β€œBiden is too old”, they said. So they elected this guy:

@randahl So now #PresidentKrasnov cannot hear very well, as well as not being able to read?

I really do not like this alternate timeline which IMHO was triggered by the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series in 2016.

@jimthewhyguy It's pretty much just dementia. He heard 'spend', and converted that to money, which he's familiar with. Then got lost in his own thoughts. He heard fine, I think. He's not PROCESSING well.
@wesdym Yeah, I've noted a lot of the same patterns with DJT that I saw with my Dad and MIL. Both who had dementia. At least they tended towards the humorous side rather than bitterness in their old age ...

@jimthewhyguy I've often regarded senility as being much like alcohol, a disinhibitor. It tends to bring out more of who or what you really are. People who are closet racists their whole lives become more overtly racist in their later years, because they're not restraining it as well. Like that.

As the layers of the onion peel off, I believe we're seeing more and more of the real Don, and it's not pretty. He's a bitter, hateful old man who's only ever understood conflict.

@wesdym Yes, totally agree. He's like a Roman emperor who wants to have his inner circle fight amongst themselves just for the spectacle.

And if he has his way, next year we'll have a special event to commemorate our Republic's utter degeneration:

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/04/nx-s1-5456844/trump-ufc-fight-white-house