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raccoon

(32,225 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 05:59 PM Monday

I was wondering yesterday about the extent of Trump's mental capacity.

I wonder if these ideas about taking over Greenland, for example, are coming from somebody else?

I know he can read from a teleprompter but I wonder if he can hold an intelligent conversation without an interpreter?

Of course, even if the idea of taking over Greenland is coming from somebody else, it doesn't make any difference; we're still having to deal with the stupidity.

Anybody out there with experience with people with dementia, what are your thoughts?

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LuckyCharms

(21,926 posts)
1. No hyperbole...it's a plan, a devious plan to...
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:03 PM
Monday

dissolve NATO, and the plan was developed by Putin and relayed to Trump.

Trump will execute the plan, and NATO will dissolve because of it.

Putin will achieve his goal of dissolving NATO by using Trump, while Trump gaslights the world about the real reason he took Greenland.

Raven123

(7,578 posts)
2. I suspect much of what's happening is not originating in his demented mind
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:12 PM
Monday

But then, Trump has never had an original thought. He is a puppet - Putin’s puppet, and now Miller’s puppet. Just keep shoveling him money and he will do anything. I think there is a name for that.

What puzzles me is the silence of the GOP legislature. I know they are invertebrates, but do they really think this is good for their brand? I piece of me wonders if they too are counting the days till trump is no more. Maybe they know something we don’t.

rampartd

(3,891 posts)
5. something they knows that i dont?
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:18 PM
Monday

whether trump is dead or alive some one will have their kompromat. be it putin, trump, or jd vance.

hlthe2b

(112,901 posts)
3. Almost EVERYTHING he is doing came from Project 2025 (and their ongoing 2026 work)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:14 PM
Monday

There was reporting before the election--but so many only reported his denials and not the full content.

Venezuela was outlined in Project 2026. He is probably 1/2 through the initiatives.

Sadly, too many felt he would not become the face of a horrific group of determined monsters behind him--including Bannon, Miller, Voght, Peter Thiel and the other Tech Bros and THEIR PUPPET: JD VANCE) and likely others. They all know he is fading and are just biding their time while they MANIPULATE him to take the actions they want.

agingdem

(8,772 posts)
4. My mother-in-law had dementia...
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:17 PM
Monday

it was difficult to take her out...she'd accuse restaurant wait-staff of poisoning her food, sales people of hiding the "good stuff' in the back..refer to her black care-giver as her slave..

as for Trump, buying Greenland was something he entertained in his first term...I think Steve Miller isTrump's scrivener, turning Trump's revenge crusades and world domination insanity into reality...

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