Donald Trump’s mental state ‘clear to see for many years’ as health fears soar | World | News

Investigating the health of Donald Trump is more important than examining Joe Biden’s fitness for office during his presidency, according to one US commentator. Paul Mazich, a retired commander in the U.S. Navy, believes that the current president’s health is showing worrying signs that have greater implications than the health of his predecessor.

House Republicans have been questioning the former president’s doctor after a series of startling accusations were made in a book alleging that Biden was unfit to serve as president for much of his term. Mazich said: “Does it really matter whether Congress investigates former president Joe Biden’s health in office? He’s retired. Leave him alone. Here’s a better idea: Investigate the health of our current president.

“He’s the only one who should really matter to Congress.”

The current president has sparked speculation online after a series of bizarre and rambling public speeches since he regained the presidency.

Earlier this month, Trump told a crowd at an event that his late uncle John Trump had taught the deceased terrorist Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber.

He made the claim despite the fact that his uncle died 11 years before Kaczynski was revealed as the Unabomber and arrested, making it impossible for his uncle to have been able to discuss any connection.

Mazich believes that Trump has displayed numerous examples of mental decline stretching back to his first term and has called on lawmakers to assess his current fitness to serve as Commander in Chief.

He added: “During Donald Trump’s first term, dozens of psychiatrists and mental health experts collaborated on a book alerting the American public to the potential danger he posed.

“Clues to Trump’s mental state have been plainly observable for many years. So have at it, lawmakers. But, if they determine that Trump suffers from a health issue that makes him unfit for office, they must act for the nation’s good and not for political advantage.”

Trump has on many occasions boasted about his health and recently claimed that he “aced” a cognitive exam, telling reporters: “I got every answer right.”

Bandy Lee, who taught for 17 years at the Yale School of Medicine, said that she believed that Trump first showed signs of cognitive decline in 2017.

Last year, World Mental Health Coalition, which Dr. Lee chairs, issued a statement signed by fifty prominent forensic psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and dementia experts.

It read: “What’s alarming is how the rate of Trump’s bizarre speech and political decisions have been increasing. He gave an answer about childcare to the Economic Club of New York so incoherent that even his supporters were concerned…

“Trump has shown evidence of dementia for the past year as indicated by his strange gait, phonemic paraphasia…and decline in the complexity of his words and concepts.”