Donald Trump on Saturday was hit with an avalanche of criticism in response to his suggestion that he looks like Elvis Presley.The former president said earlier in the day that people throughout his life have compared his looks to those of the King of Rock and Roll. Even on Truth Social, the ex-pres...
This is one of those stories that I have to apply the filter of: STOP GIVING THIS WINDBAG AIR.
He says this shit on purpose to get a rise out of stupid people that hate him. It keeps him in the news in areas he would normally drop to the wayside. Say what you will about his mental acuity or emotional intelligence, the man knows how to stay in the spotlight.
I can’t think of a better situation to apply the treehouse of horror/Paul Anka maxim: Just don’t look.
Idk, the dude has been showing signs of advancing dementia for a few years now.
I think we’re at most a few months from him sundowning on live TV. If his heart lasts that long, that is.
I’ll generally agree, but at least based on this article, I wouldn’t say “I think I look like Elvis” to be a matter of diminishing mental capacity, it’s just unjustified narcissism.
There’s so much other things to illustrate mental capacity issues that I feel like we shouldn’t feel compelled to rope this into that neighborhood. That just serves to discredit the criticism.