Trump’s decline is an emergency: Why doesn’t Congress treat it like one? 

Democrats need to stop playing games.

I have a lot of respect for Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.). I fully understand why he’s sponsoring a bill to create a “Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office,” which would help determine, under the authority of the Constitution’s 25th Amendment, whether a president is unable to fulfill his or her duties. But this is just another messaging bill with no chance of becoming law. And we are long past the time for messaging and wishful thinking.

Democrats need to stop playing games. We have a serious situation on our hands, and we must take some practical steps to address it. Vibes and grandstanding are a luxury we can no longer afford. 

President Trump appears to be deteriorating by the day. He is confabulating. He is demonstrating poor judgment. Even before he began threatening to commit genocide against Iran and posted a picture of himself as Jesus, he had been exhibiting poor impulse control. 

He has also begun speaking like a six-year-old. He talks about “nuclear dust” and says things like, “They’ve dropped a couple of water mines. … We’ve defeated all of their water boats, too.”

It’s tempting to laugh at this behavior. But even though it is bizarre, none of it is funny. Trump will be 80 years old in June, and he is showing all the signs of dementia. That’s a tragedy that I would not wish on anyone, regardless of what I think of their politics.

Now let me stop you right there. Indeed, you cannot properly diagnose a medical condition without a proper medical diagnosis. But it is up to us lay people........

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