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PCIntern

(28,715 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 08:18 AM 11 hrs ago

What we witnessed yesterday on MTP

was a typical outburst from an individual who has frontotemporal dementia. The triggering of the physiological aspects: the reddening of the face, the snarling rictus of the mouth wherein you see what looks almost like a smile or grin but is negative reaction in extremis, the postural change, all point to sudden expression of repressed rage. The pressure of speech: the incessant speaking of the pent-up phraseology which under any normal circumstances would not be uttered, associated with the malignant narcissism was uninterruptible by the questioner.

It is not unimportant that the eruption occurred during “interrogation” by none other than a black female, whose members of that group are almost invariably described by the subject as “Low-I.Q.” .

This was clinically a significant outburst, the subject matter aside. I believe that Ms Welker, like her or not professionally, was so taken aback at this almost feral-sounding and appearing man, that she reverted briefly into an almost childish mindset, for which I do not blame her one iota. In the vernacular, “it turned into a fucking nightmare”.

As far as I am concerned, I would put this degree of pathology in the same category as the Pennsylvania official who blew the back of his head off on camera in the late 1980’s. Rarely do you see true, not simulated, full-blown pathology of this severity unless you are watching clinical films or video made for academic purposes.

In this matter I unfortunately speak from competence and experience. I have had this happen to me on several occasions and can relate the details of each as though they occurred yesterday. Again, in the vernacular: this is some sick shit, man.

