#Trump's mockery of #Starmer and #Macron is an extraordinary sight. I have never ever seen any other head of state or govt mocking allies. It's very rare to see #mockery even of sworn enemies.
Trump has always been a bully. But even a year ago, there was some restraint in his public speech, some degree of diplomatic nicety.
Was yesterday's outburst anything other than part of Trump's cognitive decline? Or is it some sort of reasoned and calculated strategic shift in US diplomacy?
Indeed, @OneInterestingFact. That lack of diplomacy has been clear since the start of Trump's second term.
But I'm interested in what's going on with the new super-crassness. How much of it is planned in meetings? How much is just the orange oaf speaking without filter?
@HarriettMB My previous reading of Trump was that his speech was calculated; that he did have a user-controlled filter, just a much coarser filter than most people deployed. Art rather than stupidity.
But I am very struck by the comment elsewhere in this thread by @SuneAuken that this looks like Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). It's not my field, but it seems to fit well: https://frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f
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