Trump’s Oval Office outburst has social media questioning his mental state: ‘A fairly textbook dementia symptom’

President Donald Trump's sharp exchange with a reporter in the Oval Office on Tuesday has revived online debate over his mental condition. Andrew Feinberg, the White House correspondent for The Independent, had asked about the administration's anti-fraud push and a proposal to pay whistleblowers 1 percent of recovered fraudulent money. When Feinberg pressed with follow-ups, including a question on the golf course renovation, Trump demanded silence, warned him to be careful, and called him a "sick person." Vice President JD Vance later called Feinberg an "imbecile."

Videos of the clash drew millions of views. Strategist Chris Sosa and former Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger called the display alarming, while commentator Mark Bland argued cognitive decline should bar Trump from office. Several anonymous users said the aggression looked like dementia. The White House rejects such talk, with spokesman Davis Ingle describing Trump as the sharpest president the country has had and accusing doctors who weigh in of political motives.

Trump, 80, is the oldest person ever inaugurated. Attention to his health has grown amid apparent drowsiness, hand bruises and swollen ankles, which the White House blames on handshakes and chronic venous insufficiency. Trump says a May physical went perfectly.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →