Trump’s Speeches May Show Signs of ‘Dementia’ and Cognitive Decline, Top Experts Say
Donald Trump’s speaking style has deteriorated over recent years in certain ways which are potential indications of cognitive decline, experts say.
Speaking to Stat, experts in memory, psychology, and linguistics noted a decline in the former president’s verbal complexity since 2017 which has also been coupled with a rise in disjointed and sometimes incoherent speech patterns. While there may be several benign explanations for the changes, others are more alarming.
A previous Stat analysis during Trump’s first year in the White House found his speaking style had declined since the 1980s. The outlet has now repeated the analysis, asking four experts to review four clips of Trump’s recent speeches and to compare them with speeches he gave in 2017.