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bodhesatva said:
I'm not sure guys. I never *liked* Trump -- let's put that aside for the moment -- but he was definitely more articulate in the past than he is today. Just watch some of this Larry King interview from a few decades ago (you don't have to watch all of it). There's a pretty clear difference in speaking abilities when you compare Trump in that interview to Trump today.

Your two options are that Trump is playing some crazy long con to dumb himself down to appeal to the masses, or his cognitive abilities have declined. Given that he's 71 years old, I would argue that the latter is much more likely.

And again, for emphasis: this is *completely separate* from whether Trump is a good person or not. I don't think he is and I don't think he was. That hasn't changed. But he's definitely different than he used to be, and cognitive decline is the most likely explanation, given his age.

(Sorry for fancy medical speak)
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Well,it takes some medical talk to explain Trump. Plus,which is why he can Tweet more better than he talks. 140 Charactors or less is easy.
 
bodhesatva said:
I'm not sure guys. I never *liked* Trump -- let's put that aside for the moment -- but he was definitely more articulate in the past than he is today. Just watch some of this Larry King interview from a few decades ago (you don't have to watch all of it). There's a pretty clear difference in speaking abilities when you compare Trump in that interview to Trump today.

Your two options are that Trump is playing some crazy long con to dumb himself down to appeal to the masses, or his cognitive abilities have declined. Given that he's 71 years old, I would argue that the latter is much more likely.

And again, for emphasis: this is *completely separate* from whether Trump is a good person or not. I don't think he is and I don't think he was. That hasn't changed. But he's definitely different than he used to be, and cognitive decline is the most likely explanation, given his age.

(Sorry for fancy medical speak)
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andreboba said:
Agreed.
Asshole or not, when Trump was in his 40s and 50, even early to mid 60s, he was much sharper and quicker mentally. Considering his father suffered from Alzheimer's, you have to wonder if there's a reason why the Don doesn't seem like the same man upstairs today that he used to be.

What's most obvious about how stunted Trump has become is his reduced vocabulary. IMO he has a difficult time expressing himself in a coherent manner when he speaks or writes.
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There is a difference between sounding smart and actually being smart. Even decades ago the amount of work required in being President would have still been a lot more work than he'd actually want to do. This is a man who made his a lot of his money by selling his name to other people and making money off it. He has never, ever been a shrewd business mind and even if he had been President at 61 or even 51, we'd be seeing the same things happening.

Trump has been a joke in NYC circles for decades now; I can't recall the number of articles I've read over the past few years that look at him as being a gaudy loudmouth who's long on flash and short on substance. By comparison, people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet aren't just known for being rich, they're also known for being smart as well.

And as for Trump having been more articulate years ago, that may have been the case but even then an articulate carnival barker is still a carnival barker.
 
Since1980 said:
There is a difference between sounding smart and actually being smart. Even decades ago the amount of work required in being President would have still been a lot more work than he'd actually want to do. This is a man who made his a lot of his money by selling his name to other people and making money off it. He has never, ever been a shrewd business mind and even if he had been President at 61 or even 51, we'd be seeing the same things happening.

Trump has been a joke in NYC circles for decades now; I can't recall the number of articles I've read over the past few years that look at him as being a gaudy loudmouth who's long on flash and short on substance. By comparison, people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet aren't just known for being rich, they're also known for being smart as well.

And as for Trump having been more articulate years ago, that may have been the case but even then an articulate carnival barker is still a carnival barker.
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I agree with a lot of this! But I'm trying to make a distinction here that I think matters.

Trump was *never* a particularly nice guy. He's pretty much always been tacky, I agree with that. He's shown lots of sexist attitudes for decades. He has a long history of racist tendencies. We're definitely on the same page with all of that. I think he would have been a bad President then and he's a bad President now. But he wasn't always so incapable of articulating himself, so incapable of clear thoughts -- that *is* pretty new.

In 1985 Trump was a bad person with at least a normal-level intelligence (even though he was never as brilliant as he'd like to believe, of course). Now he's still a bad person, but with what seems to be below-average intelligence, incapable of articulating or grasping even moderately complex ideas and phrases. I'm suggesting I see some of the very basic signs of mental decline I was told to look out for in Nursing school, since a great deal of my profession is spent caring for the elderly. It wouldn't be surprising at all, given that he's 71.
 
