting names. He’s forgetting people. He’s forgetting what to do during the National Anthem. He’s forgetting that a kid just handed him a hat. He’s forgetting which country he just bombed. And now a brain specialist doctor says she believes it’s evidence that Trump’s frontal lobe is failing.”
Even before the election, people were speculating that his late night tweets were characteristic of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Some of the symptoms or traits that Mayo Clinic suggests are:
“Irritability, personality changes, restlessness, lack of restraint … memory loss, mental decline, confusion in the evening hours, paranoia.”
Regardless of the reasons for Trump’s behavior, it is seriously concerning for Americans and even the rest of the world. Dr. Brenda J. Iannucci, M.D., a Cognitive Function Specialist, based in upstate New York, has attempted to diagnose him from afar. She tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/bjimd/status/854495870242390017
One clinical psychologist, George Simon, told Vanity Fair:
“He’s so classic that I’m archiving video clips of him to use in workshops because there’s no better example of his characteristics … Otherwise, I would have had to hire actors and write vignettes. He’s like a dream come true.”
The president will not release his medical records which makes us speculate all the further. You don’t have to be a medical professional to realize that Trump’s behavior is a problem. According to Palmer, this is a man who went on Fox News and:
“…Unwittingly revealed he didn’t remember that Kim Jong-Il gave way to Kim Jong-Un in North Korea six years ago. Then he began repeatedly referring to his close ally Paul Ryan as “Ron” during a Tuesday rally in Ryan’s home state. And this came after Trump bombed Syria and then immediately announced that he had bombed Iraq instead.”
It seems there is potential here for a real diagnosis although there is always a possibility that his erratic behavior is purposeful. Could his frontal lobe really be failing? The symptoms seem to align with his behavior.
Regardless of the reasons for his forgetfulness and late night Twitter rants, we can easily make the determination that he is unfit to be President of the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd_Jpy3FlUg
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