Trump's team is discussing his declining mental abilities.

IS TRUMP IN COGNITIVE DECLINE? 

The view from inside is that the president has been slipping

Seymour Hersh | 

Oct 07, 2025 ∙ Paid 



President Donald Trump greets Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as he arrives to speak to senior military leaders at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, on September 30. / Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images.

Perseveration is a medical term used in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and speech-language pathology to describe a particular response such as a phrase that is repeated or a gesture that is inappropriate.

It’s a symptom most commonly seen in patients who have PTSD, autism, traumatic brain injury, or dementia. I thought of the term, which I heard many times over several years when a close relative was experiencing the degeneration of dementia, while viewing President Donald Trump’s seventy-one minute speech to an estimated eight hundred US military leaders who were assembled, for reasons still not clear, at the order of Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard reserve major who is now the secretary of war, at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, on September 30.

After a rah-rah opening speech by Hegseth, the president delivered his usual mixture of personalized history and complaints—most notably, he has repeatedly claimed credit for solving international crises that he did not solve—that some of his close aides in the White House understand to be yet another sign of his increasing mental disorganization and inability to focus at high-level meetings.

Most significantly, I was told, Trump, always masterful in dealing with crowds, large or small, is no longer able to “read the room”—quickly size up the audience and let his instincts as a showman take over and get the audience engaged.
It would have been refreshing, and perhaps unprecedented, for Trump to outline his views on foreign policy and give the assembled generals and admirals a chance to ask questions of their president. Instead, they got a reprise of Trump’s greatest triumphs.
The president returned to one of his most misguided views—that of himself as a settler of wars.
“I have settled so many wars since we’re here,” he said.
“I’ve settled seven and yesterday we might have settled the biggest of them all,” referring to ongoing talks between Israel and Hamas.
“Although,” Trump added, “I don’t know. Pakistan, India, was very big, both nuclear powers. I settled that.”

There have been many newspaper reports from around the world disputing Trump’s accounts of the issues at hand, as well as his definition of what it means to “settle” a conflict.

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• World

07.10.2025, 22:32 

Journalist Hersh:

Trump's team is discussing his declining mental abilities

Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh in his article noted signs of perseveration (obsessive repetition of the same thought, phrase or action) in US President Donald Trump. According to the journalist, this may indicate a mental disorder, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, autism or dementia.

Seymour Hersh emphasized that Trump's close aides have also noticed signs of mental disorganization. According to them, during public speeches, Trump often mixes personal stories with complaints and attributes credit for resolving international crises, even though he may not have always been responsible for them. The journalist added that Trump, who was previously adept at engaging with his audience, is losing his ability to quickly assess public reactions.

Trump turned 79 in 2025. In an interview with Newsmax on October 7, he said he was feeling as good as he did 30 years ago. "I think I'm doing great," he said.

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Donald Trump's Journey in Business and Politics 

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, in New York. He was the fourth of five children in the family. At the age of 13, he enrolled in the New York Military Academy. In 1968, he graduated from the Wharton School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a specialization in Finance, and then began working for his father. - Photo: New York Military Academy



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World

07.10.2025, 23:53 GMT

Biden 2.0: Trump has signs of mental impairment

Biden 2.0: Trump has signs of mental impairment

There is growing concern in the White House about the state of US President Donald Trump's cognitive abilities. This was announced by Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh, citing his own sources.

According to the journalist, military and officials who attended Trump's recent speech at the Quantico Marine Corps Base noticed signs of "mental disorganization and an inability to concentrate on key topics."

Hersh notes that the president, who had previously been able to sense the audience, lost this quality and, instead of analyzing foreign policy issues, began to list his own achievements again.

Some of Trump's confidants regard such signs as a manifestation of "increasing cognitive impairment" — loss of focus and constant repetition of the same phrases.

Earlier it was reported that Trump is very disappointed in Putin because he himself could not do what he promised. It was also previously reported that Europe believes that Trump has lost touch with reality.

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