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ShazzieB

(22,417 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:59 PM 5 hrs ago

Why Ailing Trump's Erratic Ego Has World On Edge / The Daily Beast Podcast

My favorite psychologist, Dr. John Gartner, pays another visit to the Daily Beast to take a look at the current state of Trump's ongoing cognitive deterioration. Highly recommended viewing for anyone still entertaining the notion that Trump has not yet lost most of his marbles!

DESCRIPTION: Dr. John Gartner joins Joanna Coles for a bracing deep dive into what he argues are the accelerating signs of cognitive and behavioral decline in Donald Trump—from garbled words and meandering stories to grandiosity, paranoia, and the spectacle of falling asleep at his newly formed Board of Peace. As they dissect Trump’s escalator conspiracy tale, obsession with looks, fixation on naming landmarks after himself, and late-night social media tirades, the conversation widens to the real stakes: nuclear codes, Middle East brinkmanship, the midterms, and what Dr. Gartner calls the dangerous mix of narcissistic injury and unchecked power. With references to Greenland, Gaza, Iran, the Justice Department, and even the shadow of the Epstein files, Coles presses on whether any institutional guardrails still hold—or whether impulse now drives policy.



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Why Ailing Trump's Erratic Ego Has World On Edge / The Daily Beast Podcast (Original Post) ShazzieB 5 hrs ago OP
Like a drunken chimp holding a machine gun in a crowded room. sop 5 hrs ago #1
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe 4 hrs ago #2
He's having trouble keeping his excrement inside his rectum during White House meetings. MagaSmash 4 hrs ago #3

sop

(18,136 posts)
1. Like a drunken chimp holding a machine gun in a crowded room.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:22 PM
5 hrs ago

My apologies to chimpanzees.

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