{"id":39644,"date":"2025-07-26T21:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T21:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/39644\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T21:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T21:39:10","slug":"donald-trumps-mental-state-clear-to-see-as-lawmakers-urged-to-act-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/39644\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump’s mental state ‘clear to see’ as lawmakers urged to ‘act now’"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Republican lawmakers have grilled Joe Biden’s former doctor over his health, a retired Navy commander has called for more scrutiny over Donald Trump mental state<\/p>\n

21:09, 25 Jul 2025Updated 09:59, 26 Jul 2025<\/p>\n

\"ThereThere have been calls for more checks to be made on Donald Trump’s mental state(Image: AP)<\/p>\n

Donald Trump is facing fresh calls for a full investigation into his mental fitness after a string of bizarre public appearances left even his own supporters baffled.<\/p>\n

While Republican lawmakers continue to grill Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> former doctor over the president\u2019s health during his time in office, one US military veteran says they\u2019re targeting the wrong man.<\/p>\n

Retired Navy<\/a> commander Paul Mazich has slammed Congress for focusing on the past, arguing that Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s mental state poses a far greater risk to the nation right now.<\/p>\n

Speaking out in a scathing column, Mazich said: \u201cDoes it really matter whether Congress investigates former President Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s health in office? He\u2019s retired. Leave him alone. Here\u2019s a better idea: Investigate the health of our current president.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TrumpTrump raised eyebrows by claiming his late uncle taught the Unabomber(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Trump, who returned to office earlier this year, has already raised eyebrows after a series of wild and rambling speeches, including one in which he claimed his late uncle taught the Unabomber, despite the timelines making that impossible.<\/p>\n

The jaw-dropping remark is just one of many disturbing moments experts have flagged in recent months, sparking fears the former reality TV star turned commander-in-chief may not be mentally up to the job.<\/p>\n

Mazich continued: \u201cClues to Trump\u2019s mental state have been plainly observable for many years. During his first term, dozens of psychiatrists and mental health professionals tried to warn the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He called on lawmakers to finally take action and fast, adding: \u201cIf they determine that Trump suffers from a health issue that makes him unfit for office, they must act for the nation\u2019s good and not for political advantage.”<\/p>\n

Despite the growing concerns, Trump has repeatedly brushed off any questions about his cognitive fitness, bragging that he \u201caced\u201d a memory test and insisting, \u201cI got every answer right.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TrumpTrump claimed he recently “aced” a cognitive memory test(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Dr. Bandy Lee, a former Yale psychiatry professor who\u2019s studied Trump for years, said she first noticed signs of cognitive decline as early as 2017.<\/p>\n

She now chairs the World Mental Health Coalition, which last year issued a chilling warning, signed by over 50 top psychiatrists, neurologists, and dementia experts.<\/p>\n

The statement read: \u201cWhat\u2019s alarming is how the rate of Trump\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also pointed to physical and verbal symptoms, including a strange gait, increasing difficulty speaking clearly, and a marked decline in vocabulary and thought complexity, common red flags for dementia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Republican lawmakers have grilled Joe Biden’s former doctor over his health, a retired Navy commander has called…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[14398,1103,12,337,97,3319,259,260,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-39644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-childcare","9":"tag-dementia","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-fitness","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-joe-biden","14":"tag-mental-health","15":"tag-mentalhealth","16":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}