The disintegrating brain of Donald J. Trump

 

The disintegrating brain of Donald J. Trump

On the cusp of 80, I experience and recognize the ravages of age on the mind and body. They are both inevitable and inexorable.

That’s OK as the key is adjusting one’s lifestyle accordingly to fully enjoy the remainder of a long, hopefully well lived life. All too many are denied that opportunity.

Unfortunately, we watched in horror as President Biden did not do that during his presidency. He had already slowed down noticeably upon taking office. He promised to be a transitional president, saving America from his morally defective predecessor Trump; then turning over leadership to a younger, vibrant successor to run in 2024.

His declined noticeably in his last year. He lost touch with reality believing he needed another 4 years to “finish the job” that was long beyond him. Tragically both his Democratic Party and family went along with this charade till he self-destructed in the presidential debate. Pushed out with 3 months ago, his disastrous refusal to bow out early contributed to successor Harris’ stunning defeat.

Sadly, we’re now watching another horror show unfolding in the Oval Office. This one is measurably worse given Trump’s lifelong moral degeneracy in his business and personal life that he segued into his political life

Today Trump’s degraded 78 year old mind is shell of that 8 years ago when he spent every day as president seeking to separate millions of beleaguered souls from the medical insurance lifeline Obama gave them under the Affordable Care Act. He spent his last year trashing science, demonizing health experts and recommending possibly lethal cures for the COVID pandemic. Those actions likely resulted over 100,000 of the 470,000 COVID deaths during his term.

On Day One of Term Two he jettisoned his moral compass to immediately pardon 1,500 of his Capitol coup rioters now free to extract revenge on those, including family members, who turned them in to the justice system. When asked why he didn’t review the pardon cases individually to exclude the horribly violent, Trump simply said that “was too cumbersome.” Too cumbersome for a disintegrating brain indeed.

He’s issuing delusional threats on the world stage to grab foreign infrastructure, even entire territories from their sovereign owners.

He’s hinted at revenge against any and all responsible for his dozens of felony indictments for business fraud, election interference, government document theft, sexual misconduct, culminating in his attempt to overturn his massive electoral defeat in 2020.

Anyone who dares council Trump on his spread of fear and loathing of the ‘other’ becomes the target of vicious verbal attacks. The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar-Budde must now live in fear herself from retribution from Trump cultists after he attacked her verbally for daring to ask him for “mercy upon the people in our country who are now scared now.” Trump’s personal attacks upon anyone criticizing him are growing more vicious as his mind degrades.

Trump’s mental decline was evident throughout his 4 year project to avoid prison by getting reelected. His mental decline has accelerated in his first week back in power. All but the MAGA cultists are recoiling from a horror show that will not end well. Not for Trump and his family, not for America, not for the world.