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Tom Joseph
@TomJChicago
a day ago, 8 tweets, 2 min read Read on Twitter

1 Trump's mental health decline received heavy attention from MTM this week- like WAPO, MSNBC, NY DAILY NEWS & CNN. That’s bc Trump's Frontotemporal Dementia is degenerative- meaning it progressively worsens. He's worsened to the point where almost everyone can clearly see it now

2 The NYT kicked off the week w/ a whopper- Trump is tired & aides question his ability to run in 2020. The stories kept coming non-stop. By Friday night we had Bill Maher saying "It was quite a week for Trump dementia watch" and more stories like CNN's:
Trump is spouting nonsense at a greater rate
Michael D'Antonio writes that President Trump's constant bizarre statements could suggest something more alarming than everyday deceptions.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/05/opinions/trump-is-spouting-nonsense-at-a-greater-rate-dantonio/index.html

3 Awareness of Trump's decline was certain to rise as he worsened. The rate of MTM & public awareness has mirrored his steady deterioration. This will accelerate in waves as people are stunned by situations where he is publicly humiliated or medically stricken. He is a spectacle.

4 Trumps dementia is a bigger factor than people realize in what's unfolding w/ Nat Security, the criminal cases & the next election. MTM & GOP are entirely missing how Trump can’t run in 2020. In fact they are ramping up their talk of a Trump run. The reversal will be dramatic.

5 His speech is a hybrid of phrase fragments he can barely recall & new info he can't process. He went full clown w/ a rant about "Judge Flores". He motormouthed these fragments: "The country is full & we can’t take you anymore" 8 times in 20 seconds here:

6 Richard Painter yesterday- “The mental health of Donald Trump is deteriorating. It is a very real possibility that he may not be legally competent in 2020. At this point the GOP does not have a plan B”. Painter is not only wise, he's not exaggerating. The GOP will be scrambling
7 Trump's family & enablers are so bereft of integrity, they have willfully extended his stay, rather than intervening to get him out of office. Their personal gain was number one, over any concern for their country.

8 We are well past the point where Trump must be removed for health reasons. The public will soon see an event so bad, everyone will get it. A mystery is how his docs & enablers will explain their actions. There will be consequences for helping a POTUS w/ dementia stay in office


Tom Joseph
‏ @TomJChicago
21h21 hours ago

No he can't plead insanity. He hasn't been declared legally incompetent yet & he doesn't have a legal guardian. Fabricating medical results will hurt him in the end. I doubt his side will ever admit he has dementia- they'll say heart issues or some other Trumpish line.

Tom Joseph
‏ @TomJChicago
18h18 hours ago

He's mentally there now so it's hard to do a timeline. He's already yelling and swearing so lunging at someone or dropping trow are always possibilities. Falling, choking on food or becoming completely disoriented are other examples