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Quit “sane-washing” Donald Trump
Trump's speeches and apparent Oval Office naps are reaching a critical point

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published November 14, 2025 9:05AM (EST)


(Salon) Donald Trump lost it again Wednesday. Perhaps he never had it. He certainly can’t find it. But MAGA supporters shouldn’t worry. Trump losing his mind may be his best defense yet for the gathering political storm that is Hurricane Jeff.

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On Wednesday, Trump responded on Truth Social that Democrats were bringing up the “Jeffrey Epstein Hoax” again because — wait for it — they caved on the government shutdown. According to the president, it had nothing to do with his relationship to an alleged sex trafficker or any underage female victims. It was just another precision political hit conducted by the evil Democrats.

“He promised to release the files. Now he’s upset someone is starting to leak the information,” a source close to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., explained to me. Others said it’s what you’d expect from a man “no longer able to read the room.” Another indicated the president is mentally unaware of his surroundings.

It’s funny watching people come to the conclusion that Trump appears mentally unstable. At the end of his first administration, I noticed him slipping and I thought I was late to the game. In July 2020 I wrote, “Evidence points to major concerns about Trump’s cognitive abilities, in addition to ongoing concerns about his ability to tell the truth, leading to the inevitable question: How screwed is this country if Trump is reelected?”

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We have seen the president’s physical and mental decline with our own eyes, and it seems to be going from bad to worse at an increasing pace. Trump’s speeches often don’t make sense. He sleeps in public meetings, and afterward, his staff denies it happened. At a recent Oval Office event, he seemed to nod off for almost 20 minutes until a guest passed out and hit the floor. Sometimes it’s noon before we see the Marine guard outside the Oval Office indicating he’s at work. In his remarks, he hangs on the word “uh” far too long and often. The American public deserves to know the state of the president’s health before we see Jake Tapper pushing his new book, “I Knew It Before Anyone Else!” — a tome outlining how everybody but Tapper missed the warning signs. ....................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/11/14/quit-sane-washing-donald-trump/