Ty Cobb, an attorney who served as White House counsel during President Donald Trump’s first term, once again raised alarm bells at the president’s cognitive decline, claiming it has “accelerated” and that Trump now shows signs of dementia.
Cobb, who has repeatedly raised similar concerns about Trump, told MS NOW’s Ari Melber Thursday that Trump, 79, “is somebody who is just lost.”
“His vocabulary has shrunk, he’s resorted to profanity and threats, totally impulsive– suggestive of the absence of any frontal lobe controls,” Cobb said.
Trump’s recent tangents during press conferences and meetings, which are sometimes completely irrelevant to the topic at hand, combined with his outraged Truth Social posts, including a recent threat to wipe out all of the Iranian civilization, have sparked conversation about the president’s cognitive health.
“He doesn’t understand this at all, any more than Joe Biden had difficulty getting off stage and finding the exit,” the former Trump attorney added.
The Independent has asked the White House for comment.
The president has long been known for going on tangents and boasting about his accomplishments, but has recently been accused of falling asleep during televised meetings, steering off topic more frequently, going on social media rants late at night and using vulgar language to attack opponents – sometimes former allies.
“It’s much different. It’s definitely accelerated,” Cobb said of the president’s mental decline compared to his first term.
Trump’s behavior has always been unlike that of other former presidents, who typically take the high road when insulted or are more thoughtful and calculated when issuing a statement.
But Cobb pointed to several examples of Trump’s unhinged posts as signs of a mental decline – such as claiming he was “glad” former FBI Director Robert Mueller was dead; insinuating the director Rob Reiner was murdered because of his opposition to Trump; and attacking Pope Leo XIV for not supporting the Iran war.
“One of the classic symptoms of Alzheimer’s is the sleep-wake reversal. So we see these screeds coming out at 4 a.m. and we see him falling asleep at Cabinet meetings at mornings and afternoons. That’s a classic symptom of dementia,” Cobb, who is not a physician, said.
Cobb’s latest comments echo similar concerns raised by former Trump allies, such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, Democratic opponents, such as Rep. Jamie Raskin, doctors, such as Dr. Vin Gupta and even the president’s own family – such as his niece, Mary L. Trump.
Greene, a former staunch Trump ally who has become one of his most vocal critics recently, declared the president had “gone insane” after he posted a message on Easter threatening to take out the Iranian civilization.
“I think we have to truly question the mental stability of any president that threatens to wipe out an entire civilization,” Greene told CNN.
Democrats threatened to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump, believing his Easter message was a sign that the president’s cognitive acuity had rapidly declined.
The White House and Trump allies have defended the president’s mental and physical abilities, consistently assuring people he is extremely healthy and denying reports suggesting otherwise.
“President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the past four years,” White House Spokesperson Davis Ingle told the New York Times.
“He’s very, very sane,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told members of Congress Friday.
But members of Congress, led by Raskin, have recently asked White House Physician Sean Barbabella to evaluate Trump’s cognitive fitness.
Earlier this month, Gupta, a physician who serves as MS NOW’s senior medical analyst, said the president was “exhibiting all the signs of dementia.”
“Erratic. Can’t finish sentences. Often confused. Illogical train of thought. Word finding difficulties. Developing and worsening gradually over time. The President is exhibiting all the signs of dementia,” Gupta wrote.
When a reporter asked Trump about his critics who have raised concerns about his mental health, Trump responded: “I haven’t heard that. But if that’s the case, you’re going to have to have more people like me.”
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