Cognitive Decline & President Trump

 I was just reading some news stories about Mr. Trump’s cognitive decline and I realized that it is far worse even than I had previously realized.  I understand that while Donald Trump has never been a good man and has done so much harm to other human beings, his cognitive decline is not something that he can control or be blamed for.  I completely understand this.  I am a couple decades younger than he is, and I am already aware of the reality that our brains and brain function do change as we age.  I already see and am aware of differences in myself.  I think as we age we start to have more issues in whatever mental or cognitive areas we had weaknesses to begin.  For me this is socially and being able to relate socially with others.  I have my moments when I suddenly draw a blank with things like remembering people’s names and other moments when my brain decides to switch off and I am unable to speak to say anything or answer a question.  This usually happens when I am overwhelmed by too many things to process at once and too much sensory input.  I struggle with being outwardly socially functional.  This has always been a weakness of mine and I now understand how growing older can exacerbate things that we already struggled with.  I honestly believe that there is no way that Mr. Trump is going to be able to maintain an ability to be cognitively functional in the capacity of serving as president for the next 3 1/2 years.  He is already at that point now.  And he is not the type of person who will be able to self reflect and admit such a thing to himself.  The question is what is going to be done about this?  How much will he be allowed to fall apart before it is so blatantly obvious to everyone that he cannot function as our nation’s president.  Many of us have known for many years that he is unfit to hold this office, but there will come a point when even all those who blindly wanted to believe in his claims and promises will have to see that he can no longer even make a show of making sense or being cognitively functional.  This part of what is happening to him is not under his control or something that he can be blamed for. 

I still like when people do Trump voices though.  He has many many years of his history of doing unto others plenty for which he deserves to be a source of amusement and humor for others.