Donald Trump’s incoherent explanation of his great memory is the latest sign he’s gone senile
Donald Trump’s worsening senility has been increasingly on display of late, as his mental incompetence has become so severe that his staff can no longer cover for him. His staff is still trying, as evidenced by a new story which reveals the extent to which they’re now going. The source of the story: Trump himself. In fact his babbling about the matter is the latest evidence of just how far gone he is.
Trump spoke to reporters at the White House today, and he tried to make the case that he really did say the name of Sgt. La David Johnson to his widow when he called her last week. He insisted that he really did say Johnson’s name, and his proof is that his staff had “put a chart” in front of him with the names (link). This is fairly stunning in and of itself, because it means Trump’s staffers knew he wouldn’t be able to remember the names of a mere four soldiers who had died. But then Trump made things even worse.
Trump insisted that because he spoke La David Johnson’s name, which he had just finished admitting he read from a chart, it was proof that he has “one of the great memories of all time.” That’s right, Trump is so far gone mentally that he thinks reading a name from a card is evidence of a strong memory – when in fact it’s the opposite.
Even worse, based on the lies that Donald Trump and John Kelly have told thus far in the entire military widow saga, and the fact that the widow had witnesses who heard the phone call on speakerphone, it’s fair to assume that the widow is telling the truth about Trump not having said her husband’s name. This means that even though Trump’s staff put Sgt. La David Johnson’s name on a chart in front of him for the phone call, Trump still didn’t say his name.
