{"id":2692,"date":"2026-07-03T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:09:02","slug":"pathologist-says-this-strange-trump-act-may-be-sign-of-dementia-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2692","title":{"rendered":"Pathologist says this strange Trump act may be sign of dementia: video"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

On Wednesday, a bizarre incident in which President Donald Trump appeared to awkwardly steal a pair of scissors<\/u> after a ribbon-cutting ceremony went viral as viewers accused the commander-in-chief of theft. But according to pathologist Hilary Shae \u2014 who specializes in neurological rehabilitation \u2014 80-year-old Trump\u2019s little larceny may not mean he\u2019s a kleptomaniac, but could be a sign of serious cognitive decline. <\/p>\n

Read more Analysis reveals Trump\u2019s extensive downtime<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like Donald Trump has become a little bit of a kleptomaniac recently,\u201d said Shae in a video<\/u> posted Thursday night. \u201cBut quite honestly, it actually looks more like a sign of dementia.\u201d<\/p>\n

She began by noting information revealed by the new tell-all book Regime Change<\/u>, which exposed a slew of the Trump administration\u2019s backroom secrets<\/u>. In it, says Shae, the authors \u201ctalked about the fact that Donald Trump would take things from the hallways and put them in his room. He would go in and take things from Melania’s room and put them in his room. And they made it sound like it was a competition, but quite honestly, I’m not sure that’s what it was. And then there’s this clip of him taking scissors from the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Shae explains, while this could easily look like kleptomania, people with dementia often develop what looks like kleptomania without having the actual disorder in the psychiatric sense of the word. <\/p>\n

\u201cInstead,\u201d she says, \u201cthe stealing is usually a symptom of changes in the brain affecting memory, judgment, impulse control, or the ability to recognize ownership. Within the memory impairment, this person may genuinely believe that an item belongs to them or may forget that they already owned something similar, and so they think that it’s theirs and they put something in their own pocket or purse just with the intention of taking it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more How a federal indictment paved the way for Trump\u2019s DC makeover obsession: insider<\/a><\/p>\n

This, she says, can be a sign of \u201cexecutive dysfunction\u201d in which \u201cdamage to the frontal lobes can impair planning and judgment and inhibition, and that can make it harder to resist an impulse or recognize that an action is inappropriate, like pocketing a pair of scissors on a live broadcast. There can also be difficulty with understanding ownership, not just from a memory sense. So, not the \u2018I think it’s mine,\u2019 but sometimes just the concept of what is mine versus someone else’s can become blurred. There is no real ownership at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shae explains that this sort of activity is often associated with what is called \u201cbehavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.\u201d As she elaborates, \u201cBecause this condition causes loss of inhibition, causes impulsivity, compulsive behaviors, and poor judgment, someone with frontotemporal dementia may really become this stereotype of a kleptomaniac.\u201d <\/p>\n

It may also be caused by Alzheimer’s disease, which is commonly associated with memory issues. And if the president is experiencing visual hallucinations and delusions in addition to his light-fingered behavior, Shae suggests it may be symptomatic of Lewy body dementia. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo I do not think that Donald Trump is actually, psychiatrically speaking, suffering from kleptomania,\u201d she concludes. \u201cI do believe it is just one more sign and symptom of dementia<\/u>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump is now spying on his own supporters \u2014 and the irony is stunning<\/a><\/p>\n