Las Vegas Sun calls out Trump's mental illness and cognitive decline

The Las Vegas Sun has written the truth about Trump's waning energy, cognitive decline and mental illness in a new editorial.

The editors of The Sun wrote:

There is a disturbing and undeniable shift that leads many pundits, observers, and even some Trump supporters to conclude that the former president's mental acuity and acuity are also waning, that his physical health and stamina are waning, and that his frustration and acrimony. anger boils over.

Americans on both sides of the political spectrum should be concerned about Trump's words and behavior. The nation needs to face the fact that beyond his hateful personality he is cognitively disabled and shows obvious signs of mental illness.

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He rambles aimlessly, slurs his words, and sometimes babbles. Always an inveterate liar, now that his speeches are nothing more than a series of lies jumbled into a mass in his head, he doesn't seem to know he's lying anymore.

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Donald Trump never had a moral compass to lead this country. But even his supporters can't afford to ignore the signs that he may no longer have the mental capacity to lead it. The stakes are simply too high.

For example, yesterday in Wisconsin, the Trump campaign staged a stunt where the candidate was about to get into a garbage truck, but Trump almost fell trying to climb the truck and once inside, he slurred his lines and said the wrong words.

For those of us who have been watching Donald Trump for years, the entire 2024 campaign has been a red flag. Trump declined the debateand his junior Republican opponents in the party primaries. The former president barely campaigned. During the campaign, his appearances were limited to one day a week, or if he made multiple appearances, they were scheduled days apart to give him time to rest.

When Trump entered the general election, he still didn't campaign very often, something he could pull off when he ran against President Biden, but against Vice President Harris on Trump's side. lack of tolerance for pre-election proceedings was obvious. Harris has been circling Trump since the former president canceled media interviews and campaign appearances, including this weekend's Penn State/Ohio State game in Pennsylvania.

Trump's rallies have become such a mess and haphazard nonsense that his own supporters walk out before the speech. Cognitively, Trump has suffered a dramatic decline. He cannot deliver a clear and effective political message. The former president cannot answer questions during interviews, and it is obvious that something is wrong in his mind.

The Las Vegas Sun stated the obvious, but some of the biggest newspapers in the country are too afraid of Trump to defend Kamala Harris. Don't expect the rest of the press to follow suit.

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Jason is the editor-in-chief. She is also the White House Press Center and Congressional Correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a BA in Political Science. Her graduate work focused on public policy, specializing in social reform movements.

Awards and professional memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Political Science Association