LET’S MAKE IT INTO A MUSIC

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Mr. Trump had his staff fire up his campaign playlist, standing on the stage for about half an hour and swaying to songs as his crowd slowly dwindled.

He bobbed his head through the Village People’s 'Y.M.C.A.,' his usual closing song."

~ Michael Gold

#Trump #age #MentalDecline #dementia
/7

nytimes.com

(www.nytimes.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"He swayed soberly to Rufus Wainwright’s version of 'Hallelujah,' watched a Sinead O’Connor video, rocked along to Elvis, watched the crowd during 'Rich Men North of Richmond' and then, finally, left the stage to shake hands on his way out during one last song.

The impromptu D.J. session was a strange conclusion to a political event that had started on familiar turf."

#Trump #age #MentalDecline #dementia
/8

[tharpa@hear-me.social]

@wdlindsy He couldn't handle Kristi Noem's cold, psychopassive aggression.

[abramkedge@mastodon.scot]

@wdlindsy damn, so close. He should have played Wainwright's "Going to a Town".

-- Tell me, do you really think you go to hell for having loved?
Tell me, enough of thinking everything that you've done is good

[runyan50@newsie.social]

@wdlindsy Astounding that #Republicans are not seeking his removal from the ballot. He will not make it past 2026 without residential treatment. They will have to pay his caregivers A LOT.

[runyan50@newsie.social]

@wdlindsy Game over.

[runyan50@newsie.social]

@wdlindsy He lost his concentration and covered it up. His answer to inflation was bizarre and rote. He realized he was broadcasting his decompensation. He should not appear in public after sundown.

[burnt_veggies@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy The irony of him playing Rich Men North of Richmond to his audience.

[franknation@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy And no one asked him if he was okay. No one left the stage because they liked whatever that was. Someone who cared would get power of attorney and get him to a doctor.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

Maya Boddie reports on the puzzled reaction of Fox News' Bryan Llenas to the "very strange Trump Town Hall. Noting that Trump abruptly stopped taking questions and started playing (and bobbing to) music), Llenas writes,

"For about an hour there was an impromptu concert. Idk. Goodnight."

When your own family finally sees that the drunk uncle at the Thanksgiving table is not merely drunk but deranged….

#Trump #age #MentalDecline #dementia
/9

https://www.alternet.org/fox-news-correspondent-trump-rally/

[greenfire@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy
In the few clips of Trump's mental breakdown on stage last night in Pennsylvania that I watched I was focused on the dog shooting Kristi Noem.

She could not hide her dismay at the team she joined it sure looked like to me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/trump-music-sways-town-hall/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_headlines&carta-url=https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/3f4cd50/670e3d22e44ca65c7f148e91/6532689e53777545025e0552/15/59/670e3d22e44ca65c7f148e91

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"On Monday, Kamala Harris' campaign released a letter authorized by 250 healthcare professionals demanding that Trump release his medical information."

The letter states,

"With no recent disclosure of health information from Donald Trump, we are left to extrapolate from public appearance."

~ Sarah K. Burris

#Trump #age #MentalDecline #dementia
/10

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"And on that front, Trump is falling concerningly short of any standard of fitness for office and displaying alarming characteristics of declining acuity….

While many older adults are highly functional, age can also come with cognitive changes that affect our ability to function well in complex settings. We are seeing that from Trump, as he uses his rallies and appearances to ramble, meander, and crudely lash out at his many perceived grievances."

#Trump #age #MentalDecline #dementia
/11

[blinxeto@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

#QandidateQrayzee45

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Trump is unraveling in front of our eyes. Make sure everyone knows about this story. It is important—especially given that Biden was forced out of the race over a single debate performance."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #age #MentalDecline #dementia
/12

Don’t be Glenn Youngkin. History will remember.

October 15, 2024

(roberthubbell.substack.com)

[phoenixgee@soc.k512.studio]

@wdlindsy I have the impression that at this point this artificially colored Thing is merely tolerated as the deteriorating figurehead of the nazi movement he enabled.

They have Vance: he's nazi enough for their purposes. I guess they all just wait for the election to conclude and would finally push T3p over to rot in front of the courts, and let Vance take the reigns. Mission accomplished.

[runyan50@newsie.social]

@wdlindsy It is a rare 78 year-old who functions at the level they did at 60, both physically and mentally. It is not rare for 78 year-olds to experience intellectual challenges from memory lapses or loss to gradual dementia. Trump shows signs of intellectual challenges. He cannot answer questions about helping small businesses and solving inflation. He also has trouble reading aloud from a teleprompter.

[ronsupportsyou@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Biden was not forced out of the presidential race over a single debate performance, even though it was the world's worst debate performance, where he proudly said: "We beat Medicare!" After his debate Biden continued to make mistakes, such as talking about Vice President Kamala Harris as "Vice President Trump." If Biden remained a candidate, it would have ensured the re-election of Pres. Donald Trump.

[nichni@mastodonapp.uk]

@wdlindsy Still, the cruelty is the point. A lot of voters seem to find it great fun to have a raving looney as president. And don't mind the lies at all, see them as means to an end. Sad.

[gregbryant@historians.social]

@wdlindsy
I watched it a second time just to see the reactions of the people stuck on stage with him. What a long 39 minutes that must have been! Toward the end they're no longer trying to look like they're having fun. They're visibly embarrassed, have nothing to do with their hands, looking aside... it's pitiful. That one woman was game enough, but there was tension in her smile.