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What we witnessed yesterday on MTP (Original Post) PCIntern 11 hrs ago OP
Possibly, but I saw this IRL in the mid 1990's JCMach1 11 hrs ago #1
I like your emoji use PCIntern 10 hrs ago #2
He's been sick forever, but he used to do a better job of hiding it. ShazzieB 9 hrs ago #16
What I saw was a mass of tremendous, growing rage, Zackzzzz 8 hrs ago #39
I saw the hand only as steadying himself when he got up. txwhitedove 8 hrs ago #41
So did I. ShazzieB 4 hrs ago #71
He was falling. MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #60
It wasn't "buddy like".. he used KW as Cha 53 min ago #83
He was very close to physically assaulting her. She clearly couldn't believe what was happening. flashman13 7 hrs ago #43
The day will come when he physically assaults a female journalist Freddie 7 hrs ago #46
Just a thought but RVN VET71 5 hrs ago #68
Best case scenario? Soul_of_Wit 2 hrs ago #76
Are you kidding?? AZ8theist 4 hrs ago #70
Yes BaronChocula 5 hrs ago #65
Whatever it is, it is clear that he is unable to carry out the duties of his office. hadEnuf 9 hrs ago #25
Everything is a mess and service members DIED because of him Justice matters. 6 hrs ago #63
This is what I saw... surfered 10 hrs ago #3
Well, the mouth is wide open, so it must be trump. calimary 6 hrs ago #59
I remember R Budd Dwyer quite well Freddie 10 hrs ago #4
Hey Man Nice Shot Is A Retelling Of Bud's Sad, Sad Story... MayReasonRule 6 hrs ago #56
You are almost not going to believe this... PCIntern 2 hrs ago #81
Or just like a little brat Bmoboy 10 hrs ago #5
That's a different reaction PCIntern 10 hrs ago #6
I've seen that before in real life radical noodle 10 hrs ago #7
Yes. He has been physically violent in the past. .remember ivana's niyad 9 hrs ago #13
And her staircase. rubbersole 9 hrs ago #23
I remember Donald being found responsible for rape Soul_of_Wit 2 hrs ago #77
Yes. niyad 2 hrs ago #78
I was thinking the same thing WiVoter 9 hrs ago #19
my first thought on that is the network would have edited it out and not shown it nt orleans 9 hrs ago #24
And the M$M, starting with Fox News Wednesdays 8 hrs ago #29
Plenty of his supporters are already saying that. cab67 7 hrs ago #52
One way or another radical noodle 8 hrs ago #31
The trump cult would just say radical noodle 8 hrs ago #30
I saw a video of a doctor who noted 12 instances of a very mentally ill person... kentuck 10 hrs ago #8
That will never happen with that toadying quack. niyad 9 hrs ago #14
Hmm, no doctor on a million dollar retainer would post that 31j20b3 5 hrs ago #66
Welcome to our DU family. niyad 2 hrs ago #79
I'd love to watch that! ShazzieB 4 hrs ago #69
Post removed Post removed 10 hrs ago #9
frontotemporal dementia claimed the life of my brother KS Toronado 10 hrs ago #10
FTD is in my family also ... I just lost my closest sister last fall FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #18
FTD is more an umbrella diagnosis, and the types present differently as well for each person. My MiL... ms liberty 8 hrs ago #33
Again, this is all true, but it's not what Chump is displaying FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #35
Yes exactly PCIntern 8 hrs ago #37
Or he's a 79 year old manbaby having a tantru. Ray Bruns 9 hrs ago #11
Please do not discount the pathology: PCIntern 9 hrs ago #15
The situation is far more malignant and dangerous than simple tantrums. niyad 9 hrs ago #17
To put it in the vernacular of mental health experts multigraincracker 9 hrs ago #12
... johnnyfins 6 hrs ago #53
I'm no expert, but I have doubts that what we witnessed was dementia Martin Eden 9 hrs ago #20
Well, people who are experts would disagree with you. PCIntern 9 hrs ago #27
I suppose dementia can present itself in different ways Martin Eden 7 hrs ago #47
There is no question concerning the narcissistic pathology in extremis PCIntern 7 hrs ago #49
"Monsters from the Id" MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #62
To allow this to go on says just how sick much of our population is in Stargazer99 9 hrs ago #21
How sick the Republican Party is Freddie 8 hrs ago #28
Yep agreed! ... OldBoss 9 hrs ago #22
Some Shakespeare bmichaelh 9 hrs ago #26
Did I miss the day-after breast thumps on Truth Social? peggysue2 8 hrs ago #32
I'm kind of surprised Quanto Magnus 3 hrs ago #74
Treatment planning following diagnosis. Frasier Balzov 8 hrs ago #34
He forgot about Dre. Kid Berwyn 8 hrs ago #36
His staff is working on him. He'll be fine in 2 Weeks. chouchou 8 hrs ago #38
RFK jr or Dr Oz or Susie Wiles?? vapor2 7 hrs ago #51
Probably all three. Trump will insist of giving the Noble prizes..or a Pizza... chouchou 6 hrs ago #55
I thought Kristen Welker was extremely professional and agressive in her "discussion" with Trump. Fla Dem 8 hrs ago #40
Yep she called him out IbogaProject 7 hrs ago #42
I thought the reporter did good job interviewing him MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #44
Very traumatic for me... Moostache 7 hrs ago #45
Thank you for sharing a very difficult memory. PCIntern 7 hrs ago #48
Why did he agree to the interview in the first place? BigmanPigman 7 hrs ago #50
Possibly; with -his- narcissism. electric_blue68 1 hr ago #82
Message auto-removed Name removed 6 hrs ago #54
He looked dangerous Nasruddin 6 hrs ago #57
Recognizing Early Signs of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia andym 6 hrs ago #58
"You're CROOKED. (Everyone) is CROOKED (except MEEEE)... Justice matters. 6 hrs ago #61
Well, I learned something here: Kristen Welker is a black female. rurallib 5 hrs ago #64
I found it odd that there was nothing to get angry about. Sparkly 5 hrs ago #67
The question is not his illness PATRICK 4 hrs ago #72
Maybe he'll just fucking die in horrific agony Orrex 4 hrs ago #73
MaddowBlog-On election claims, Trump triggered by 'evidence' callout on 'Meet the Press' interview LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #75
MAGA believes reality is "felt in the gut" Soul_of_Wit 2 hrs ago #80
I witnessed.... SergeStorms 46 min ago #84

