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There was the clip of Hillary slipping as she was going to get into a car.
originally posted by: Gemwolf
You mean like Obama's umbrella debacle, coffee cup salute, paper clip folly, "Muslim ring", etc? Or Hillary's coughing fit, surprise at a reporter in her face, etc? Or Bush's ... well that's going to be a long list... And so on?
I agree wholeheartedly. And I wouldn't have thought twice about it if getting into a car was the only senior moment we saw. But seeing that we're seeing the same confused behavior again and again... Should it be ignored with "Hahaha. Silly seniors!" or should the question actually be asked whether there is reason for concern?
Look I don't like the guy. Nor am I particularly fond of Hillary. Just posing the question.
I don't know about that. When he was prodded to turn around to go to the car he seemed surprised that the car was there. Almost like: "Oh, the car with the presidential flags on it". .....yikes.
originally posted by: 0racle
a reply to: Rosinitiate
I don't know about that. When he was prodded to turn around to go to the car he seemed surprised that the car was there. Almost like: "Oh, the car with the presidential flags on it". .....yikes.
Well, you see I saw that as him being like "Right, it's parked right there.. whose idea was that?!"
Trump has been a Billionaire for a very long time.. he doesn't make mistakes... other people make them FOR him...
Do you get it now?
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Gemwolf
It's not Alzheimers, dementia, or senility. It's apathy. I know because I do things like this all the time. I'll lose track of where someone is, where something is, walk on drive by my destination... and despite how it looks, it is due to an unfamiliar task or circumstance that I just don't consider important. I'm pre-occupied with things I do consider important.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
...he's thinking of something he considers more important: North Korea, the Healthcare problem, etc. ...
originally posted by: havok
The guy is 70 years old!
(and I'm not defending him but come on Gemwolf)
Give the man a damned break. Hell I am in my 30's and I've missed the mark a few times in my day. Everyone keeps harping on him for acting this way or tweeting that way. CNN mocks him daily, and each political "journalist" finding errs in everything the man says. How many 70 years olds do you personally know are running the USA?
Right? He is getting older.
Not a young buck anymore.
Get off my damn grass.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Gemwolf
It's not Alzheimers, dementia, or senility. It's apathy. I know because I do things like this all the time. I'll lose track of where someone is, where something is, walk on drive by my destination... and despite how it looks, it is due to an unfamiliar task or circumstance that I just don't consider important. I'm pre-occupied with things I do consider important.
As an example, the limo clip... he gets off the plane sort of on auro-pilot. He's not thinking about getting in a car, because he's thinking of something he considers more important: North Korea, the Healthcare problem, etc. So he gets off and starts ambling around... until someone reminds him and he switches to the mundane thought of "Oh, I need to get in the limo."
Politics and the news is built around pomp and circumstance. We expect an official to act a certain way, use certain words, smile at the appropriate time, etc. So far, that has gotten us to the point we find ourselves. I don't like where we are as a country. I voted for someone to fix problems, not to smile for the camera and perform for the media... and so far I am not disappointed.
I think health concerns are premature at this point... it's just a different kind of personality.
(Oh, and the first clip with the EO.... that's what it looks like when someone like Trump just decides he overestimated the intelligence of those he was trying to be nice to. He can sign an EO in a broom closet with a sky blue crayon and it still carries the same weight. Everything else is more pomp and circumstance.)
TheRedneck
We expect an official to act a certain way, use certain words, smile at the appropriate time, etc.
originally posted by: Gemwolf
a reply to: RomeByFire
And that's exactly the other point I tried to make in the OP...