That's not splitting hairs, and culturally stuff like that makes a very big difference to some (think Chinese born Chinese and American born Chinese).
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He was born 4 months after they moved to the U.S. from Germany.
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That's not splitting hairs, and culturally stuff like that makes a very big difference to some (think Chinese born Chinese and American born Chinese).
Which means he was born in America, not Germany. I only lived in Missouri for a few months after my birth, but my birth certificate says Missouri, not Indiana, where thus far I've spent most my life.4 months
He was born 4 months after they moved to the U.S. from Germany.
There are plenty of scary things in Trump's head - xenophobia, disrespect for the law, disrespect for human rights, selfishness, etc. - but trying to diagnose a psychiatric condition by someone's TV appearances is never going to be valid.You do realize, do you not, that I didn't write the piece. That said, there's something darn frightening going on in Trump's noggin, and if it isn't Alzheimer's it's something just as scary.
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Petty and childish splitting of hairs.
He was born In USA, what part of that do you not comprehend, Trump said he was born in Germany
Which means he was born in America, not Germany. I only lived in Missouri for a few months after my birth, but my birth certificate says Missouri, not Indiana, where thus far I've spent most my life.
Its still curious that he got it wrong. Does he simply just spew crap because he knows his supporters will fully believe it? Or is he losing it?Splitting hairs over 4 months when you consider they are accusing him of dementia over it.
Are you able to think for yourself, or is it all Trump????
Its still curious that he got it wrong. Does he simply just spew crap because he knows his supporters will fully believe it? Or is he losing it?
Its not splitting hairs. It's concerning the factual place of birth of Trump's father, and that Trump placed his American born German father as having been born in Germany.
Does that work both ways? If someone comes to the U.S. at the age of 4 months or less, can they just say they were born in the U.S.? I mean it is close enough, why split hairs?Splitting hairs over 4 months when you consider they are accusing him of dementia over it.
Had his Grandfather lived here for 20 years then had his father in the U.S. sure.
4 months, the author is being intentionally obtuse.
Does that work both ways? If someone comes to the U.S. at the age of 4 months or less, can they just say they were born in the U.S.? I mean it is close enough, why split hairs?
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An opinion piece by By Michael D'Antonio
Anyone have an island country they'd like sell? I've got a buyer."Trump is spouting nonsense at a greater rate
It's not just that President Donald Trump has been spouting nonsense at a greater rate, although he is. What's new is that his false statements are becoming more bizarre. He said this week, for example, that his Bronx-native father was born in Germany. And they are accompanied by other displays of apparent cognitive distress. Among the glaring examples:
In any family, a 72-year-old man who spoke this way would be the subject of urgent discussions. Trump's trouble accessing words, summoning long-term memories, and naming a famous man in front of him could indicate mental deterioration. Add the crazy talk about windmills and cancer, coming from the leader of the free world, and you get a situation that ought to alarm everyone.Last month, the President of the United States looked at Apple executive Tim Cook, one of the most important business leaders in the world, and called him Tim Apple.
A few days earlier at a conservative conference where he literally hugged a flag, Trump ditched his script and rambled for two mostly incoherent hours. He mixed mockery, profanity and grandiosity in a style more suited to a barstool than a podium decorated with the presidential seal.
In an Oval Office encounter with reporters this week, he repeatedly used the word "oranges" instead of "origins" to demand an investigation into the beginnings of the independent counsel's probe of Russian influence in the 2016 election.
Bizarrely, he told a GOP fundraiser audience that "they say" the sound created by energy-producing windmills "causes cancer."
This situation is complicated by Trump's long and deep record of lying to suit his purpose. For decades, he made excessive claims about his wealth and abilities and the ratings for his reality TV show. Fantastic claims became his self-serving stock in trade. As a politician, Trump transferred this deceptive method into the political landscape -- call it his lie-scape -- and picked up the pace of the falsehoods.
Trump's record makes it hard to pick out trends. Sometimes he seems to exaggerate and distort for effect. At other moments, it seems he believes the crazy stuff he says. But it is possible to evaluate a public figure's speech patterns and make objective observations.
In 2017, Stat News, the health news website, asked experts in neurolinguistics and cognitive assessment, psychologists and psychiatrists to review his past and recent speech and found evidence of decline from his younger days.
In interviews in the 1980s and '90s, according to Stat News, Trump "spoke articulately, used sophisticated vocabulary, inserted dependent clauses into his sentences without losing his train of thought, and strung together sentences into a polished paragraph, which — and this is no mean feat — would have scanned just fine in print."
More recently, noted Stat, "Trump's vocabulary is simpler. He repeats himself over and over, and lurches from one subject to an unrelated one." When shown examples of the two Trumps, experts saw symptoms that "can indicate slipping brain function due to normal aging or neurodegenerative disease."
If Trump were a private citizen, his condition wouldn't matter to anyone outside a close circle. He would be evaluated, his father's Alzheimer's disease might be noted as a red flag, and, one hopes, he would get the help he needs. But Trump is the most powerful person in the world and can do great harm with what he says.
In a flurry of tweets Tuesday, Trump mangled the facts of Puerto Rico's hurricane recovery effort, suggesting the island has received $91 billion in relief money. (The correct figure is $11.2 billion; $91 billion is how much the federal government may disburse to Puerto Rico over the next two decades). He also planted the canard that somehow mainland farmers are being exploited in the equation. "Cannot continue to hurt our Farmers and States with these massive payments, and so little appreciation!" wrote Trump
The Puerto Rico misstatements are so egregious that one hopes they could be blamed on a mind in decline. The alternative holds that Trump was lying and that he is an intentionally divisive and destructive leader of truly bad character who demonizes one set of constituents to stir resentment among another.
For Americans who are subject to Trump's rhetoric, the most alarming element may be what it does to us. Leaders and those they lead exist in a dynamic relationship. A president's words and gestures can both inspire and terrify. The talk coming from this President is frightening, destabilizing and bewildering. We don't want to think that the man in the Oval Office is unfit, but when he repeatedly shows us the evidence, how can we draw another conclusion?
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So, just what ethical standard do they breach?Armchair diagnosis are considered unethical.
So, just what ethical standard do they breach?
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Evidently I missed the diagnosis because all I saw were examples of behavior.Making a diagnosis without examining the patient in person and having their medical records. That is a breach of methods. To put in out in public is unethical as methods were not followed yet a conclusion is paraded around as if it means anything. It is also an argument from authority. Hence why you made this post.
Multiple medical organization refrain from doing this and warn their members not to. Think about it. Look up the Goldwater rule.
https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/apa-blog/2016/08/the-goldwater-rule
It's not necessarily unethical for a layperson to muse about whether a public figure has a psychiatric condition. Useless, probably, but not necessarily unethical.Making a diagnosis without examining the patient in person and having their medical records. That is a breach of methods. To put in out in public is unethical as methods were not followed yet a conclusion is paraded around as if it means anything. It is also an argument from authority. Hence why you made this post.
Multiple medical organization refrain from doing this and warn their members not to. Think about it. Look up the Goldwater rule.
https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/apa-blog/2016/08/the-goldwater-rule
It's not necessarily unethical for a layperson to muse about whether a public figure has a psychiatric condition. Useless, probably, but not necessarily unethical.
It's unethical for a mental health professional to do it because:
- it violates the professional's obligation of confidentiality.
- other people, knowing that the person is a mental health professional, will tend to rely on the opinion of the professional.
Neither of these issues apply to a layperson.
Evidently I missed the diagnosis because all I saw were examples of behavior.
Exactly what was Trump diagnosed with?
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Okay.Look at the OP title and try again.