NY Times Publishes Deep Dive Calling Out Trump’s Cognitive Function: He Often Seems ‘Confused, Forgetful, Incoherent or Disconnected from Reality’

The New York Times, Sunday, published a comprehensive report on former President Donald Trump’s recent memory lapses and overall cognitive function.

In a lengthy piece, Times correspondents Peter Baker and Dylan Freedman led by referencing the recent moment in which Trump made reference to an audience at the Sept. 10 presidential debate which did not exist.

“Anyone can misremember, of course,” Baker and Freedman wrote. “But the debate had been just a week earlier and a fairly memorable moment. And it was hardly the only time Mr. Trump has seemed confused, forgetful, incoherent or disconnected from reality lately. In fact, it happens so often these days that it no longer even generates much attention.”

From there, the Times reporters rattled off a series of Trump’s recent lapses.

He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought — some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own “beautiful” body. He relishes “a great day in Louisiana” after spending the day in Georgia. He expresses fear that North Korea is “trying to kill me” when he presumably means Iran. As late as last month, Mr. Trump was still speaking as if he were running against President Biden, five weeks after his withdrawal from the race.

The Times offered some specific metrics to illustrate Trump’s current state. They note his rally speeches now last an average of 82 minutes, compared to 45 minutes in 2016. He also uses curse words 69 percent more frequently than he did in his first presidential campaign — which Baker and Freedman said “could reflect what experts call disinhibition.”

“You can like Trump or hate Trump, but he’s been a very effective communicator,” former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci told the Times. “[But now] the word salad buffet on the Trump campaign is being offered at a discount. You can eat all you can eat, but it’s at a discount.”

In a statement to the Times, Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung called Trump “the strongest and most capable candidate” and added, “President Trump has more energy and more stamina than anyone in politics, and is the smartest leader this country has ever seen.”