Trump, 78, insists he’s ‘not that close to 80’ in newest effort to disclaim psychological acuity issues | EUROtoday

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Donald Trump, aged 78, bizarrely claimed he has “no cognitive” and insisted he’s “not that close to 80” in his newest effort to minimize issues about his age and psychological colleges.

The 78-year-old Republican candidate informed a city corridor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday that his opponent Kamala Harris – who turned 60 yesterday – “may have a cognitive problem.”

“I have no cognitive,” Trump informed moderator Sage Steele, who he incorrectly known as “Paige” earlier within the city corridor.

“She may have a cognitive problem,” he added, referring to Harris.

“But, there’s no cognitive problem. It was nice that they actually said that, they said you know, if anyone has any questions, we were grilling this guy for two hours or two and a half hours and he’s got no cognitive.”

The former president, who will flip 80 in a single 12 months and eight months, added: “I’m not 80 and I’m not that close to 80.”

He then repeated claims he “aced” two cognitive exams.

“By the way, a man who’s very successful is Rupert Murdoch and he’s 93 or 94 he was at a meeting that I had the following day and he’s sharp as you can be,” he mentioned. “I’ve done cognitive tests. I’ve done them twice and I aced both of them and the doctor in one case said, ‘I’ve never seen anybody ace them.’ They’ve never seen anybody ace them.”

Trump’s denial of any issues about his psychological competence got here second after he confused Steele’s identify on the occasion.

“Let’s have a little fun, Paige,” he mentioned. The host ignored the error.

Later on in the course of the marketing campaign occasion, within the midst of a dialogue about fracking, Trump bizarrely mimicked a duck.

He mentioned: “You’re restricted by so many different things that they put on so we’re going to let them frack, frack, frack, like a duck. Frack, frack, frack.”

The Harris marketing campaign was fast to name out the Republican presidential nominee for his “incoherently rambling” on the city corridor.

“Today Pennsylvanians got a firsthand look at why Donald Trump’s handlers are canceling events and interviews,” marketing campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika mentioned.

“In a single town hall, he incoherently rambled that he has ‘no cognitive’ and appeared to forget his own age. American people deserve a president who will fight tirelessly for them – not one too ‘exhausted’ to focus on anything but himself.”

Trump’s cognitive state has fallen underneath elevated scrutiny throughout his presidential marketing campaign – and the criticism seems to be getting underneath his pores and skin, with him typically bringing the topic up at occasions.

Several main specialists informed The Independent their issues concerning the Republican presidential nominee are just like these that they had about President Joe Biden earlier than he dropped out of the 2024 race.

Pointing to his “rambling” speeches and “erratic” debate efficiency, specialists warned that Trump seems to “have lost touch with reality.”

Dr. Ben Michaelis, a scientific psychologist who has beforehand carried out cognitive assessments for the New York Supreme Court, beforehand informed The Independent that Trump is “really not in a strong cognitive place.”

A professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, Richard A. Friedman, additionally mentioned he was “alarmed” by what he witnessed throughout Trump’s debate efficiency on September 10. In an op-ed for The Atlantic, he mentioned Trump “displayed some striking, if familiar, patterns that are commonly seen among people in cognitive decline.”

At 78, Trump is now the oldest presidential candidate in American historical past. If elected, he can be 82 years outdated when he leaves the White House.