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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,931 posts)
Tue May 5, 2026, 03:14 PM 17 hrs ago

Trump Is Fading and His Staff Knows It: Political Guru

President Donald Trump is unraveling further by the day, political expert David Rothkopf argues.

Appearing on The Daily Beast Podcast, Rothkopf said that the 79-year-old president’s waning mental faculties are no secret, and that some MAGA supporters are considering jumping off the Trump train altogether.

“You know, we’ve got lots of stories in the news about Iran and about the Supreme Court and about elections and stuff like that. And then there’s the James Comey thing,” Rothkopf told host Joanna Coles. “But the one thing about Trump that’s happening every day—and you’re putting your finger on it here—is he’s fading. He’s failing. He’s fading physically. He’s fading mentally. He can’t handle things.”

“He said in an interview, ‘I’d do Iran over again.’ I don’t think he even remembers what he did in the first place. He doesn’t know how to get out of what he’s doing in Iran,” the political analyst continued.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-fading-staff-knows-political-010500212.html

Many of us who've dealt with aging parents know it.

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Trump Is Fading and His Staff Knows It: Political Guru (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 17 hrs ago OP
He "faded" a long time ago. There is nothing left but malice. Scrivener7 17 hrs ago #1
80 percent of Republicans still support TSF. Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #2
He's slipping into "Hitler in the bunker" mode as we watch... Wounded Bear 16 hrs ago #3
If that is so, then I wonder if Dan 16 hrs ago #6
The slowest demise ever lame54 16 hrs ago #4
Memorial Day gas prices will give the little bastards the cover they need Torchlight 16 hrs ago #5
Saw it at over six bucks a gallon at a couple stations today. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 12 hrs ago #8
Cmon already just CROAK you fucking miserable FUCK Blue Owl 12 hrs ago #7
Not fast enough. He keeps causing people to suffer and die each day. Solly Mack 12 hrs ago #9

Wednesdays

(23,007 posts)
2. 80 percent of Republicans still support TSF.
Tue May 5, 2026, 03:38 PM
16 hrs ago

They're not going to dump him any time soon.

Where I'm at, all the Republican primary contenders are falling over themselves about how they're "Trump Republicans" in their ads.

Wounded Bear

(64,528 posts)
3. He's slipping into "Hitler in the bunker" mode as we watch...
Tue May 5, 2026, 03:39 PM
16 hrs ago

It's like a mashup of Madness of King George and Death of a Salesman.

Torchlight

(7,003 posts)
5. Memorial Day gas prices will give the little bastards the cover they need
Tue May 5, 2026, 03:47 PM
16 hrs ago

to finally deny their lord and find another golden calf to worship. The only thing the gOP values more than sanctimonious political piety is cash, and the pump prices have already begun illustrating that.

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