Psychologist says Trump's latest rally 'consistent with a diagnosis of dementia'

Donald J. Trump has regularly accused his political opponent, President Joe Biden, of being cognitively impaired to the point of being unfit for the office of the White House. But that might be pure projection, if you take into account what one psychologist said on Saturday.

Trump over the weekend spoke at an event in North Carolina, where he suddenly had to pause his speech when an audience member appeared to be suffering from a heart attack or similar event. After several minutes without speaking, Trump thanked the medical workers and then proceeded to talk about tariffs he would impose.

After the speech, many people on social media mocked the former president's numerous verbal slip-ups.

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But for one expert, the flubs were more than that. To him, they were evidence of something Trump has accused Biden of suffering from: dementia.

"Trump is now predictably unable to go more than a sentence or two without garbling and slurring his words— and, when combined with his extraordinary word salads, are speech difficulties consistent with a diagnosis of dementia," Dr. David A. Lustig said Saturday. Lustig previously warned people not to get their medical advice from Rush Limbaugh.

"He sounds like an infant trying to speak with a pacifier," someone said in the comments on the psychologist's post. He replied, "I would feel sorry for him, if he weren’t a despicable monster."

Another user, Emma Marvin, asked him a question: "So what will happen to him as he gets worse and worse?"

He then made a prediction about Trump's potential deterioration.

"I would expect that before long, he won’t be able to function autonomously," he said.

Marvin then quipped, "So then they will just prop him up and use a ventriloquist."