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From phantom ballrooms to ending wars, grocery store prices dropping, and calling himself a war hero, the President’s public unraveling is no longer strategic chaos; it’s symptomatic.

In a recent moment that felt like a fever dream, Donald Trump gestured toward the White House roof and claimed he was “building missiles” on the rooftop. The incident, flagged by Mary Trump as evidence of “psychological and cognitive collapse,” wasn’t just bizarre. It echoed patterns that psychologists associate with cognitive decline, including confabulation, narrative distortion, and invented detail.

The Genetic Ghost in the Ballroom

Fred Trump, Donald’s father, died of Alzheimer’s. Now, experts like Dr. John Gartner warn that Trump is “literally going to fall off the cognitive cliff.” Gartner, a psychologist who’s tracked Trump’s speech patterns for years, notes increasing signs of dementia-related decline: repetition, narrative derailment, and word substitution. These aren’t political gaffes. They’re neurological symptoms.

Dr. Harry Segal, a senior lecturer at Cornell, adds that Trump’s tendency to “add fictional elements to real events” is a classic marker of paraphasia, a language disorder often linked to cognitive deterioration. When Trump claimed Ukraine started the war with Russia and that grocery prices had dropped, it wasn’t just misinformation. It was memory distortion.

When the Script Becomes a Spiral

Trump’s recent speeches have featured loops of recycled phrases, invented facts, and surreal tangents. In one rally, he claimed he will “build missiles” on a roof while gesturing toward a nonexistent ballroom. In another, he insisted that grocery prices were down, even though inflation data showed the opposite. These aren’t strategic lies. They’re cognitive misfires.

Physical Signs and Stage Wandering

Beyond speech, Trump’s physical presentation has shifted. Swollen ankles, unstable gait, and aimless pacing have become visual motifs. Analysts link the edema to chronic venous insufficiency, but the behavioral overlay of wandering offstage, forgetting names, and repeating phrases suggests deeper neurological erosion. The body is echoing the mind.

The decline isn’t just audible; it’s visible, looping, and impossible to edit out.

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