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    Trump’s lately been boasting about the number of cognitive tests his doctors ask him to complete. The test, called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), is intended to suss out dementia-linked cognitive decline.

    “I’ve taken three,” Trump boasted earlier this month, two days after the first of his two unscheduled-but-scheduled offsite dentist appointments in Palm Beach. “No president, think of this, has ever taken one.”

    I’ve said for years that the fact that he keeps bragging about his high performance on his cognitive tests is, itself, a sign. Yes, Donnie, there’s a reason why they give you so many, and it’s not because of your Big Brain…

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      Because Satan is blockading the gates and refuses to let him enter until all the Epstein files are released.

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    The White House has its own dental suite, so it’s unclear why Trump would schedule appointments elsewhere.

    President Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on May 26 for his annual dental and medical evaluation ― the third time he’s been to a dentist this year, and the second time just this month.

    Goddamn. Does no one remember this guy

    Or this guy

    Or this fuckin guy

    Trump’s statements on his health in general, (notably nothing on his family history of dementia) has always been bullshit. Always. You people thinking “well maybe he’s telling the truth because dentist” are freaking me out.

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    I have 3 a year, this article is dumb.

    Release the Trumpstein files.

    The assassination attempts were staged.

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      If wiping his ass didn’t turn off his body man, and changing his diaper, nothing would.

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    People with dementia often have trouble with grooming habits. Like brushing teeth. Showering. Trimming nails. Wearing deodorant . Shaving. Etc.

    They just forget.

    Bet he’s getting dental problems due to his dementia.

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    I dunno, an amphetamine taking McDonald’s eating 80 year old needing their teeth looked after is not surprising.

    I’m more worried his jello brain.

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    If I recall correctly, that’s how the “tween” visits were pulled off when it was just him and epstein controlling the sex biz.

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    There are so many reasons someone might have to go see a dentist. As much as I like to trash on Trump, this is a non-story.

    ETA: Never mind, it’s pretty clear that this is a smoke screen for something else going on.

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        To be fair, anyone with elderly parents will tell you, multiple dental visits a year is normal. Bridges, implants, dentures, etc.

        He’s an 80 year old man who bathes his teeth in a dozen diet cokes a day.

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          To be fair, anyone with elderly parents will tell you, multiple dental visits a year is normal. Bridges, implants, dentures, etc.

          Folk wisdom is cute, but this borders on willful ignorance.

          He’s an 80 year old man who bathes his teeth in a dozen diet cokes a day.

          And we can all see that his fake-ass, extensively capped and veneered teeth, aren’t showing signs of phosphoric acid damage. And that kind of damage doesn’t happen in the span of a year, let alone needing to be addressed multiple times in one year.

          Just because you can think of a reasonable explanation doesn’t mean it’s the most reasonable or likely explanation in this case.

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            It’s not folk wisdom. Old ass people, who can pay for it, get more restorative dental work and are more likely to be dealing with diseased oral tissue, etc.

            And we can all see that his fake-ass, extensively capped and veneered teeth, aren’t showing signs of phosphoric acid damage.

            But that’s the point of restorative cosmetic dentistry, to hide the damage.

            Dude is old and decrepit. His brain is clearly rotting, but he’s absolutely clocked in extra hours getting dental work too.

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      Trump likely had a stroke about a year ago. He disappeared for a bit and came back with some droop to one side of his face and he walks favoring one leg. He’s been going to the doctor for MRIs so they can track how fettermaned his brain is. So his dentist appointments are MRIs. They been giving him so many cognitive tests right now and in such a short period of time to evaluate his active cognition regardless of the brain damage they see in the MRIs.

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            John Fetterman is a US Senator from Pennsylvania. He was already one of the more conservative Democrats, but he had a stroke during his Senate campaign, and when he got better he took a sharp right turn.

            At this point, whenever there is a vote where all the Democratic Senators except one vote in a bloc, that one lone holdout is often Fetterman.

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      That he is using the dentist as cover for medical treatments he is hiding. That might have nothing to do with dentistry.