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Any of y'all keeping up with this?:

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy ask, “RIP, Petrodollar?” China readies a yuan-priced oil benchmark backed by gold. Is this the final nail in the dollar’s coffin? In the second half, Max interviews Michael Pento of PentoPort.com to discuss the oil-gold-yuan futures contract, North Korea, hurricanes and coming market meltdowns.
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ColiBreh1 said:
Any of y'all keeping up with this?:

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Beware the source.
The entire Western world including Asia and Africa would have to support going off the U.S. dollar, which I doubt would ever happen since we're the most stable and reliable economy in the entire world.

Without us, there is no Chinese economy. Where else would they sell all their garbage shit cheap goods????
 
bodhesatva said:
I agree with a lot of this! But I'm trying to make a distinction here that I think matters.

Trump was *never* a particularly nice guy. He's pretty much always been tacky, I agree with that. He's shown lots of sexist attitudes for decades. He has a long history of racist tendencies. We're definitely on the same page with all of that. I think he would have been a bad President then and he's a bad President now. But he wasn't always so incapable of articulating himself, so incapable of clear thoughts -- that *is* pretty new.

In 1985 Trump was a bad person with at least a normal-level intelligence (even though he was never as brilliant as he'd like to believe, of course). Now he's still a bad person, but with what seems to be below-average intelligence, incapable of articulating or grasping even moderately complex ideas and phrases. I'm suggesting I see some of the very basic signs of mental decline I was told to look out for in Nursing school, since a great deal of my profession is spent caring for the elderly. It wouldn't be surprising at all, given that he's 71.
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You are right that he did at least sound a lot smarter back then, whether he actually was or not. And since you went to nursing school, I defer to your expertise in that area lol.
 
andreboba said:
Beware the source.
The entire Western world including Asia and Africa would have to support going off the U.S. dollar, which I doubt would ever happen since we're the most stable and reliable economy in the entire world.

Without us, there is no Chinese economy. Where else would they sell all their garbage shit cheap goods????
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Yes plus,a few people rely on the the Yuan or the Euro as hard currency and the Swiss Franc has lost its strengh.
 
Now our idiot POTUS refuses to call the Kim Jong Un by his given name, and instead refers to him as ROCKETMAN in a speech before the general assembly at the United Nations.smh
 
Beasty said:
So Kim called 45 a dotard.......lol
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What scares me the most is that Trump seems like he's trying to provoke Kim Jong Un to launch an attack, either nuclear or conventional, so that Trump has an excuse to drop bombs on North Korea.

You can't talk to shit to a man who's deranged, unless you're prepared to deal with the consequences.

Trump simply doesn't give a shit.

If 50 million Koreans die in the process, oh well.
 
Beasty said:
Its 2017. How long are you going to hold your breath. We even had a black president. Nothing will happen unless we create a serious sustainable long lasting boycott, until then, live with it.
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I think we can reduce it but it takes the citizen's involvement in each police department to change policies. I mean the police chief did change in Ferguson. They kicked out a few of the corrupt officials.
 
archangel said:
I think we can reduce it but it takes the citizen's involvement in each police department to change policies. I mean the police chief did change in Ferguson. They kicked out a few of the corrupt officials.
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That was for show business as usual.
Remember law enforcement is about revenue collection they aren't here to help a soul. Firefighters are around to protect property not life. That's shit they feed to the masses so everyone is ok paying so much in taxes.
Cops in my area make 70k to start that's no education no experience you think that's to help people or to make sure they are constantly feeding the courts and prison system?
They won't even give people sufficient healthcare
 
The Dark King said:
That was for show business as usual.
Remember law enforcement is about revenue collection they aren't here to help a soul. Firefighters are around to protect property not life. That's shit they feed to the masses so everyone is ok paying so much in taxes.
Cops in my area make 70k to start that's no education no experience you think that's to help people or to make sure they are constantly feeding the courts and prison system?
They won't even give people sufficient healthcare
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I don't disagree that some LEO are revenue collection agencies but that is because the citizens allow them to be. You have to replace the chief, mayor, or council.
 
archangel said:
I don't disagree that some LEO are revenue collection agencies but that is because the citizens allow them to be. You have to replace the chief, mayor, or council.
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These sheep won't vote out people who are actively trying to kill them via stripping away healthcare
 
The Dark King said:
These sheep won't vote out people who are actively trying to kill them via stripping away healthcare
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You know you picked an issue that has yet to be stripped away. The current attempt to do so has already three republicans going against it in a situation that needed only 2 republicans to end it.
 
Steve Bannon, the far right news executive who recently stepped down as a senior White House advisor, is set to appear at a Black entrepreneurs summit.

Raynard Jackson, Founder and Chair, Black Americans for a Better Future joined Roland Martin on #NewsOneNow to discuss Bannon's upcoming speaking engagement.
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