Trump is in "severe mental decline," says former Trump communications director

Donald Trump is “in severe mental decline” and “won’t make it” to the next election, a former top aide has claimed.

Anthony Scaramucci, who was White House communications director for just 11 days before he was sacked in 2017, said the US president’s behaviour has “got worse” since he last saw him a year ago.

In an interview with CTV News on Friday, he said: “He’s in full-blown meltdown; it’s like the episodes of Chernobyl where the reactor’s melting down and people are trying to figure out whether they’re going to cover it up or clean it up.”

Mr Scaramucci said he believed the president’s chances of re-election were “diminishing every day” – but admitted there was “still a chance there”.

He added: “I predict he won’t make it to that election; there’s such severe mental decline going on that the most likely outcome here, and I think the proudest outcome, would be to say ‘OK I did a great job, and I’m going to retire at the end of the term’.”

eddie wrote:No surprise there, he’s in his 70’s and being president is a hard job. He should just retire gracefully and do everyone a favour.

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:No surprise there, he’s in his 70’s and being president is a hard job. He should just retire gracefully and do everyone a favour.

Agreed, I think the only reason people that old run for president is because it would be pretty bad-ass to be president of the U.S. You only have to look at what 8 years in that job did to Obama and Bush to see the toll it takes:

Healthline wrote:If syphilis goes untreated, the affected person is at risk of developing neurosyphilis. This is an infection of the nervous system, specifically of the brain and the spinal cord. Neurosyphilis is a life-threatening disease.

Paresis can appear decades after you’re infected with syphilis, and it can cause lasting issues. However, it’s fairly rare today because of advances in the screening, treatment, and prevention of STIs.  [Still, Trump doesn't take direction very well.]

If it develops, general paresis may lead to several health problems, including:

paranoia
mood swings
emotional troubles
personality changes
weakened muscles
a loss of the ability to utilize language
It can also progress to dementia.

https://www.healthline.com/health/neurosyphilis

eddie wrote:He comes across as ineloquent.

Original Quill wrote:

eddie wrote:He comes across as ineloquent.

Yes, that's precisely what Professor McWhorter says.  

eddie wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Yes, that's precisely what Professor McWhorter says.  

I think he’s always been that way to be fair. When he was a boxing promoter he was exactly the same.

eddie wrote:Or he could just be actually fucking insane?

Ben Reilly wrote:But if you watch videos of him on Larry King from back in the 1980s, he came across as far more articulate than he seems now. I still can't tell if he's an expert at faking it, or if he really has declined to the point that he's no longer a competent speaker.

To be fair, I still can't tell if he's an idiot, or a power-mad master manipulator who poses as an idiot to get the idiot vote.

nicko wrote:A bit like Andy and yourself ?

Jules wrote:Plus he's had numerous crises as POTUS (mass shootings, hurricanes, foreign diplomacy rows) - must be very disorientating.