PCIntern

(28,715 posts)
2. I like your emoji use
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 08:30 AM
10 hrs ago

He’s been sick a long time. A lifetime. It’s a reverse Hannibal Lecter: evil and perverse but in 🍊 case malignantly ignorant as well

ShazzieB

(22,995 posts)
16. He's been sick forever, but he used to do a better job of hiding it.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 09:43 AM
9 hrs ago

The frontotemporal dementia is removing his inhibitions, so that he can't maintain the mask of sanity as well as he used to.

He must still have a little bit of self control, though. As enraged as he was, he managed not to physically assault her. One of these days he won't be able to stop himself from doing that, and he'll have to be physically restrained from hitting someone. I dont want anyone to get hurt (except maybe him), but I hope it happens when there are cameras on him, so that the whole world can witness the madness of King Donald.

Zackzzzz

(404 posts)
39. What I saw was a mass of tremendous, growing rage,
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:07 AM
8 hrs ago

the fierceness of his anger,
and his body was on the edge of the chair.
His feet looked like they were ready to spring;
like he could go after her at any moment..

And then he put his hand, buddy like, on her shoulder as he left?

I was frightened for her.
I don't know if she understood what she had just been through.

ShazzieB

(22,995 posts)
71. So did I.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 03:03 PM
4 hrs ago

When he stood up, he started to lose his balance and needed something to grab onto. Her shoulder was the only thing within reach.

If she had backed away from him before he could touch her, I think he would have gone down like a sack of potatoes. Unfortunately, it happened so fast I don't think she had time to react.

flashman13

(2,602 posts)
43. He was very close to physically assaulting her. She clearly couldn't believe what was happening.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:36 AM
7 hrs ago

Freddie

(10,167 posts)
46. The day will come when he physically assaults a female journalist
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:49 AM
7 hrs ago

Will THAT be enough to get the Repugs to consider the 25th Amendment? Probably not.

RVN VET71

(3,229 posts)
68. Just a thought but
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:11 PM
5 hrs ago

What if he does and she hits back? A punch in his face, perhaps? A grabbing at his "wounded ear"? What in the high holy hell would happen then?

AZ8theist

(7,714 posts)
70. Are you kidding??
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:59 PM
4 hrs ago

The MAGATS would be CHEERING WILDLY that their he-man punched that "uppity" female!!

BaronChocula

(4,884 posts)
65. Yes
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:34 PM
5 hrs ago

And he was able to hide it because no one in the public eye ever held him to account. Everyone fell for his BS. But Mary Trump can attest to his lifelong malignant brain, as did Ivana Trump in her famous deposition. We've only seen it more recently because he's put himself in the position to be more seriously challenged.

hadEnuf

(3,674 posts)
25. Whatever it is, it is clear that he is unable to carry out the duties of his office.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:29 AM
9 hrs ago

He's unstable and should be removed now, along with the Republican majority in the house and senate at election time for allowing this sick, demented individual to remain in charge.

Justice matters.

(10,158 posts)
63. Everything is a mess and service members DIED because of him
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:28 PM
6 hrs ago

wanting to distract from his thousands of mentions in the epstein files!

Freddie

(10,167 posts)
4. I remember R Budd Dwyer quite well
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 08:37 AM
10 hrs ago

Unfortunately the pedophile-in-chief is far too egotistical to do something beneficial like that.

PCIntern

(28,715 posts)
81. You are almost not going to believe this...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 05:08 PM
2 hrs ago

But I literally returned from my honeymoon in Maui,, turned on the TV, which had already been tuned to channel 6 in Philadelphia, and 15 seconds later, he blew his brains out. I said to my bride, “Well, we’re back.”

Bmoboy

(675 posts)
5. Or just like a little brat
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 08:37 AM
10 hrs ago

Caught with his hand in the cookie jar, snapping out at the evil person who had the nerve to catch him.

