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(145,812 posts)2naSalit
(86,900 posts)dalton99a
(81,681 posts)BSdetect
(8,999 posts)On what planet?
Wounded Bear
(58,767 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,015 posts)Confused old man in his dotage loses his way to his limo until a kind man shows him where it is.
hunter
(38,342 posts)Reagan managed to say a few words for the cameras, and that's what was on television, but he was a confused old man who didn't know where the hell he was or what he was doing there, being pushed around by his handlers.
I know it's U.S. tradition for the press to ignore a President's infirmities, the most famous example being FDR's wheelchair, but dementia isn't something that should be ignored.
The current situation is reminiscent of Woodrow Wilson's stroke in 1919.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Woodrow_Wilson#Incapacity,_1919%E2%80%931921
keithbvadu2
(37,015 posts)Mrs. Wilson might have been somewhat capable. Nancy relied on astrologers. Melania has her expertise as a paid escort.