After MRI Visit, Citing Dementia-Linked Behavioral Changes, Worsening Verbal Lapses, Disturbing Physical Symptoms, and a Dangerous Escalation of Traits Consistent with Malignant Narcissism
Trump’s mask is slipping. The swagger looks forced, the rage more brittle, the confusion harder to hide. An MRI at Walter Reed, a trembling salute, a wandering speech—each moment dismissed, then replayed in slow motion by experts who see something darker. Now a leading psychologist is warning that under the surface, his mind is unrave… …
In Dr. John Gartner’s view, Donald Trump’s recent missteps are not random gaffes or quirks of age, but the visible arc of a personality under neurological strain. He describes a collision between malignant narcissism and dementia: a mind already wired for grandiosity, paranoia, and aggression now losing the cognitive brakes that once kept those impulses partly contained. As memory frays and executive function weakens, the need to dominate, to deny weakness, to lash out at perceived enemies can intensify, not fade.
For millions who have watched loved ones change under dementia, the pattern feels agonizingly familiar—only this time, it plays out on a global stage. Gartner does not claim certainty without medical records, but he insists the warning cannot be ignored. If he is even partly right, the question is no longer just what is happening to Trump, but what might happen to a country still orbiting around him.