Trump won't last in office for four years? Republican advisor's warning raises concern

US President Donald Trump may not last four years, a political strategist for the Republican party has warned as he claimed that the controversial leader could be showing signs of cognitive decline, reports The Irish Star. Rick Wilson, who also co-founded the Lincoln Project, has warned that some experts are suggesting Trump may be in the early stages of dementia, the report mentioned.

Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, has raised concerns that some experts believe Donald Trump could be showing early signs of dementia. This comes in contrast to a statement from the White House physician in April, who reported that Trump was in "excellent cognitive and physical health."

In April, the White House said that President Trump is in "excellent cognitive and physical health". In the first annual physical of his second presidential term at a Washington DC-area hospital, Trump was also found to have scarring "on the right ear from a gunshot wound", after an assassination attempt last July.


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"President Trump remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and general physical function," his doctor, Captain Sean Barbabella, said in a memo.

At 78, Trump was the oldest president to take office in January, though his predecessor, Joe Biden, was older at 82 by the time he left.

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In an interview with Times Radio, Rick stated that Trump’s decline was evident not only in comparison to 2015 but also when measured against his 2024 campaign for a second presidential term.

He said: “He is incoherent. His inability to articulate any thought or position without constant asides, constant lapses, the verbal aphasias he is experiencing at various points.

“As a very close observer of Trump since 2015, I can tell you the man you’re watching today is not the Trump of 2015, nor is he the Trump of 2020, he’s not even the Trump of 2024.

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“There is a decline in Trump’s ability to communicate, there is a decline in Trump’s ability to articulate his thoughts. This is not uncommon when people get older.”

Rick added that it wasn’t just him that was concerned about Trump’s neurological condition, with other experts telling him they believed Trump could, although no proof this was provided, have developed dementia.

He said: “There are an awful lot of professionals in the world who are looking at the same set of behaviours and saying ‘This is what we see in early dementia cases’… this is what we see when there is a cognitive decline.

“Just circling the elephant on the cognitive test does not make Donald Trump not suffering from the ravages of age and ill health.”

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This isn’t the first time Trump’s health has been called into question, with experts warning earlier this year about his weight loss and what may have caused it. He is the same age Joe Biden was when he took office in early-2021.

What’s more, recent revelations in ground-shaking book by Jake Tapper on Biden’s health decline in office have raised questions over what is going on in Trump’s Oval Office, despite the White House physician giving him a clean bill of health in April.

In a memo, his doctor, Captain Sean Barbabella said: "President Trump remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and general physical function. “President Trump exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit to execute the duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State.”