Like a trapped rat.

PCIntern

(28,715 posts)
6. That's a different reaction
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 08:45 AM
10 hrs ago

That’s a normal reaction to exposure. This was extreme.

orleans

(37,307 posts)
24. my first thought on that is the network would have edited it out and not shown it nt
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:16 AM
9 hrs ago

Wednesdays

(23,306 posts)
29. And the M$M, starting with Fox News
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:35 AM
8 hrs ago

...would be echoing the same sentiment, "She was asking for it and deserved it."

cab67

(3,869 posts)
52. Plenty of his supporters are already saying that.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:29 PM
7 hrs ago

Have a look at comments on Facebook or Youtube on the exchange. "She was a smug, arrogant b***c who got what she deserved."

kentuck

(115,802 posts)
8. I saw a video of a doctor who noted 12 instances of a very mentally ill person...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 09:10 AM
10 hrs ago

He said there was malevolent narcissistic personality and picked out the instances in the interview that proved his statement. Officially, he said it needed to come from his doctor.

31j20b3

(1 post)
66. Hmm, no doctor on a million dollar retainer would post that
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:52 PM
5 hrs ago

trump's doc are entirely boughten.

No trust there

ShazzieB

(22,995 posts)
69. I'd love to watch that!
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:30 PM
5 hrs ago

Do you remember any furthsr details about it that I could use as cluea to track it down?

I've tried searching on YouYube, but there are so many videos of doctors talking about his mental and physical condition these days that it's a lot to wade through.

Response to PCIntern (Original post)

KS Toronado

(23,995 posts)
10. frontotemporal dementia claimed the life of my brother
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 09:24 AM
10 hrs ago

he never got loud or violent just quiet and confused searching for words.

FakeNoose

(42,737 posts)
18. FTD is in my family also ... I just lost my closest sister last fall
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 09:44 AM
9 hrs ago

My sister suffered from FTD for the last 30 years of her life. Of course in the end she had no language ability at all. But when it first started to affect her, back in the late 1990s she had a lot of frustration. She wanted to say something, or understand what was being said to her, and she couldn't or it was very difficult. Conversations went past her and she could only pick out certain words that she still could recognize. Eventually even that became too much for her.

I believe the dementia that PCIntern is discussing (concerning Chump) is not the same type as front-temporal-dementia. Chump is losing control of his emotions, as we saw on TV yesterday, but he hasn't lost his ability to speak and process what's being said to him.

ms liberty

(11,420 posts)
33. FTD is more an umbrella diagnosis, and the types present differently as well for each person. My MiL...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:45 AM
8 hrs ago

Who was a common sense, practical, educated caring retired teacher turned into an unstable paranoid with delusions that we were trying to kill her. In less than 6 months. Not a happy time.

Lewes Body Dementia is one of the types included under the FTD umbrella, if my memory is correct. That's not what my MiL had as far as we know, but I remember it being on the list because of Robin Williams.

FakeNoose

(42,737 posts)
35. Again, this is all true, but it's not what Chump is displaying
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:59 AM
8 hrs ago

He only listens to toadies, and toadies know when they need to keep quiet. Kristen Welker didn't do that, she needled him with questions and she talked over him, challenging his lies.

To Chump, anything that pops into his head MUST BE the truth, since he's unable to distinguish between the REAL truth and his inevitable lies. Therefore anyone who challenges HIM must be lying. This is pathological behavior, but it's not dementia.

PCIntern

(28,715 posts)
37. Yes exactly
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:01 AM
8 hrs ago

And I do not believe that I’m mistaken with all due respects to the poster whom you were answering.

PCIntern

(28,715 posts)
15. Please do not discount the pathology:
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 09:43 AM
9 hrs ago

People have done that with him for decades and lost their shirts. He cannot be reasoned with, since he believes that falsities are true. Sane individuals, even grotesquely malevolent ones know right from wrong.

