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Taking a break from discussing new evidence of Donald Trump's cognitive decline, conservative CNN contributor S.E. Cupp changed gears and told a panel that there is not enough attention being paid to how the former president's money problems make him a national security risk.

Speaking with host Kate Bolduan, Cupp made reference to Trump having to scramble to come up with more than half a billion dollars to pay for appeals bonds as he contests his most recent court losses. And, she said, that makes him "vulnerable" to foreign manipulation.

Reacting to speeches Donald Trump gave over the weekend where he repeatedly slurred his words, mistook President Joe Biden for former President Barack Obama and started sentences that trailed off into silence, Trump's former communications director admitted she has seen a precipitous decline since 2016 when he was first elected.

Speaking with CNN host John Berman on Monday morning, contributor Alyssa Farah Griffin stated Trump has always had problems recalling facts or people's names, but he seems to be in a downward spiral.

'Alyssa, you worked inside the White House, you saw Donald Trump firsthand when he was four years, albeit several years younger at least. How much does he miss or mix-up facts and the like?"

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"I have said this before, he is not as sharp as he was in 2016 and not even as sharp as he was in 2020," she replied. "For some reason, that doesn't necessarily come across to voters the same way. But Donald Trump is not the strongest fighter that Republicans could have right now and it's remarkable how much voters don't see the age as also an issue because he is only three-and-a-half years younger than President Joe Biden, but there's something about the way they carry themselves that is just seen very differently."

Following a discussion over the media's obsession with President Joe Biden's age while ignoring Donald Trump's increasing failure to speak coherently, one of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" regulars noted the former president's alarming physical deterioration and the fact that he seems to be unaware of it.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough began the discussion by directing his comments to former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) by pointing out, "You know, newspapers will go, 'You know, Donald Trump is old, too,' but they focus on Joe Biden more. Well, yeah! They don't talk about all the crazy things Donald Trump says because they've gotten so used to it."

MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire revealed that Donald Trump's campaign team is aware of his mental decline and takes steps to prevent voters from noticing.

"Morning Joe" panelists reacted throughout Monday's episode to the former president slurring and bumbling his way through a pair of campaign speeches over the weekend, saying he clearly seems to be mentally diminished, and Lemire discussed the change he's seen in Trump over the years he has spent covering him and his campaigns.

CNN reporter Alayna Treene said on Monday that former President Donald Trump's campaign is looking at ways to aggressively cut expenses to avoid facing a major cash crunch later this year.

While appearing on CNN, Treene brought word that the Trump campaign has been cracking down on staffers taking more expensive Uber rides and has also made sure that campaign offices meet the bare minimum of functionality.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed Donald Trump's ongoing obsession with Barack Obama.

The quadruple-indicted former president seems to think he's running against his predecessor, who hasn't been in office since early 2017, and the "Morning Joe" host said Trump has never gotten over Obama mocking him at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner.

In an effort to explain Donald Trump slurring, fumbling for words and blanking out during his weekend speeches, MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough suggested the ex-president's legal and financial problems are impacting his mental health.

After repeatedly showing a supercut of the former president "stammering and staggering" over the weekend, the MSNBC host suggested Trump's money problems are also "crushing' him.

Reacting to clips of Donald Trump seemingly believing he is running against former President Barack Obama while slurring his words over the weekend led the co-hosts on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to call him "sad" and question if something is wrong with him.

On Monday morning, co-host Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski seemed genuinely stunned at the former president's demeanor while addressing crowds after weekend primary wins.

After sharing the clip, Brzezinski immediately commented, "It's really sad."

Scarborough then pounced and pointed out the former president seemed to be having a series of "meltdowns' on top of everything else.

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After Brzezinski stated, "Donald Trump over the weekend once again thinking he's running against Barack Obama. When Trump wasn't confusing Biden with Obama... He apparently thought he was Obama."

"I have to apologize to fat Elvis in '77" Scarborough offered. "Fat Elvis never slurred his words like Donald Trump did this weekend. And he looked — his face was contorted."

"Something was going on," Brzezinski suggested.

Her co-host later stated, "And, again, his mind just short-circuited there."

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani forcefully disagreed with former President Donald Trump after he endorsed Mike Sapraicone as the Republican choice to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).

On his Sunday WABC radio program, Giuliani told Newsmax contributor John Tobacco that he was "angry" and "disappointed" by Trump's endorsement because Sapraicone had donated to Letitia James, the New York attorney general who sued Trump, his family and his business.