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Trump niece says president facing 'perfect storm' of rapid decline

The Real Story Is Not Trump’s Decay. It Is the Power That Keeps RunningA Family Diagnosis Is Not the Political StoryThe source leans hard on Mary L. Trump’s assessment of her uncle’s mental and physical decline: untreated psychiatric disorders, visible fatigue, swollen ankles, bruised hands, difficulty standing, and the inability to stay awake unless he is the center of attention. That may be worth noting, but it is not the core political fact. The core fact is that a man the article describes as increasingly erratic and violent still holds institutional power.Power Has a NameThere is no…

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