It is clear to those who pay attention that the president, almost 80 years old, has been mentally slip for years.
In 2018, members of Trump’s White House staff reportedly said the president had lost a step mentally since 2016.
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By 2024, everyone who didn’t work for a corporate media outlet or the Republican Party and regularly covered Trump campaign events sounded the alarm that he was showing signs of sharp decline.
In his speeches, Trump got the dates wrong, the people wrong, the stories mixed up, claiming he ran against opponents he had never run against, like Barack Obama. At one point early in the 2024 campaign, Trump even claimed he was running against Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump is almost 80 years old and has never released his medical records, so the American people do not know Trump’s true health status.
As people age, we all slow down and decline, so Trump is not responsible for aging. He and the people around him might be wrong to cover up the potential problems this president has or is currently experiencing.
One of Trump’s favorite techniques has always been to deflect problems away from himself by attributing those characteristics to others.
Given that Trump also seems completely terrified of non-white women holding power, it was natural for him to mix up his potential cognitive issues and his racism when speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.
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