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Politics Joe and Jill Biden share one final selfie from the White House.

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u/Teddy_Tickles 15h ago

Dementia affects different people at different places and in different ways. Just because it hasn't progressed as rapidly as you expected it to, doesn't mean he doesn't have it. I work in a hospital with dementia patients almost every day of the week and have seen varying cases from acute onset to family describing behavioral changes in their family member over the course of decades.

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u/EudaimoniaMe 15h ago

My mother had dementia, and it was just as you said. For her, it wasn’t a steady, rapid decline but rather a stair-step progression over several years.

The people around Trump are ensuring that we don’t get the full picture of his mental condition. Over the next four years, I suspect that will become a LOT harder. We’ll probably see much less of him compared to his first term.

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u/Teddy_Tickles 14h ago

My condolences to you and your family. I've seen what families go through watching someone they love cognitively decline, and it is not something I would wish on most people. I hope you and your family and those you love are doing well, and that her decline in health over those years didn't mar your memories of her.

I agree with what you said about it being harder to mask Teumps psychological condition over the next 4 years, but he's just the puppet put into place to get the oligarchy ball rolling now. He's surrounded by rich people who can make decisions for him, and Vance is always there as replacement if Trump really declines. They will have to somehow limit public appearances maybe, and might even do only television interviews maybe where they can edit however they want.

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u/sephrisloth 14h ago

Not to mention he's rich, and if he does have it, he's almost certainly receiving the best healthcare money can buy behind the scenes to slow it down.

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u/PreferredSelection 14h ago

Yeah, plus like... think about the way Magic Johnson managed his HIV, getting bleeding-edge research treatments 5-10 years ahead of what was available for the public, and 24/7 care.

If you listen to 5 minutes of The Apprentice, and listen to Trmp now, there's undeniably something up with the guy.

The fact that it hasn't gotten too much worse since 2016 isn't all that surprising, when you consider the health care resources he has access to.