THOSE PEOPLE MAY BE RIGHT: TRUMP MAY HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ISSUES

…Our president could have some serious mental problems

The satirists that make fun of the president may be on to something

I am once again very happy to offer a quote from The Post’s satirist, Dana Milbank, who wrote the following:

Is President Trump losing his marbles?

(Or did he not have a full bag to begin with?)

The reality is that, as usual, Milbank’s comments aren’t satire, they appear to be the truth.

What nice thing can you say about a president that insulted the multi-award winning journalist, Cokie Roberts, on the occasion of her death.

So, what did Trump say?

To quote the president: “I never met her. She never treated me nicely. But I would like to wish her family well.”

But one day later, he declared that he “didn’t say that”.

The point here is that Milbank was right.  Trump appears to be losing his marbles. Furthermore, he is continuing to tell big whoppers, but now he’s not able to remember what he lied about.

And as you may recall, this is the guy who claimed he has “one of the best memories in the world.”  Actually, he forgot he said that as well. “I don’t remember saying that,” he once declared about his memory in an actual, recorded deposition.

And just to be clear, Trump did meet Cokie Roberts and it was at his Trump Towers, in a nationally televised interview.  At the time, Cokie had said: “Thanks for having us here at your palace.”. He replied: “It’s been a great honor.”

Here are more Trumpian examples:

• Trump suggested that he thought Iran was responsible for the attacks on Saudi oil, then he declared that he “didn’t say that he thought Iran was
  responsible for the attack on Saudi oil.”

• While meeting with Bahrain's crown prince, President Trump spoke about the recent attacks on Saudi oil installations by Iran, but he denied wanting a war with Iran.

• On Monday, Trump did say at least twice on TV, that he would meet with Iran with “no preconditions”.  On Sunday, he denied that he had said he would meet with Iran with no conditions.

So, here’s another quote from Mr. Milbank: “Maybe the president’s mind isn’t what it once was. Maybe he misrepresents past statements to get out of trouble. Either way, while the political world focuses on the lapses of 76-year-old Joe Biden, while the 73-year-old Trump acts as if his frontal lobe is made of Swiss cheese.”

And here's more of Trump’s memory screw-ups:

• Trump said of the de-nuclearization of North Korea: “I never said the pace would be quick..” But asked months earlier about the pace of North Korea’s denuclearization, he replied: “Very quickly. Very, very quickly, absolutely.”

• At a rally in North Carolina., Trump said: “I never said we were going to get a choice of doctors for our vets.” But in 2016, he promised: “We’re going to give our veterans the right to see the doctor of their choice.”

• Trump said of his border wall: “I never said, ‘I’m going to build a concrete wall.’ I said, ‘I’m going to build a wall.’ ” But 10 months earlier, he stood in front of a concrete wall prototype in San Diego and said: “We’re looking very much at the wall with some see-through capability . . . and then solid concrete on top, or steel and concrete on top.”

• Of Obamacare, he said, “I never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days. I have a long time(to repeal).” Actually, what he said was, “we have to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare — so important.”

• He claimed that “I never said Russia did not meddle in the election.” But, standing at Vladimir Putin’s side, he famously said, “Putin says it’s not Russia. I don’t see any reason why it would be.”

Let’s face it, if Trump never met Cokie Roberts, then who was that man that looks like him, talking with her in Trump Tower on ABC’s This Week?

On Monday, Trump tweeted that Iran stuck to “a very big lie” about a previous attack. “Now they say that they had nothing to do with the attack on Saudi Arabia oil…..We’ll see?” His real meaning was obvious, that they did it. But when a reporter asked him to clarify why he thinks “Iran is responsible for the attack,” Trump replied: “I didn’t say that.”

It is becoming very hard to take anything Trump says as being true.   Both friends and foes alike now know that the president’s word is not to be taken seriously.

For those people that think that the president has some serious mental problems, it is becoming hard to argue that they may be wrong.

Copyright G. Ater 2019