Karnal wrote on Mar 26
th, 2024 at 7:58pm:
...He's already diagnosed with acute Altzheimer's. How's he possibly going to last for one term, never mind overturn the constitution and rule in perpetuity?
Trump’s forward-listing posture—illustrated by nearly every political
cartoonist—was initially attributed to the high-heeled elevator shoes
readily observed in photographs. But his torso leans so markedly off-
centre that it suggests the possibility of a neurological problem rather than
vanity. In medical terms, the Bent Spine Syndrome is called
camptocormia.
While
most frequently observed in Parkinson’s Disease, the bent posture
so evident in Trump may also be seen in
Alzheimer’s Dementia, movement
disorders of the basal ganglia, and as the side effect of certain medications.
Also noted are the sudden, jerking movements of Trump’s right arm.
Since they occur only on one side, the prefix “hemi” is applied, while
“ballistic” means sudden or flinging in the manner of a projectile. Trump’s
hemiballistic arm movements are evident in news clips from Memorial
Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as are his uncontrolled swaying
and forward tilt. He is seen to grab his wayward arm with the left one in an
effort to keep it under control.
It is common for affected individuals to incorporate the flinging into
deliberate movements such as scratching or smoothing the hair as if to
make them less noticeable. Recently, Trump appears as though he may
be trying to camouflage his jerking arm by grabbing Melania’s hand.
To a neurologist, his way of walking, posture, and jerky movements are
concerning and in want of an explanation. Lesions in the subthalamic
nucleus due to, say, a tiny lacunar stroke, produce the same jerky,
involuntary ballistic movements of an extremity on the opposite side. In
the absence of reliable data, these questions are left unresolved.
—Trump could well be a very sick man. Could the American public risk
putting this old man in the White House for another four years?
Particularly considering that he'd be 82 at the end of his presidency.
Older than Biden is now!
Listen, son, a pair of stacked heels is an essential accoutrement to any gent's wardrobe. You with me?
Look, the big fella's got a heel spur problem. You can't expect him to get about like any old chump.
Just dont ask him to take the ramp, mkay? He tried it once, but he thinks he got away with it.