Trump’s balance problem:

A photo of Trump w/ his shoes on pads was posted yesterday. The pads brace him because he can’t stand steady without losing his balance. It’s part of his worsening dementia — freestanding is hard.

Trump clearly suffers from Frontotemporal Dementia (FTP)

Trump’s posture is the classic frontotemporal dementia stance. Forward leaning, arms down like balancing rods. He’s at risk to jerk & fall backward. He can’t stand like the people next to him hands on hips or in the pockets. He would topple- a good word to describe what he has coming.

We all are familiar with these photos — when trying to drink from a bottle of water, he used his free hand to steady the bottle as he brought it to his mouth. Onlookers described the movement as “awkward” and made jokes about hand size. Some called out Trump for doing the exact thing he had mocked Senator Marco Rubio for during the presidential primary—conspicuously drinking water during a speech.

By comparison, Senator Rubio’s movement was smooth, effortless. The senator noticed that Trump had stared at the Fiji bottle as he slowly brought it to his lips, jokingly chiding that Trump “needs work on his form. Has to be done in one single motion, and eyes should never leave the camera.”

Then, in December, speaking about his national-security plan in Washington, D.C., Trump reached under his podium and grabbed a glass with both hands. This time he kept them on the glass the entire time he drank, and as he put down the glass. This drew even more attention. The gesture was like that of an extremely cold person cradling a mug of cocoa. Some viewers likened Trump to a child just learning to handle a cup.