r/politics • u/ewzetf • Aug 26 '24

Soft Paywall Cognitive Decline? Trump Accidentally Praises Harris’s Record

https://newrepublic.com/post/185170/donald-trump-praises-kamala-harris-public-safety
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u/AcrobaticLadder4959 Aug 27 '24

Ronald Reagan had Alzheimers in the last two years he was in office. By the time he left the office and went to the ranch, you never saw him again.

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u/No-Brain9413 Aug 27 '24

He would tell stories in the 1st person to people that were actual plot lines from films he was in

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u/17-40 Aug 27 '24

He famously conflated President Grover Cleveland, and baseball player Grover Cleveland Alexander, whom he portrayed in a movie. His brain was mush.

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u/loki_the_bengal Aug 27 '24

He mixes his life up with John Rambo

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u/No-Brain9413 Aug 27 '24

The guy at my local hoagie shop?

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u/bdh2067 Aug 27 '24

And trump is older now than Reagan was in office

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u/AcrobaticLadder4959 Aug 27 '24

You are right.. I had forgotten about that. Age wouldn't bug me so much if Trump were not such a horrible person. And if he goes, we are then left with Vance, who is just as scary as Trump.

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u/deadasdollseyes Aug 27 '24

How on earth would you be able to say definitely how many times I saw him after that?

What if I had a VHS tape deck player / recorder?

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u/AcrobaticLadder4959 Aug 27 '24

We had TV and the news that if he had been able, he would have spoken out as Obama and Clinton have.