Martin Eden

(15,955 posts)
20. I'm no expert, but I have doubts that what we witnessed was dementia
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 09:51 AM
9 hrs ago

Here's the way I see it:

He projects himself as the greatest man in the world today and perhaps the history of the United States, on par with George Washington. His "landslide" victory in 2024 totally vindicates his claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. How DARE any lowly reporter ask him questions which challenge or contradict his assertions! The ONLY explanation is she must be crooked or stupid.

How much he believes his own lies is an open question. Unless he is totally delusional, he has to know (despite surrounding himself with yes men) Iran has not begged for mercy, the Strait is still closed, inflation belies his promises, and his poll numbers are abysmal. Multiple sources in his first administration told him he lost the 2020 election, it was not "rigged."

I suspect that deep down he knows these things, and has fear. He is afraid of losing the midterms, being investigated and impeached. Afraid of dying, so he desperately erects monuments to himself. Donald Trump is a sick man mentally, and physically more than is being revealed. The mental pathologies he has always displayed are getting worse.

Martin Eden

(15,955 posts)
47. I suppose dementia can present itself in different ways
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:53 AM
7 hrs ago

My aunt 's dementia progressed steadily. Early on, she would abruptly lose her train of thought, forget where she was or why. She would repeat herself within a few minutes, not remembering what she had just said. Eventually, she could not recognized her daughters in whose house she lived.

In what I saw of the Welker interview, Trump was thoroughly, emphatically on point. He was visibly angry, likely due to a number of factors. First is his privileged status and antipathy towards anyone who has the gall to confront him -- especially women of color. But deep down, if only subconsciously, he knows things aren't going well for him. Fear is growing, so he compensates with monuments and depicting himself as savior or superhero in hundreds of Truth Social posts.

He's always felt the need to dominate, to win. Self promotion has always been central to his game. He lies about everything, and won't admit anything. Never play defense, always attack.

Those traits have been evident since he entered politics. Now, nearing 80 years old with evidence of his failures growing harder to ignore, he is more easily emotionally triggered.

That's what I'm seeing, which possibly doesn't preclude dementia. At his rallies he likes to "weave" and perseverate in odd tangents, but that's been going on for years. He's an old man who stays up at night posting on social media, which may account for why he nods off in meetings. Recently said "Ukraine" when he meant Iran, but I haven't seen him really lose his train of thought while he's onto something.

Maybe I just don't watch him enough, which is hard to stomach. His malignant narcissism is definitely getting worse, and I will admit I don't have the professional background to disgnose whether dementia has been added to the mix which includes pathological liar.

PCIntern

(28,715 posts)
49. There is no question concerning the narcissistic pathology in extremis
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:02 PM
7 hrs ago

But what you’re seeing is a loss of inhibition and the manifestation of unbridled id.

OldBoss

(92 posts)
22. Yep agreed! ...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:11 AM
9 hrs ago

My 81yo mom is the same way especially with sundowners and later in the day. She’s a sweet and compassionate person but when she gets sideways there’s absolutely no reasoning with her, even over the simplest of things, you just gotta disengage and walk away, there is zero benefit to debating her regardless of the topic. She always feels like she’s being attacked and gets defensive and nasty.

On the potus front, I legit don’t understand how he’s still above ground. He’s obviously very unhealthy, eats poorly, doesn’t sleep - all recipes for disaster.

'The Biden cognitive cover-up’ was the crime of the century for MAGA but here they are enabling much worse. Words fail.

bmichaelh

(1,289 posts)
26. Some Shakespeare
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:29 AM
9 hrs ago

BEATRICE
a very dull fool;
only his gift is in devising impossible slanders. None but
libertines delight in him, and the commendation is not
in his wit, but in his villainy.
--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing 2.1.125-128

PROSPERO
Thou liest, malignant thing!
--Shakespeare, The Tempest 1.2.257

MARCUS
He takes false shadows for true substances.
--Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus 3.2.81

peggysue2

(12,630 posts)
32. Did I miss the day-after breast thumps on Truth Social?
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:40 AM
8 hrs ago

Too frequently, Trump will rewrite the narrative where he was forceful and right and gave the 'fake' journalist (in this case, Kristen Welker) a well-deserved beat down. He loved doing this to Jim Acosta who had the audacity to rely on facts and would push back on obvious lies.

