Mary Trump shared her theories after a series of incidents involving her uncle and female journalists

In the most recent incident Thursday, the president lashed out at a journalist who asked him about the D.C shooting suspect, asking if she was a “stupid person”.

Just one day before, Mary Trump had addressed her uncle’s previous run-ins with female reporters on her show, Mary Trump Live.

“His misogynistic attacks against reporters in particular are increasing and that means a couple of things,” she said. “It means that he’s increasingly comfortable lodging such attacks,” she continued, before reeling off a list of targeted groups. “There’s no hiding it anymore.”

The president’s niece also theorised that the sharp rebukes he delivers when questioned could be a sign that the pressure is getting to him in his second term.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Two possibilities:

    Dementia removes verbal “filters.”

    Aging causes atrophy of the brain, particularly the frontal lobes first, and those (like teens who haven’t fully developed myelination of the frontal lobes) are the filters for impulsiveness and risk taking.

    So he says and does stupid shit because the filters are breaking down.

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      6 hours ago

      Good demo let’s put a limit to the president’s age. Let’s put it at 75 on your 1st or 2nd term. The president of the united States cannot be 75 by his or her 1st or 2nd term’s end.