Longtime White House reporter Brian Karem is suggesting that, as disturbing as Donald Trump's mental decline has become more apparent during his second term, what is even more dangerous are the people who support him and defend despite evidence that he is giving signs that he is slipping.
In his column for Salon, Karem wrote that the president had another temper tantrum during his press availability on Wednesday when he was asked about Wall Street using "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) as shorthand for betting on the market after his tariff pronouncements.
That, in turn, led the president to shoot back, "Don’t ever say what you said. That’s a nasty question,” which left many attending "not overly impressed" by his outburst because they have become accustomed to his decline, leading one pool reporter to comment, "I really think he lost it a long time ago."
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According to the columnist, it appears that Trump whisperer Elon Musk reached the same conclusion as he departs back to his businesses.
However, many die-hard Trump insiders are not as inclined to get out before things grow worse, he wrote.
Calling them a "traveling crew of sycophants who hang on his every word in order to feed their empty souls," he added, "This soulless group of feckless individuals consists of racists, misogynists, bed wetters, train spotters, and a guy who once painted his bald head to make it look like he had hair."
Writing that Trump's MAGA horde has raised his status to "mythical" proportions, Karem asserted they are a greater threat than Trump's growing mental slippage.
"This is more troubling as Trump’s mental decline becomes more obvious," he wrote before observing, "If Joe Biden slipped into senility, Donald Trump has fallen precipitously into it."
Adding that Trump now seems to wholeheartedly believe all of his own lies, Karem concluded, "Donald Trump is an angry old man at war with everything in his life, including the reality he can’t accept and his greatest fans will never admit: Donald Trump is the ultimate loser. He is a shriveled husk devoid of empathy."
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