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When you listen to people who have known Trump for a long time, a couple of them David Cay Johnston and Mark Cuban and maybe his niece Mary Trump they say he has always been the way he is. That is, he cannot read or learn, but he has learned instead how to manipulate and con people. They learn to make words their interface to the world - and intimidation and offensiveness to keep people from knowing their weakness.

I don't think this is necessarily dementia, or it may be ADHD with dementia. I'd bet he has a lot of the same characteristics of Ronald Reagan.

What it means is that he will cede power, i.e. delegate his adminstration to JD Vance and his others who will bypass him and implement this Project 2025 thing.

I am very anxious about this election, and wondering what happens, what do we do if this person actually wins the election?

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Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer’s, although it’s uncertain whether he had it when he was still in office. But when you see Reagan’s blank facial expressions in some of those old videos (with that serene smile of his), you have to wonder.

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Yes, he had the beginnings of the disease while still in office. It has been documented.

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I guess we take a deep breath and hope for the best. Fight him on every inappropriate decision when and where we can. Applaud him when he makes a good decision so that he will keep them coming. What else can we do?

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REALLY???

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