The Daily Populous Thursday June 20th, 2024 morning edition
Authored by huffpost.com and submitted by mostly-sun

The author of a new Donald Trump book who has spoken out about the former president’s “severe memory issues” offered some alarming examples on Tuesday.

Ramin Setoodeh, who interviewed Trump six times after he left office in 2021, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that there were points during those sessions when Trump seemed to think he still had some presidential powers.

“There was one day where he told me he needed to go upstairs to deal with Afghanistan, even though he clearly didn’t,” he said.

“He told you that, while you were interviewing him at Trump Tower, he told you he needed to go upstairs to deal with Afghanistan?” she asked.

“With the, quote, ‘the Afghanistan,’ is how he referred to it,” said Setoodeh, who is a co-editor-in-chief at Variety.

Setoodeh: Trump seemed to think he still had some foreign policy powers. There was one day where he told me he needed to go upstairs to deal with Afghanistan even though he clearly didn’t pic.twitter.com/e17xnz3okg — Acyn (@Acyn) June 19, 2024

In another instance, he said Trump told an easily debunked story about his first run for office.

“He confidently told me, and declared, that Joan Rivers voted for him when he ran for president,” Setoodeh said. “And Joan Rivers died in 2014.”

Trump did not appear on a ballot until 2016.

Author who interviewed Trump six times: There were some cognitive questions… he would from time to time become confused. He confidently told me that Joan Rivers voted for him when he ran for President and she died 2014. pic.twitter.com/QKf7y8dWEv — Acyn (@Acyn) June 19, 2024

Setoodeh also confirmed that Trump was “meandering and confusing” during interviews, and did not remember being interviewed by Setoodeh previously despite their multiple conversations.

“He goes from one story to the next. He struggles with the chronology of events. He seems very upset that he wasn’t respected by certain celebrities in the White House. And then he’d go to a story about ‘The Apprentice,’” he said, adding that these issues make it “very challenging” to interview the former president.

Setoodeh’s book, “Apprentice in Wonderland,” is out this week.

The Trump campaign has denied the allegations of cognitive issues, and said Trump didn’t remember Setoodeh because he is “a nobody and insignificant” and “never made an impression.”

BringBackAoE on June 19th, 2024 at 18:48 UTC »

John Gartner warned of the many signs of Trump’s dementia already in 2018! He is a specialist in the field, and part of the Duty to Warn team.

More recently he’s become more active again, explaining:

> I couldn’t believe my eyes. Day after day the press was gaslighting the American people: Pathologizing Biden’s normal signs of aging, such as forgetting names, and normalizing Trump’s flagrant signs of dementia.

This is one good read on the topic. His podcast “Shrinking Trump” is also good.

My own parents both got dementia, and an aunt and two of my grandparents did as well. It’s very clear to me too that Trump has dementia, and it’s progressing pretty fast at this point.

qawsedrf12 on June 19th, 2024 at 18:45 UTC »

"take care of the Afghanistan" = change his diaper

mostly-sun on June 19th, 2024 at 17:59 UTC »

EDIT: Here's video.

> Ramin Setoodeh, who interviewed Trump six times after he left office in 2021, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that there were points during those sessions when Trump seemed to think he still had some presidential powers.

> “There was one day where he told me he needed to go upstairs to deal with Afghanistan, even though he clearly didn’t,” he said. […]

> “With the, quote, ‘the Afghanistan,’ is how he referred to it,” said Setoodeh, who is a co-editor-in-chief at Variety. […]

> “He confidently told me, and declared, that Joan Rivers voted for him when he ran for president,” Setoodeh said. “And Joan Rivers died in 2014.” […]

> Setoodeh also confirmed that Trump was “meandering and confusing” during interviews, and did not remember being interviewed by Setoodeh previously despite their multiple conversations.