American psychology specialists are concerned about Donald Trump’s mental health. The Republican is said to be in “cognitive decline” and his condition has “deteriorated enormously” in recent times.
THE Americans have voted, Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States of America. Or a second term in the Oval Office of the White House for the real estate mogul, at 78 years old. In fact, his age and his mental health have been greatly questioned by several health experts in recent months. The Republican is said to be in “cognitive decline” and to have “lost contact with reality”. This is why, during the presidential election campaign, several doctors requested independent and objective cognitive tests to determine whether or not Donald Trump was able to run and assume such a role.
Trump suffers from dementia according to clinical psychologist
Donald Trump is no stranger to inconsistent statements. The day before the election, in Pennsylvania, Trump was mocked for his “word salads” after his rally. “She had the other interview with the other guy who was a nice guy, I think, from Philadelphia, from Pennsylvania, he was a nice guy, he asked her all that, they don’t take it like me”, had For example, he said about Kamala Harris. Incomprehensible comments that raise questions.
Richard A. Friedman, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, had already said he was “alarmed” by the comments heard during the debate between Trump and Harris on September 10, in The Atlantic. He said the Republican “had demonstrated some striking, yet familiar, patterns commonly seen in people experiencing cognitive decline.” An analysis shared by Doctor Ben Michaelis, clinical psychologist, who has already carried out cognitive assessments for the New York Supreme Court. “There’s a term when we talk about people with dementia called ‘sunset,’ it’s much more difficult for them as the day goes on,” he explains in the columns of The Independent. “It’s very difficult for them to stay focused on one subject,” he continues. Which, obviously, is happening to Donald Trump.
A “significant mental illness”?
Donald Trump is not his first attempt at disjointed speeches. During a speech in Potterville, Michigan, during the campaign, for example, he went from cock to donkey by starting a sentence about how he lost billions of dollars in San Francisco, moving on without transition on his place in a list of “horribly” treated presidents around the world. Doctor Ben Michaelis speaks of “excessively incoherent speech”, which could be a symptom of a “significant mental illness”.
Allen Frances, professor and chairman of the psychiatry department at the Duke School of Medicine, cites several unfounded assertions made by the billionaire and next president of the United States, always for The Independent. During the debate between him and his Democratic competitor, Donald Trump indicated that babies were “executed” after birth, that schools performed surgeries on children and that Haitian immigrants ate pets.
“It seems likely that his condition has deteriorated enormously,” concedes the psychiatrist. “The things he says suggest that he has really lost touch with reality,” he says. Observations which are not reassuring as Donald Trump will take office in Washington on January 20, 2025. He will be 82 years old at the end of his second term and will be the oldest American president in office.