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Related: About this forumTrump's family surely must realize that he is senile. So, why are
they doing everything they can to see he gets elected?
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Trump's family surely must realize that he is senile. So, why are (Original Post)
patricia92243
Jul 2016
OP
Wouldn't be the first time an unelected family member was the defacto president because of senility.
Lord Magus
Jul 2016
#7
He might be physically fit - it's his mental condition that is the problem.
patricia92243
Jul 2016
#12
madaboutharry
(40,247 posts)1. Maybe for their own egos
and desire for power.
Peacetrain
(22,881 posts)2. ^^^^^^^^^^^
chillfactor
(7,590 posts)3. AMEN! n/t
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)4. Financial windfall for the family
Power, wealth, international contacts, etc.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)5. So they can rule from behind?
unblock
(52,503 posts)6. they think they can inherit the white house
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)7. Wouldn't be the first time an unelected family member was the defacto president because of senility.
They're thinking "if Nancy Reagan could do it why not us?"
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)8. Because the federal budget is $3.8 trillion?
jamese777
(546 posts)9. Last December
Trump's personal physician released a letter stating that Trump's health was "extraordinary" and that he would be "the healthiest person ever elected president."
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/14/459700154/doctor-trump-would-be-healthiest-individual-ever-elected-president
patricia92243
(12,607 posts)12. He might be physically fit - it's his mental condition that is the problem.
eShirl
(18,509 posts)10. because their grifter senses are tingling like mad over it