She had clearly lost interest even before the last election. The kids played along, because they got to hobnob with various heads off state, and play like they were actually running things, but theyβre all conspicuously absent this time around.
If he has dementia - and itβs been hard to tell whether he does or if thatβs just his natural state - then itβs hard on them to be around him. Dementia doesnβt differentiate: everybody gets the mean.
