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ADHD & Behavior: Non Sequiturs

John Kruse
4 min readDec 30, 2019

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A.B.O.U.T. Behavior #16 : Non Sequiturs

Nobody was surprised last week that Mr. Trump stuffed his speech, to a group of young conservatives, with non sequiturs, rather than having all of his verbal ducks in a row. Narcissism can’t account for this pattern because such language doesn’t project an image of power or proficiency. And these speech patterns aren’t a strategy to keep his enemies off-kilter, since he…

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John Kruse

John Kruse MD, PhD, Hawaii psychiatrist, father of twins, marathon runner. Author of Recognizing Adult ADHD: What Donald Trump Can Teach Us About ADHD