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   Is Donald Trump Suffering From Delusional Senile Dementia?   
   Feb 17, 2016 9:33pm CST by News Corpse   
      
      
   Watching the very public meltdown of Donald Trump over the past few months   
   could serve as a useful tool for academic research into dementia and brain   
   disease. When looking objectively at the symptoms commonly associated with   
   dementia it is hard not to    
   consider Trump a likely candidate for such a diagnosis. What follows is an   
   exploration of the three most prominent symptoms of dementia and their   
   relationship to Trump's behavior.   
      
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   Impaired judgment   
      
   From the very beginning of his of campaign for the Republican nomination for   
   president, Trump engaged in outbursts that were hostile and irrational. His   
   assertion that the immigrant population in the U.S. was the result of Mexico   
   sending over rapists and    
   murderers was untethered to reality. And that was just the first day. Trump   
   went on to disparage Sen. John McCain, saying that he was not a war hero; he   
   charged that Megyn Kelly's questions during a Fox News debate were unfair   
   because she was    
   menstruating; he proposed a ban on all Muslims from entering the country; he   
   had a prominent Latino journalist ejected from his rally; he told a reporter   
   that he isn't bothered by comparisons to Hitler; and most recently he has been   
   threatening to sue    
   Ted Cruz in order to challenge his citizenship and eligibility to serve as   
   president.   
      
   Trump's birtherism with regard to President Obama is another illustration of a   
   severe mental failing. There has never been a single bit of information that   
   showed anything other than that Obama was born in the U.S. to a U.S. citizen.   
   Nevertheless, Trump    
   continues to doubt the truth of this. A few years ago he claimed to have sent   
   investigators to Hawaii and that what they found was amazing. He has since   
   refused to reveal what they found, or even to discuss it.   
      
   These are all examples of behavior that is inconsistent with rational   
   judgment. They have no basis in fact and cannot be portrayed as constructive   
   methods of expressing oneself. Those who would argue that Trump's showing in   
   the polls validates his    
   conduct are missing the point. Regardless of the result, these actions are not   
   indicative of a rational mind. While it's true that Trump has attracted a   
   following, the same was true for Charles Manson and Jim Jones and Sarah Palin,   
   yet no one could    
   plausibly argue that their judgment was unimpaired.   
      
   And speaking of Sarah Palin, who has endorsed Trump --- Is she writing his   
   speeches now?   
      
   Loss of Memory   
      
   Trump has frequently bragged that he has"one of the best memories of all   
   time." However, that boast has been utterly demolished by his own words and   
   actions. One notable example was his insistence that he had seen television   
   reporting of "thousands and    
   thousands" of Muslims celebrating the collapse of the World Trade Center   
   towers on 9/11. That was an invented memory because there is no evidence that   
   it occurred, despite the fact that television footage of such an event would   
   be easily retrievable.   
      
   Trump's memory was also noticeably deficient when he recently began hammering   
   Ted Cruz as a "nasty guy" and "the single biggest liar" he ever met. Just   
   three months ago he was lauding Cruz and floating him as a possible VP pick.   
   Similarly he once praised    
   Hillary Clinton as a "terrific" woman and a great Secretary of State. Now he   
   is saying that she was the "worst Secretary of State in history." And as for   
   President Obama, today Trump tweeted that he is "perhaps the worst president   
   in U.S. history." But    
   this is what he wrote in his book "Think Like A Champion:"   
      
   "What he has done is amazing. The fact that he accomplished what he has--in   
   one year and against great odds--is truly phenomenal." [...]   
   "Barack Obama proved that determination combined with opportunity and   
   intelligence can make things happen--and in an exceptional way." [...]   
      
   "His comments have led me to believe that he understands how the economy works   
   on a comprehensive level. He has also surrounded himself with very competent   
   people, and that's the mark of a strong leader." [...]   
      
   "He's totally a champion."   
      
      
   Clearly Trump has either a failing memory or mental blocks that render his   
   memory unreliable. Many other examples exist. For instance, he said he   
   couldn't remember a disabled reporter that disgustingly mocked, but they had   
   met many times; he threatened    
   to sue Cruz three days after he promised that he never would; he complained   
   that the media never reported a comment by Jeb Bush and seconds later, after   
   Bush denied the charge, Trump defended himself by saying that the news   
   reported it ten times.   
      
   Childish Behavior   
      
   This is perhaps the symptom least in need of elaboration, but here goes   
   anyway. Trump is the most juvenile presidential candidate in this nation's   
   history. He lashes out with infantile insults about people's looks and   
   character. If he is criticized he    
   will punch back with baseless, often unrelated, rebuttals. And that's when he   
   isn't throwing tantrums like when he ditched the Fox News debate. Everyone who   
   doesn't exhibit unrestrained adoration is an enemy who is out to destroy him.   
      
   Trump has the ego of four year old who believes the world revolves around him.   
   The parts of his campaign stump speeches that aren't attacks on his rivals are   
   comprised primarily of bragging about how great he is at everything and how   
   high his poll    
   numbers are. The rest of his rhetoric, when put through the Flesch-Kincaid   
   readability test, scored at the third grade level. Of course, that's probably   
   still somewhat higher than most of his Tea-vangelical supporters.   
      
   When all of this is taken into account, it seems obvious that there is a   
   problem here that requires attention. Every day Trump validates the notion   
   that he is mentally challenged and unfit to perform the duties of the   
   president. His immature outbursts,    
   his brazen narcissism, and his faulty cognition, are all indications of   
   senility. And if any further proof were needed, take a look at this animated   
   recreation of Trump on the campaign trail:   
      
      
      
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