Haven't heard that Trump has extended his aggression towards Welker. Instead, he reportedly blamed his anger on the . . . rain.

The fake news is now in control of the weather. Who knew?

When I saw clips of that interview I thought Trump was gearing up for an on-camera stroke. His face was scarlet and that expression wasn't normal anger; it was uncontrollable rage.

This is clearly a mentally deranged man who for several minutes revealed his psychosis to the entire world.

He must know how bad it was. Otherwise we'd be listening to him rewrite the script, yowling on and on about what a crap, light-weight reporter Welkin is.

Rain made him do it??

Lame and lamer.





Quanto Magnus

(1,393 posts)
74. I'm kind of surprised
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:08 PM
3 hrs ago

he didn't post some AI edit of him getting up and slugging her instead of balancing himself on her shoulder.

Frasier Balzov

(5,139 posts)
34. Treatment planning following diagnosis.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:52 AM
8 hrs ago

As always, individualized and patient centric.

This patient?

Euthanasia.

Kid Berwyn

(25,283 posts)
36. He forgot about Dre.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:00 AM
8 hrs ago

The pathologists will have a career case, should he donate his “brain” to science. The study would reveal signs of everything from KGB programming and CIA directed energy weaponry to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and whatever pubic hair Epstein was putting on his Diet Coke. Hope they wear the best splash suits in the inventory and two sets of gloves.

Fla Dem

(27,822 posts)
40. I thought Kristen Welker was extremely professional and agressive in her "discussion" with Trump.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:23 AM
8 hrs ago

I do appreciate your medical analysis of Trump's demented behavior, of which we have seen plenty of in the past few years.

However I thought Ms Welker solidly held her ground and totally intimidated Trump.
Although he did try talking over her. As his face got redder Ms Welker continued to be very very direct with her questioning. I did not see anything indicating she was "taken aback". She overwhelmed him and his only option was to give up, criticize her, call her names, and runaway because she was eating him alive.

My impressions are not backed up by any type of medical / psychology degree.

IbogaProject

(6,118 posts)
42. Yep she called him out
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:33 AM
7 hrs ago

She asked for any kind of evidence shich he obviously doesn't have. He is trapped with a circle of yes people and an entire media aparatus that feeds him just enough to feel confident in his anger.

MustLoveBeagles

(17,882 posts)
44. I thought the reporter did good job interviewing him
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:46 AM
7 hrs ago

She really pushed back on him. Then she said something I considered whiny that I felt undermined what happened before. I based this on reading the transcript. I didn't want to watch it but maybe I should anyway. It sounds like it got dangerously close to assault.

Moostache

(11,319 posts)
45. Very traumatic for me...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:47 AM
7 hrs ago

A few years back, when my dad's dementia began to accelerate and become more debilitating, we had to take away his car keys and stop him from driving any longer. He had become dangerous to himself and others and simply could not be allowed to drive but it fell to me to take the keys away and tell him he would not be getting them back.

That was the angriest I ever saw my dad at me since I was arrested as a 11-year old for criminal mischief for breaking out the windows of an empty house down the street. I got bullied into it by the neighborhood goon/bully but went along with it and had to pay the price (fined, no record, probation for 12 months unsupervised...but took a few swats from the fraternity pledge paddle for my troubles). When I took the keys and told him he would not be getting them back he exploded. Red faced, shaking, just awful memory. It took more than a week for him to talk to me again after that. We never spoke of it again - it was my dad's way of apologizing, accepting the verdict and not fighting or ever raising it again after that, but I remember it all too vividly.

