45's "Dry Throat"?

[Shell B]

It does seem like loose dentures.

I've never had my throat affect my pronunciation.

[Brian37]

Not trying to defend Darth Orange here, but I thought it was just loose dentures. Or am I missing other things?

Um no, my mom had dentures. I've seen his sniffs and slurs many times. I know the difference.

[downbeatplumb]

It does seem like loose dentures.

I've never had my throat affect my pronunciation.

I tried very hard to make that dirty somehow, but failed.
I will turn in my man card at the desk

[Shell B]

Not trying to defend Darth Orange here, but I thought it was just loose dentures. Or am I missing other things?

Um no, my mom had dentures. I've seen his sniffs and slurs many times. I know the difference.

I've seen lots of people with dentures have them come loose and it seems like it is dentures to me. It could also be dementia. No one can say either with any certainty.

[Brian37]

It does seem like loose dentures.

I've never had my throat affect my pronunciation.

I have seen that too, but the longer context having dealt with my mother, in seeing that tape says no. If if was his dentures, why not admit to that? He was the one chalking it up to dry throat. 

He has mental issues outside "loose dentures"or a "dry throat". 

I can also tell you how a UTI,  looks having seen my mom have them, and it can look very similar. 

45 has health problems. And I mean that even outside my personal dislike for him. Unfortunately for America, he and his supporters are too fucking selfish to even give a shit about even him. 

Even if he were not president, or famous, considering his own behavior over the past 5 years, I really do see a defect and decline. 

What we are witnessing is a bullied child by his dad, on top of medical problems the elderly can and do suffer from which he and his supporters are in denial of.

My mom like lots of elderly often scoff at their own decline even when others see it. 45 isn't right up there. I've seen that denial, even in my own mother, and I cannot begin to tell you how hard it is to tell a loved one they need and should get help.

I love my mom, but I can tell you when she was affected by illness, she was stubborn about admitting it and it became for me a battle of when to step in and when to let go.

[Tiberius]

Not trying to defend Darth Orange here, but I thought it was just loose dentures. Or am I missing other things?

Um no, my mom had dentures. I've seen his sniffs and slurs many times. I know the difference.

Did she have loose dentures?

Also what evidence do you have for a stroke, considering he otherwise seems fine (i.e. he usually speaks without slurring, his physical actions seem fine, his face likewise appears to be physically fine). There are numerous signs of a stroke, Trump seems to only have one (and it isn't constant).

[Tiberius]

"why not admit to that?"

This is Trump we're talking about. He doesn't admit to *any* kind of perceived weakness. Having dentures in his mind would make him perceived as old and weak. I bet if asked he'd claim he has had minimal work done to his teeth, when clearly they are all veneers or perhaps fake.

[Minimalist]

Borowitz has a different take on the problem.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz...ins-remote

Trump’s Slurred Speech Tied to Low Battery in Putin’s Remote

Speaking to the White House press corps, the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said that Trump’s slurred speech was “a case of what happens when President Putin doesn’t change the batteries in his remote frequently enough.”“President Trump makes public appearances several times a day,” Sanders said. “In the course of those appearances, President Putin’s remote can drain its battery very quickly.”

[Brian37]

Um no, my mom had dentures. I've seen his sniffs and slurs many times. I know the difference.

I've seen lots of people with dentures have them come loose and it seems like it is dentures to me. It could also be dementia. No one can say either with any certainty.

Shell, if we were taking that one video at face value, sure, but again, having dealt with caring for and elderly person WITH dentures and UTIs and strokes, I can tell you, if Trump were only about dentures, we would not be arguing this. 

My mom HAD slurred the same way after a stroke, and with a UTI.  She had loose denture slurs too. But I can tell you she did the same thing making excuses for her slurs only to find out it was not her dentures. 

45 needs help, dentures or not. 

45 has made consistently incoherent gibberish garbage even without slurs. The entire reason I moved down to help my mom was because I visited her prior to moving down here, and she COULDN'T remember buying three tubs of ice cream when we got home, and slurred her speech in trying to explain to me she didn't buy the ice cream, even when I opened the door to the fridge and showed her.

I do get what you are saying, but no, 45 would have done himself better by flat out admitting to what you are saying, if true, but again, having taken care of an old person, I am not buying it.

[Minimalist]

45 needs help, dentures or not.

There is no help for dementia.