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SomewhereInTheMiddle

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53. I see it as a sign of his dementia ...

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 05:50 AM

19 hrs ago

... as his mind deteriorates, he reverts to what he knows best/is most comfortable talking about -- building and renovations. He has been doing this his whole 2nd term.

I saw this behaviour in my father as he slipped away. he was a lawyer, so he loved to talk law and his old cases, even if he had no idea to whom he was speaking. It was his mental comfort zone.

Building/renovating is Trump's mental comfort zone - at least in public. I imagine in private he goes to his other mental comfort zone -- sexism/racism and hitting on anyone with a XX chromosome under 35.

I fully expect him to talk more and more about these sorts of project.

He could do worse to our nation - and is.

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