Under almost all conditions, I do not wish the ravages of dementia on any family, but in the case of Trump and Uday and Qusay and the rest of that fucking criminal cabal (lining their pockets with ill-gotten graft around the planet) I hope that they face it in spades and I hope behind closed doors his erratic behavior and hygiene deficiencies are overwhelming and leave permanent bad memories for them all.

BigmanPigman

(55,684 posts)
50. Why did he agree to the interview in the first place?
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:03 PM
7 hrs ago

He knew what was coming and he knew the reporter. He should have expected being questioned about the bad shit he has been doing. Did he think he could control the narrative and outwit her? Piggy is having another meltdown, so sad. I hope he does more of these interviews. It helps to push him over the ledge sooner than later.

Response to PCIntern (Original post)

Nasruddin

(1,305 posts)
57. He looked dangerous
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:55 PM
6 hrs ago

People should have their own security in his presence. For everyone's safety.

He's physically too infirm to do much but unlike her I would NOT have let him reach out and touch me - you just don't know what somebody in that state is going to try. He needs to have his own team take care of his issues.

andym

(6,072 posts)
58. Recognizing Early Signs of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:11 PM
6 hrs ago
https://www.dementiasociety.org/post/signs-of-behavioral-variant-frontotemporal-dementia
from the Dementia Society of America

Early Signs of BvFTD

The early signs of bvFTD can be subtle and may be mistaken for other conditions, such as depression or anxiety. However, it is important to be aware of the early signs of bvFTD so that you can seek diagnosis and treatment as early as possible.

Some of the early signs of bvFTD can include:


Changes In Personality: People with bvFTD may become more impulsive, socially inappropriate, or apathetic. They may also neglect their personal hygiene or have changes in food preferences.

Emotional Symptoms: People with bvFTD may experience apathy, depression, or mood swings. They may also have difficulty expressing or understanding emotions.

Cognitive Impairments: People with bvFTD may have difficulty planning and organizing tasks, focusing on tasks, or making decisions. They may also have difficulty with executive function, which is the ability to plan, organize, and execute tasks.

Language Difficulties: People with bvFTD may have difficulty understanding or producing speech. They may also have difficulty with word finding or grammar.
-----------
The only one of these that Trump showed yesterday is "more impulsive", and he has always been highly impulsive, judging by his spur of the moment decisions. He did not show language difficulties, cognitive impairments or difficulty expressing or understanding emotions. He only showed intolerance for being contradicted.

Justice matters.

(10,158 posts)
61. "You're CROOKED. (Everyone) is CROOKED (except MEEEE)...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:23 PM
6 hrs ago

Also called PSYCHOLOGICAL PROJECTION (conscious or not).

rurallib

(64,886 posts)
64. Well, I learned something here: Kristen Welker is a black female.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:34 PM
5 hrs ago

Goes to show how reliable race is as a measuring stick.

Sparkly

(24,945 posts)
67. I found it odd that there was nothing to get angry about.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:07 PM
5 hrs ago

He steered the topics he spoke (ranted, whined) about. Anything Welker said he simply ignored. Was it the effort of ignoring her that rankled him, or his self-chosen topics of conversation? He seemed to work himself up into a lather by listing a lot of gripes - "man yelling at clouds" style - then huff that he wasn't going to have any more of this terrible conversation with himself.

PATRICK

(12,439 posts)
72. The question is not his illness
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 03:21 PM
4 hrs ago

parallel to bad behavior probably since infancy. The question is tactics. Trump is needed to be engaged and he is too old and burning out. Besides the drug cocktails they are experimenting with there is raw panic they cannot let him out anymore. The interview seemed planned to keep him him on message then energize himself with RAGE, then walk out. As it showed that is too risky.

People or animals on rage seem to have persistent energy, causing stress for others- which did not work on the professional reporter. Then storm out and change pants, which was a planned contingency at least.

