Post #4721533 · Elektrine

2026-09-08 18:18 UTC

Trump’s latest 'manic' binge evidence of 'neurological decline': psychologist On Tuesday, a widely cited psychologist took to YouTube to raise the alarm regarding “more highly concerning behavior” from President Donald Trump. According to Dr. John Garrison, Trump’s recent actions suggest “steep neurological decline” and a dangerously “manic-like state.” Garrison began by playing a clip from a recent Fox News interview, in which Trump declared that the price of oil is “going to go down like a rocket.” According to Garrison, “There were two neurological issues in this very short clip, both of them verbal. One is that he’s having speech planning issues, saying ‘going down like a rocket.’ Obviously, that’s combining phrases. He’s having a hard time organizing his thoughts. And second is an involuntary vocalization.” Here Garrison replays the clip, noting an abrupt sound Trump makes, explaining, “The pathways that deal with language are disrupted. We are seeing serious issues with language with President Trump.” What’s more, Garrison asserts that such vocalizations are “relatively new.” In the interview, Trump begins talking about the midterm elections, saying, “I’m going to campaign like I did for myself and I’m going to hope that people think that I’m on. And if I’m not on, if they don’t go out and vote, if they go out and vote, we’re going to win easily.” As Garrison notes, “What he’s saying makes absolutely no sense. He cannot organize his thoughts. He gets confused and he believes what he’s saying is coherent. But it truly makes no sense.” According to Garrison, this struggle with verbal planning can be evidence of underlying “neurological issues.” Here Garrison points to Trump’s pupils, which have remained dilated throughout the interview. “Trump is in a very bright room for this interview,” says Garrison. “You can see the lights actually reflecting off of his eyes, and what should be happening is that his pupils should be constricting rather than dilating because when there’s too much light in a room, your pupils get smaller, not bigger.” According to Garrison, “Dilated pupils like this can be from a wide variety of reasons, but it’s not just something that happens,” and likely culprits include medication for something like incontinence, Parkinson’s disease, or seizures. …

Replies (10)

@FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2026-09-09 00:38

Isn’t there some kind of protocol for when the guy in charge is malfunctioning?

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@switcheroo@lemmy.world 2026-09-09 05:37

I do hope he’s miserable through all of this.

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@Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2026-09-09 05:51

Breaking news of his sharp decline have brrn filling the YouTube airwaves every week for the last 2 years, maga has been fracturing every other day, his allies have turned on him every 24 hours and his administration has beenon the verge of collapse every refresh of the algorithm.

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@aesthelete@lemmy.world 2026-09-09 05:55

He fell asleep in the hair chair which is why his hair is darker.

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@Leather@lemmy.world 2026-09-09 06:41

Person with ears and eyes finds Trump is a narcissist with dementia, ~33% of the population don’t give a fuck. Jesus could roll out of the clouds and disavow this pedo / rapist, and they’d call him a false prophet.

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@betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2026-09-08 18:23

There’s still room for him to decline?

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@antianarchist@sopuli.xyz 2026-09-09 08:45

Same shit, different day.

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@outerspace@lemmy.zip 2026-09-08 20:07

Just keep reminding myself that people voted for this guy, then for Biden and then for this guy again, there is really no escape

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@btsax@reddthat.com 2026-09-08 22:14

Been reading articles like this since 2015, pretty sure Trump is going to live to be 115 years old the way it’s going

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@mangobanana@discuss.online 2026-09-09 21:02

As much as I LOATHE him, he is nothing but a mouthpiece. There are numerous people/entities controlling him and the things that are getting done in the government. I don’t actually believe that he has any power to make anything happen. I think the people who are controlling him are making things happen. First of all he’s not that smart, and second of all he’s obviously in cognitive decline I wouldn’t be surprised if he even knows what day it is. And even after he is gone however that is the powers that are controlling him are going to control the next puppet of the Republican party. So even if he croaks tomorrow and the couch fucker is in there nothing’s going to change.

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