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To: joesbucks
I would disagree with your characterization of Trump in that with Biden it is truly related to dementia, but with Trump it is the bravado of someone who has repeatedly succeeded in life.

I once had dinner with a self-made multi-hundred millionaire (the sheet music industry, of all things) who was in his late 70s, and this guy also was loud, profane, a big spender, and didn't care what anybody felt about it (the "I can buy this place" attitude if people complained).

It comes with extreme success, the kind that we can never really understand. So I don't chalk up Trump's comments to a mental deficiency; it is arrogance, but an arrogance that comes with accomplishment and success.

The "word salads," as you call it, are different between Trump and Biden/Harris. With Trump, he often meanders in his speeches, tangentially deviating from his main thoughts to make side points but ultimately returning to them. With Harris, she's just vacuous and fills the space with extra words that mean nothing. With Biden, he's caught between forgetting the subject and flashes of anger. It's a common trait with dementia patients, they remember things from 40 years ago but forget what happened last week. That's why Biden can remember he was talking to the French President, but could only recall the name of the President from many years ago.

It's interesting that you don't throw Obama into the mix. Obama was called the TOTUS, "Teleprompter of the United States." Obama was a very eloquent speaker when augmented by a teleprompter (if you can look past the ping-pong effect), but he was reduced to uhs and ums and ahs when he had to speak extemporaneously. During White House press conferences, his staff eventually placed a large-screen TV behind the press seats so that Obama wouldn't be seen turning his head left and right and left and right when he was speaking on camera.

-PJ

43 posted on 02/11/2024 5:30:00 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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44 posted on 02/11/2024 5:53:04 PM PST by kiryandil (Free Zaluzhny!)
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To: Political Junkie Too
You mention Obama and his teleprompters. I would say the same for Trump. Except Trump can’t fake reading off a teleprompter. And it’s not uncommon for his word salad, mispronounced words and other errors occur when he goes off promompter.

I too have known some well placed men. Some are like what you describe. Others are much more measured. Trump's mistatents are more than bravado. Such as: Trump praised the Americans' military efforts in the war against Great Britain. “Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rockets' red glare, it had nothing but victory.”

Thats not bravado. That’s a pure Bidenism. His claim he offered Haley troops for Jan. 6th. Trump too had had issues with world leaders. They both are sad.

45 posted on 02/11/2024 5:54:18 PM PST by joesbucks (It's called love-bombing. Claiming he's saving the world. This is a cult. Just back away. )
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To: Political Junkie Too
It's interesting that you don't throw Obama into the mix.

Interesting, but fits the usual pattern.

"The dog that didn't bark."

46 posted on 02/11/2024 5:54:47 PM PST by kiryandil (Free Zaluzhny!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Note the immediate deflection from Odiousbama, and return to the verbal assault on Trump.


47 posted on 02/11/2024 5:56:25 PM PST by kiryandil (Free Zaluzhny!)
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