Dan Goldman Throws Down With Fox’s Will Cain Over Trump’s ‘Cognitive Abilities’: ‘I Don’t Think He’s Competent’

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) joined Fox News’s Will Cain on Wednesday and offered a blistering takedown of President Donald Trump, following Trump’s adamant insistence on Tuesday night that a photoshopped image was real.

“I want to have a substantive debate with you, but let’s see if we can together agree that the absurdity of the minority leader’s statement questioning the competency of Donald Trump is beyond debate. It is absurd after years of refusing to acknowledge the truth when it comes to Joe Biden and seemingly manufacturing a truth when it comes to Donald Trump. I hope that’s where we can agree and then move to more substantive debate,” Cain began.

“Well, look, I don’t know whether it’s incompetence, cognitive abilities, ignorance, or just plain flat-out lying, but Donald Trump doesn’t know that a photo he’s showing is photoshopped,” Goldman hit back, referring to Trump claiming the night before that “MS-13” added to a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s knuckles was in fact a real tattoo.

“He doesn’t know that the Supreme Court ruled nine to nothing against him. He’s got Elon Musk in the Oval Office doing press conferences. He doesn’t understand what trade deficits are and is tanking our economy. So you can call it whatever you want, but it’s been a pretty disastrous first hundred days,” Goldman concluded.

“First of all, I could debate you on each and every one of those things you just laid out, but I don’t think you can call it whatever you want. I think that’s an incorrect statement, Congressman. I think words have meaning and they matter. And I think you know that,” Cain pushed back, adding:

I think we have to be careful with our words, especially if we’re not trying to inflame the public, and most certainly if we are trying to arrive at the truth. And after four years of having us gaslighted over the competency, the mental acuity of the previous president, it’s absurd to question, even if you disagree, Congressman, and clearly you do with much of the president, the competency of the sitting president today. I think the accuracy and truth of those words do matter.

“Well, I don’t think he’s competent, Will. I don’t know what to tell you. Whether his cognitive abilities are sufficient to get past the 25th Amendment, you know, we don’t know that right now,” Goldman replied, adding:

But I think what is clear is that he has driven our country into a disastrous economy. He has undermined the fundamental rule of law and democracy. He is taking away benefits in order to cut taxes for the rich. I think even you, Will, would have to agree with me that this first hundred days is not at all what he promised the American people.

“No, I’m sorry to notify you, I do not agree with you. I think this first hundred days is exactly what he promised the American people, and more importantly, exactly what was voted on by the American people,” Cain pushed back as Goldman interjected, “But I think the American people thought that he was going to lower costs, not raise them.”

“Congressman, first of all, he talked about bringing tariffs in for 40 years. He did lower, inflation is down. The stock market has been on a rollercoaster because of tariffs. And it has never been promised to be an overnight solution. It is a long-term play to reorganize the global economy to bring manufacturing back to America. It’s fair for you to point out that it’s gonna be rocky in the beginning,” Cain replied, adding:

That’s fair. But I would hope that I’m not the only person trying to have a fair conversation here. I have here a list of topics that I thought maybe you’d be interested in talking about. I looked at your feed. You have concerns about potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid. You have potential concerns about cuts to FEMA. But you have chosen to come here with me today, and I’m disappointed in this.

I’m being honest with you, Congressman, and talked about the 25th Amendment. There’s a difference between you and I disagreeing. And there’s a difference between you disagreeing with the president and what the minority leader and you have now just done. And you suggested to the American people, because you disagree, which you have an American right to do, that somehow all of a sudden he needs to see the 25th amendment invoked on the President of the United States? I’m not confident we’re off to a productive conversation on potential cuts to FEMA.

“Well, look, Will, I didn’t bring up the issue. You brought up the issue, and I said, I don’t know whether or not the 25th– I didn’t bring up 25th Amendment. Well, that’s what, yes, I’m referencing the standard for competence in the presidency is the 25th Amendment. I have not spoken with him. I don’t know whether he is or he isn’t. What I’m just talking about is what has actually happened in these first hundred days, and I’m happy to have that conversation with you about what I think is happening in America. Because it is not what he promised America. It is not what he campaigned on,” Goldman replied.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.