Donald Trump has always made fun of other people’s age. He laughed at Joe Biden for forgetting names, skipping lines, or rambling off-script.
Now Trump’s doing all of that — and then some.
At a recent energy event in Pennsylvania, he stood in front of the crowd and told a wild story. He claimed the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was once taught by his uncle at MIT.
“That’s a smart man,” Trump said. “Kaczynski was one of his students… he’d go around correcting everybody.”
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None of that actually happened. Kaczynski went to Harvard, then Michigan. He was never at MIT. Trump’s uncle died before the Unabomber was even caught. That moment should’ve stopped everything — but Trump just kept going.
Not long after, he turned on Jerome Powell — the head of the Federal Reserve — and said he was shocked Biden had put him in the job.
Except that Trump was the one who gave Powell that position back in 2018.
His own appointee. Forgotten like nothing happened.
Then came another confusing statement. Trump started trashing old trade deals. Said he looked through them at night and couldn’t believe someone signed them.
He’s talking about the deals he signed. The same ones he once called “the best in history.” He forgot all of that, too.
Later, during a speech, he couldn’t remember the name of Japan’s leader. So he just called him “Mr. Japan.”
And while addressing graduates, he went off about trophy wives, yachts, and something he called “momentum time.” Nobody knew what he was talking about — but he looked proud of it.
He’s not the same man who stepped into office back in 2017. His voice is slower. His skin looks looser. His thoughts come out like puzzle pieces, with half the box missing.
People laughed when he told strange stories in 2016. Now it feels different. Now it feels like something’s off.
And the timing couldn’t be worse.
Biden stepped aside after his own age became the main story of 2024. Trump mocked him at every rally, every interview, every chance he got.
Now Trump’s out there forgetting who he hired, who he fired, and what year it is — and no one close to him wants to say anything.
His behavior is being brushed off as “classic Trump,” but these moments are piling up fast.
This isn’t about a bad joke or a weird rant. It’s about a man who’s slipping — and holding the most powerful job in the world.
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