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Donald Trump Is a Man in Decline (www.theindex.media)
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The president is confused, slurring, repeating himself, fixated on Obama, and openly unsure if he’s bound by the Constitution.

The diagnosis is on display.

The crisis is cognitive.

And nobody around him dares to say it out loud.

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[–] jonne 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Agreed, the US is a gerontocracy. The people in Congress are almost all past retirement age as well, and most of them aren't making decisions that will make the future better because they won't have to live with the consequences.