It started to look like a showpiece of "strength" and ended like 28 Days. Good thing he didn't bite her. The clinical diagnosis is interesting, but practically this looks like panic behind the scenes. Yes, no one trundled out Truth Social garbage because Trump is getting exhausted(bored my a$$), zoning out or giddy with meaningless pet projects medical prop ups. How to withdraw him more OR are they just trying to kill him? What will they give him to Gish Gallup thru July 4th? Is rage all they have left in the tank?

It stokes his followers, but the Emperor is too old to even be Nero. This isn't just your family member getting old. There is a host of tools behind behaving worse and with plans that will become more visible as they prop and rig and ruin everything.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,111 posts)
75. MaddowBlog-On election claims, Trump triggered by 'evidence' callout on 'Meet the Press' interview
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:22 PM
3 hrs ago

Trump is sometimes confronted with a word that practically causes a presidential allergic reaction: “evidence.” Trouble soon follows.

Of course Triggered Trump abandoned his MTP interview: Kristen Welker used the one word that practically causes a presidential allergic reaction:

“Evidence.”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-08T12:08:36.770Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-meet-the-press-interview-election-claims

In the years following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump would routinely boast that he’d soon present evidence in support of his absurd electoral conspiracy theories. That never happened, of course, because there was no evidence to share: The Republican lost fair and square.....

Nearly three months later, the president sat down with NBC News’ Kristen Welker for his latest “Meet the Press” interview, and when the host dared to use the “e” word, he couldn’t simply shift his focus to a different reporter, so he instead abruptly ended the interview. MS NOW reported:

“You’re either crooked or you’re stupid,” Trump told Welker, who kept a cool demeanor despite the president’s barrage of disparaging slurs.

Moments before he attacked her, Trump — without providing any evidence — said he believes elections in the U.S. are rigged. Then he lambasted television news networks, singling out NBC, CBS and ABC.

“They’re crooked just like you’re crooked, your press is crooked. And ‘Meet the Press’ is crooked,” Trump said
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In context, there was no great mystery as to what triggered the president and generated his interview-ending meltdown: After Trump wrapped up a conspiratorial rant about Jan. 6 rioters, Welker emphasized for viewers, “Just to be very clear, there’s no evidence of what you’re saying.” He was clearly not pleased......

And so, he unraveled, ultimately walking away from questions he simply wasn’t prepared to answer, raised by a journalist who dared to ask him to back up his baseless claims.

WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged

"You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her"

"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-07T14:50:42.139Z


It was a timely reminder of a few unavoidable observations. First, Trump tends not to do lengthy interviews with independent news organizations, which leaves him unprepared when they ask the kind of questions conservative outlets avoid.

Second, and relatedly, it’s no secret that the president has surrounded himself with sycophants and yes-men at the White House. He grew visibly enraged with Welker, not just because she professionally pushed back against obvious falsehoods, but also because she exposed Trump to reality in ways that obviously made him uncomfortable.

And third, amid public discussion about his mental fitness, the president’s furious reaction suggested he’s also struggling to regulate his emotional outbursts.

As for the near future, the unpleasant exchange on NBC News should hopefully lead to additional questions in which Trump is again pressed for the 2020 evidence he claims exists, but which he’s refused to show.

Soul_of_Wit

(181 posts)
80. MAGA believes reality is "felt in the gut"
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:54 PM
2 hrs ago

Anything evidence-based is "just your opinion." The defining characteristics of MAGA are disconnection from a shared reality and affinity for authoritarianism.

SergeStorms

(20,931 posts)
84. I witnessed....
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:43 PM
46 min ago

an 80 yr. old misogynistic piece of shit that didn't like a woman challenging his "alternative facts" and making a total horse's ass out of himself.

Do you know what the MAGAts saw? A youthful, christian, Rambo who put that female in her place. That's what they saw.

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