Donald Trump’s cognitive decline is getting worse by the day. We all see that. That is why I reached out to Nobel Peace Prize-winning psychiatrist, Dr. Henry David Abraham to come back on my show after appearing back in May. And this time, Dr. Abraham’s warning was even more alarming.
To recap, three months ago, Dr. Abraham was on to discuss the letter he joined with 35 other esteemed mental health professionals that concluded Trump is “mentally unfit” to serve as President and should be removed by way of the 25th Amendment. That letter—which is now part of the congressional record—warned that Trump’s behavior reflects “a rapidly worsening, reality-untethered, increasingly dangerous decline.”
That is why this group of experts reached this alarming conclusion, “Donald J. Trump is mentally unfit to be the President of the United States, and that steps to remove him from office must be undertaken with the greatest urgency.”
At the outset of our conversation Monday, I asked Dr. Abraham—a Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at Tufts University School of Medicine--if anything had changed over the past three months in terms of Trump’s conduct. That is when the Doctor stated bluntly, “Yes, he’s more dangerous.”
Dr. Abraham noted that Trump’s frequency in impulsivity and confabulation has greatly increased. To be clear, confabulation is not lying. It’s worse. It’s where the brain unconsciously creates fabricated, distorted, or false memories to fill in memory gaps--and the person genuinely believes these accounts are true.
Our corporate media dismisses this as “Trump being Trump”—or some note Trump tends to lie—but it’s truly a more concerning issue of mental fitness. Trump is creating a world that doesn’t exist--yet he believes this manufactured “reality.”
Dr. Abraham put it this way about Trump: If a pilot exhibited the same symptoms Trump exhibits, that pilot would no longer be allowed to fly an aircraft. Same he notes goes for a surgeon. But in the case of Trump, he is in control of the world’s most lethal military and nuclear arsenal, yet no one is pressing on his mental fitness.
This is especially concerning because as the Doctor noted, Trump is presenting symptoms consistent with frontal temporal dementia. He explained that explains “his increased emotionality, confabulation, lack of judgment and impulsivity.” That is why Dr. Abraham made this dire warning, this could lead to “Trump using a nuclear weapon in a fit of pique, or rage, or confusion, or poor impulse control.”
To be clear, Dr. Abraham nor the other mental health experts have made a diagnosis as to what is causing Trump’s mental unfitness. A big reason for that is the White House refuses to release Trump’s medical records which would enable these doctors to likely do that. As Abraham noted, Trump’s cognitive issues could be caused by dementia, Alzheimer’s or as caused by tertiary syphilis—which over time will lead to brain and nerve damage.
He added, though, it’s very telling that Trump has recently been subjected four times to “a rapid screen for dementia.” Dr. Abraham explained that based on his decades of experience, “if a person is normal, you don’t repeat the test. Rather, you only repeat it if it’s sliding downward.” He added, “You’re looking for a trend.”
But again, the White House refuses to provide access to the records—instead serving up a wildly incredible descriptions of Trump as having “perfect” test scores.
All of this is why Dr. Abraham is urging Democrats--if they get control of the House and/or Senate--to hold public hearings, subpoena Trump’s mental and physical records, have expert witnesses testify. We need to know the truth.
He is 100% correct. Section 4 of the 25th Amendment provides that Congress has the power to create a “body” to determine if a “President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” This at the very least will bring more attention to this issue.
This is not about politics as the Doctor noted. Trump will never be on the ballot again and if he’s removed, JD Vance becomes President—which could help him win in 2028. It’s about protecting our nation and the world from a President who experts are telling us is mentally unfit.
Hope you check out my discussion with Dr. Abraham below as well his new Substack.
You know that's right! Imagine if Trump was a surgeon? Truly the government we trusted has utterly lost its mind as well.
Thank you for your Most Essential article today, Dean
Extreme Food for Thought and required reading
One would think the stone cold idiots in Congress would govern one way
or another