Trump’s cognitive performance has clearly weakened, thinks the geriatrics professor emeritus.
- Presidential candidate Donald Trump has canceled interviews because of his health, which raises concerns about his health.
- The expert estimated that Trump’s cognitive performance deteriorated rapidly.
- However, Trump’s situation is not as serious as it was for Joe Biden, who left the candidacy.
78-year-old US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has canceled pre-arranged interviews.
According to insider sources, the reason for the cancellation is Trump’s ability to cope. A candidate seeking a second term is too exhausted to do interviews.
Specialist in geriatrics and professor emeritus Jaakko Valvanne The University of Tampere thinks that the deterioration of Trump’s performance has happened faster than usual.
– It is clear that with age, the stress tolerance inevitably weakens in the entire body. In general, human aging changes progress by about one percent per year.
Partially the same behavior as Biden
According to Valvantee, it is also common that one’s own exhaustion and tiredness may be denied.
Experts have been worried about Trump’s mental health and increased signs of aging. According to an analysis by The New York Times, the length of Trump’s rambling and “passage-like” speeches is 82 minutes on average, compared to 45 minutes in 2016.
Trump himself has described that he successfully passed the cognitive tests. Cognitive performance refers to functions related to human information processing, such as thinking, perceiving and remembering.
According to Valvantee, the likely deterioration of Trump’s cognitive performance has already been visible for the past few years, but recently the situation has progressed clearly.
– He may have stopped taking questions in the middle of the event and instead listened to music and stood as a “totem pole” motionless and expressionless, says Valvanne.
Donald Trump has canceled interviews in recent days. According to sources, the Republican candidate is exhausted. EPA/AOP
However, according to Valvantee, Trump’s situation does not come close to the level of Joe Biden, who gave up the presidential candidacy.
– Partly the same changes can be seen in Trump. He also has a lot of interruptions and absent-mindedness, strange behavior and jumping from one thing to another, Valvanne guesses.
However, the situation is not as serious as that of Biden, whose deteriorating health and cognitive performance were striking in the early stages of the campaign, he adds. Biden gave up his presidential candidacy in July 2024.
Cognitive ability declines
Unlike rival candidate Kamala Harris, Trump has not agreed to publish his health information. The last time Trump’s health was discussed was in 2020.
Trump’s doctor Bruce Aronwald published a letter in November 2023 stating that Trump’s cognitive comprehension test results were “exceptional.”
– It may be that the appeal to exhaustion is conscious that Trump does not get into difficult situations in interviews. He’s not as talkative as he used to be. There may very well be factors other than purely aging in the background, Valvanne states.
Valvanne reminds that the test performed on Trump was not diagnostic, and it is not possible to rule out cognitive disorders based on the test.
– What worries me is how the non-derivative course of Trump’s thoughts was ignored because of Biden. It is worrying how Trump’s mental problems have not been noted in public, he says.
– At that age, cognitive changes in thinking start to become more difficult, but according to experts, the deterioration of Trump’s mental functions has nevertheless been exceptionally fast.
Jaakko Valvanne sees in Trump’s recent behavior the same features as Biden’s, such as interruptions in thought and jumping from one topic to another. EPA/AOP
A demanding task requires exceptional endurance
In Valvantee’s opinion, Trump’s well-being and coping are very important issues to consider as the presidential election approaches. Fatigue and lack of sleep inevitably affect a person’s ability to function. Anyone’s memory also deteriorates due to poor sleep and stress.
Trump’s condition will hardly have time to deteriorate more than that in three weeks, Valvanne guesses. However, exhaustion may increase as election day approaches.
– However, he is already canceling interviews and campaigning less. It speaks to the fact that he does not have as much strength as before. For Trump, interview situations can be very awkward and exhausting if the interviewer is not sympathetic to Trump’s politics, he thinks.
If Trump is elected president of the United States, he would be 82 years old at the end of his term.
– However, age does not directly tell whether a person is qualified to serve as president. At the age of 80, a person can be capable of tasks that require considerable mental capacity, he reminds.
Valvanne emphasizes that the task of the President of the United States is demanding and the stress factors are so great that the task requires exceptional mental and physical ability.
Even though Trump’s lab results were fine according to the White House report, according to Valvantee, they don’t say anything about a person’s psychological health.
– The question inevitably arises, is he ready to take on the most demanding task in the world?
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