Trump's health: “He has lost touch with reality”, several experts are alarmed

American psychologists are concerned about Donald Trump's mental health. The Republican is said to be in “cognitive decline” and his condition has “deteriorated dramatically” in recent times.

Americans have voted, Donald Trump will be the 47th President of the United States of America. That is a second term in the Oval Office of the White House for the real estate magnate, at 78 years old. Precisely, his age and mental health have been greatly questioned by several health experts in recent months. The Republican is said to be in “cognitive decline” and has “lost touch with reality”. There you have it 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 perform such a role.

Trump has dementia according to a clinical psychologist

Donald Trump is used to making incoherent statements. On the eve of 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, Pennsylvania, he was a nice guy, he was asking her all this stuff, they don't take it like I do,” he had said about Kamala Harris, for example. Incomprehensible remarks that raise questions. 

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Richard A. Friedman, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, had already said he was “alarmed” by the remarks heard during the debate between Trump and Harris on September 10, in The Atlantic. He said the Republican “had exhibited some striking, if familiar, patterns that are commonly seen in people experiencing cognitive decline,” an analysis shared by Dr. Ben Michaelis, a clinical psychologist who has conducted cognitive assessments for the New York Supreme Court. “There's a term when you talk about people with dementia called 'sundowning,' and it's much harder for them to as the day goes on,” he explains in the columns of The Independent. “It is very difficult for them to stay focused on a subject,” he continues. Which, apparently, happens to Donald Trump.

A “significant mental illness” ?

This is not Donald Trump's first attempt at rambling speeches. During a campaign speech in Potterville, Michigan, for example, he went from one sentence to another about how he lost billions of dollars in San Francisco to his immediate posturing about his place in a list of presidents who have been “terribly” treated around the world. Dr. Ben Michaelis speaks of “excessively incoherent speech,” which could be a symptom of “significant mental illness.”

Allen Frances, professor and chairman of the department of psychiatry at the Duke School of Medicine, cites several unfounded claims made by the billionaire and next president of the United States, again for The Independent. During the debate with his Democratic rival, Donald Trump said that babies were being “executed” after birth, that schools performed surgery on children, and that Haitian immigrants ate pets.

“It seems likely that his condition has deteriorated dramatically,” the psychiatrist concedes. “The things he says suggest that he has really lost touch with reality,” he says. Observations that are not reassuring as Donald Trump will take office in Washington on January 20, 2025. He will be 82 years old at at the end of his second term and will be the oldest sitting U.S. president.