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Trump’s Dementia: The 5 Red Flags Being Ignored by the Media

Despite some glaring flubs and missteps, the media, MAGAs, and the entire Republican Party are ignoring signs of Don’s mental incapacity. Did you notice these?

Libby Winkler
4 min readFeb 7, 2024
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Trump’s Dementia: The 5 Red Flags Ignored by the Media

In the whirlwind of daily news, where sensationalism often trumps substance, a critical story seems to be slipping through the cracks: the potential mental decline of former President Donald Trump.

Despite a series of glaring flubs, missteps, and erratic behaviors that would typically warrant a media frenzy, there seems to be a collective silence from the MAGA crowd, the Republican Party, and, most surprisingly, large swaths of the media landscape. As a concerned observer and from a liberal democratic standpoint, it’s impossible to ignore these red flags signaling Trump’s potential mental incapacity.

Here are five such signs that demand our attention:

1. Cognitive Discrepancies and Memory Lapses

Trump’s public appearances have increasingly been peppered with moments of confusion, forgotten names, and jumbled narratives that stray far…

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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