"new economic data paint an equally alarming picture of national decline. And as the fallout grows, Trump and his allies are scrambling for scapegoats, spinning conspiracy theories, and doubling down on racist rhetoric in a way that endangers not just our democracy, but the safety and dignity of millions of Americans."

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #MentalAcuity #economy #CabinetMeeting
/12

"This morning offered yet another sobering snapshot of a country in crisis under Donald Trump. While world headlines focus on the Trump’s visibly deteriorating physical and mental condition, including Der Spiegel documenting Trump nodding off during a disastrous cabinet meeting," (continued in /12)

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #MentalAcuity #economy #CabinetMeeting
/11

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/wednesday-afternoon-news-updates-c0d

“In short, the Cabinet meeting is a lens through which the chaos and dysfunction of the Trump administration can be viewed. It is not a pretty sight. Indeed, never in our nation’s history has such supreme incompetence and monstrous depravity so thoroughly disgraced a meeting of the Cabinet officers of the United States.”

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #CabinetMeeting #MRI #MentalAcuity
/10

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/tuesdays-cabinet-meeting-equal-parts

"When he did rouse himself, he launched into meandering stories about cognitive tests he claims to have 'aced,' insisting they contain questions so difficult that '99% of the people from the fake news' would fail."

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #CabinetMeeting #MRI #MentalAcuity
/9

"Just hours after posting up to 400 deranged social media messages overnight, pushing conspiracies about Michelle Obama secretly running the Biden White House, he arrived late to his own cabinet meeting. As members spoke, he repeatedly drifted into sleep."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #CabinetMeeting #MRI #MentalAcuity
/8

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/dr-gupta-trumps-mri-excuse-raises

"Trump is barely alive, and almost unresponsive to this firehose of putrid adulation that used to inject him with life.

I’m really not sure whether to laugh or cry at this theater of the completely absurd I am witnessing, but I’m pretty sure indifference can’t be a viable option."

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #CabinetMeeting #MRI #MentalAcuity
/7

"While he fights sleep, his grotesque collection of anti-vaxxers, stone-cold bigots, crooks, and multi-millionaires and billionaires in his cabinet are showering him with praise for the stellar job he is doing heaping all his hate on the world, while stuffing his bottomless pockets with millions and millions in kickbacks and blood money."

~ D. Earl Stephens

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #CabinetMeeting #MRI #MentalAcuity
/6

https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/the-bulldozer

"Trump could not stay awake while his Cabinet members were praising him, and so we had the wild visual of Secretary of State Marco Rubio praising Trump as the only man who could end Russia’s war in Ukraine, gesturing at the president sitting next to him, who was, to all appearances, sound asleep.”

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #CabinetMeeting #MRI #MentalAcuity #MarcoRubio
/5

“Trump is slipping. After he drew attention by posting wildly on social media last night, today’s meeting was clearly designed to demonstrate that the president is alert, active, and on top of things. But this made-for-television photo opportunity was anything but a display of competence:"

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #MentalDecline #health #CabinetMeeting #MRI #MentalAcuity
/4

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2-2025