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BumRushDaShow

(150,613 posts)
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 03:30 PM Saturday

Crockett: 'Beyond wild' no one is questioning Trump mental acuity

Source: The Hill

04/12/25 11:43 AM ET


Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) railed against President Trump late Thursday, questioning his mental fitness amid economic turmoil kickstarted by his aggressive tariff agenda. “The fact that no one is questioning his mental acuity or fitness to serve is beyond wild to me,” she told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes in an interview, referencing the president’s attacks on former President Biden during the 2024 presidential campaign.

“Like the fact that they sat around, called Joe Biden ‘Sleepy Joe Biden,’ and as I said before, at least you could sleep at night because you didn’t have to worry about your 401(k) disappearing overnight,” she added.

Her criticism comes after the stock market took a dramatic dip earlier this month after Trump announced sweeping tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners. Although the market saw gains after the president walked back some reciprocal tariffs, consumer sentiment is still low.

In her Thursday appearance, Crockett slammed the president for upending the economy that Biden handed to the administration in January. “You didn’t have to worry about these allegations of fake invasions,” the Democratic firebrand added about Biden’s tenure. “You didn’t have to worry about the cost of food just skyrocketing or skyrocketing costs of all of your electronics.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5246151-jasmine-crockett-donald-trump-mental-acuity-tariffs/

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twodogsbarking

(13,295 posts)
1. He could be nuts. He could be doing it on purpose. He could be nuts and doing it on purpose.
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 03:34 PM
Saturday

I think she is telling us.

Irish_Dem

(67,865 posts)
2. Trump is severely mentally ill. And he is doing all of this on purpose.
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 03:44 PM
Saturday

He is a ruthless criminal narcissistic psychopath, long time drug abuser with dementia.
He has delusions of grandeur, thinks he is brilliant and we are all jealous of him.

He wants to be the richest man in the world, have total power and control.
Wants people to bow down to him, and wants revenge on everyone on the planet.

IronLionZion

(48,449 posts)
3. Dude has dementia on top of his usual stupid and evil qualities
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 03:47 PM
Saturday

There's not much to question when we see outrageous nonsense every day

JustAnotherGen

(34,659 posts)
7. She's one of the heroes of this timeline
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 04:17 PM
Saturday
Decades from now - people will speak.of her bravery and patriotism.

forgotmylogin

(7,810 posts)
8. Biden had one bad debate on cold medication.
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 04:45 PM
Saturday

And we all forgot "look at what he does, not what he says or how he says it" and started attacking our own.

Everything is bullshit. They don't comprehend the irony of the hypocrisy. We can't expect to set a good example for them to follow ever.

Cha

(309,581 posts)
10. Rep Crockett should read DU.. I called him EO Maniac
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 05:42 PM
Saturday

yesterday.

Mump is insane but they're Orders from his handler, who has him on a short leash.

TY & Jasmine Crockett!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,066 posts)
11. It doesn't matter if he's mentally competent or not. ...
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 05:46 PM
Saturday

... It only matters if he will follow the directions of his handlers. Putin, Project 2025 leaders, Elon.

mpcamb

(3,057 posts)
12. Think of the fact that he's in for 4 years. Then consider what the country can tolerate.
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 05:48 PM
Saturday

The 4 year timeline and the tolerence quotient don't intersect.

krkaufman

(13,846 posts)
13. If his name were Liz Truss ...
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 06:22 PM
Saturday

... he'd be on his way out the door after this recent demonstration of historic incompetence.

Mblaze

(525 posts)
16. Of course "The Hill" would say something this stupid
Sun Apr 13, 2025, 02:43 PM
Sunday

"Although the market saw gains after the president walked back some reciprocal tariffs, consumer sentiment is still low"

The market hasn't seen "gains". The market has only clawed back some of the huge losses initiated by Trump.

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