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CALL A DOCTOR! Trump’s mental confusion DOMINATES Pennsylvania rally

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April 14, 2024

Donald Trump, the presumed Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election, held a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday and demonstrated exactly why voters should be concerned about his mental state, as signs of the increasing encroachment of dementia were disturbingly evident in his speech to the crowd.

As he usually does, the multiply-indicted former president made up exceedingly unlikely events out of thin air.

He claimed, for instance, that a group of immigrants had illegally arrived in the U.S. from the Congo via the southern border, insisting with no evidence whatsoever that they were sent from prisons, although he wouldn’t reveal what he thought their crimes were.

(It’s a claim he’s made before, and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has denounced it as a lie, according to CNN.)

In further xenophobic rants, he seemed to try to tell a story about an “illegal alien,” but struggled to pronounce the word “alien,” instead coming up with something like:

“An illegal adleeitathin, and you just look at this what’s happening, it’s it crazy? Really?”

Critics of Trump point to episodes like this as examples of the aphasia that is often a precursor to full-blown dementia.

That was followed up by musing about how much better things would be if suspected drug dealers were executed quickly. So much for due process and the rule of law.

On the other hand, Trump seemed to admit he doesn’t actually care about the transphobic attacks he makes about gendered sports. He said he’s “always embarrassed” when he talks about transgender women (he calls them “men”) being allowed to participate in “women’s what,” because, he asks, “Who the hell would care?”

His Pennsylvania audience was treated to some of Trump’s greatest hits as he dipped into his quiver of other tried and tested lies, including the false claim that District Attorney Alvin Bragg was appointed by financier George Soros, the bogeyman of many MAGA conspiracy theories.

He added the assertion that a vote for President Biden is a vote for the end of the rule of law — an ironic utterance coming from the man who mused about suspending the Constitution — and repeated his favorite fib that wind power isn’t feasible because it kills all the birds.

Trump repeated his lies about the 2020 election being “stolen,” pushed propaganda to set up the same claims about 2024, and reiterated his usual false claims about the gag orders in his court cases. Contrary to his claims, the New York gag order doesn’t prevent him from talking about the case, only from attempting to interfere by attacking witnesses and court staff, which he hasn’t stopped doing.

In other apparent moments of confusion, Trump seemed to struggle with remembering anything about the battle of Gettysburg (except that he’s pretty sure it was “vicious” and “interesting”), and seemed to speak in the present tense about General Robert E. Lee’s current feelings about the Civil War, perhaps attempting to reference Lee’s unwillingness to have Confederate monuments after they surrendered.

He seemed to confuse Bernie Sanders’ 2016 primary run with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s in the current election cycle, grumbling about “what they did to Kennedy.” Or maybe he was he was rambling about the assassination of JFK for some unknown reason?

Trump also complained about the “United States Seal Company” being “sold to Japan.” Rather than the off-shoring of America’s valuable pinniped business, he seems to have been attempting to refer to the U.S. Steel Company, which is closing a deal for a merger with a Japanese company, though stockholders are not unhappy about the deal, according to CBS.

In another oddity — one that caught the attention of President Biden’s campaign — Trump griped about a “magastine” that he says he’s never read, but assumes is “left-wing” and “doesn’t like Trump.”

Describing Trump’s mentally challenged gaffes isn’t nearly as good as seeing them for yourselves. Take a look:

Trump claims immigrants are entering the country who don’t know where they come from, and that former inmates from the Congo showed up recently.

Trump indicates his attacks on trans women in sports are pure pandering.

Trump claims Soros appointed Bragg and Biden is ending the rule of law.

Trump rallies to save the birds.

Trump lies about stolen elections.

Trump on his gag order.

Trump glitches and calls for execution of suspected drug dealers.

Trump on Gettysburg, General Lee, and the U.S. as a failed nation.

Trump on Democrats and Kennedy.

Trump is worried about the “United States Seal Company.”

Biden’s campaign shares Trump’s “magastine” slip.

With his schedule for the weeks ahead tied up in his felony trial in Manhattan, Trump will have to cut back on his campaign rallies. It will be interesting to see, however, how the stress of his trial — as well as the three other major legal proceedings he faces — will affect his already rapidly deteriorating mental state.

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Stephanie Bazzle
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