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He has always told rambling, near-incoherent stories. He has always lied profusely.
What's new is how hes slurring his words, and how lethargic he is. It was especially noticable in his recent performance on the Lex Fridman show podcast.
The early signs of dementia are unavoidable at this point. It might only be a matter of time until Trump has his "We finally beat Medicare" moment.
No he hasn't. Here is a link to a Trump campaign speech from his 2000 run. Jump ahead to 6:45 or so in the video to where he starts and listen for just a few minutes. The difference between this speech and his current style of spewing sewer-pipe is starkly astonishing.
Holy shit I did not expect that. A lot of the same mannerisms are there in proto-form but he's actually talking like a human it's super weird to see
Like a human but still like a 3rd or maybe 5th grader. Castro was a "murder, killer, and bad guy." "NYC was in terrible terrible condition." I know they tell politicians to use speech that's not too high level but he undershoots it by at least a couple grade levels. He just comes off as dumb as fuck.
At least we saw Melania directly responding to something he said in the crowd before he started speaking. Guess she used to give him the time of day at some point.
Still talking about fucking crowd sizes, too. What a clown.