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A long rambling story Donald Trump told about his uncle this week, none of which was true, has raised fresh alarms that his advanced age and the pressures of the job appear to have him trapped in a downward spiral.

Speaking at a technology summit in Pittsburgh this week, the president told that crowd that his uncle John, a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), taught Ted Kaczynski –– better known as the Unabomber.

That would have been difficult since, as MSNBC's Michael A. Cohen wrote, "John Trump passed away in 1985. Kaczynski committed bombings that killed three people and wounded nearly two dozen others from 1978 to 1995. He was finally arrested in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison in 1998. If both the president and his uncle knew that Kaczynski was the Unabomber more than a decade before his arrest ... now that would be a story!"

Combined with President Trump pinning blame on ex-President Joe Biden for the appointment of Jerome Powell to the Fed, when Trump was responsible, the MSNBC analyst expressed alarm that Trump is still repeating the debunked stories with gusto as he becomes even more detached from facts.

"Trump’s Unabomber tale is yet another example of the what can feel like an increasing disconnect from reality. Yet, as with so many of Trump’s recent and unsettling statements, too many in the mainstream media seem uninterested in covering the story, " Cohen wrote.

He then cautioned, "Right now, as we speak, the president of the United States is showing substantial, arguably greater public evidence of possible cognitive decline. Trump at times is unaware of what is happening inside his administration, can seem clueless about major policy events, and doesn’t always appear to understand the very legislation that he is promoting."

He added that press is ignoring what is right in front of their faces, after a steady diet of stories about ex-President Joe Biden's decline.

"One can certainly debate the extent to which Biden was truly experiencing cognitive decline. But if reporters are going to argue that the media dropped the ball in not giving that story greater coverage, then how does one explain not even talking about what is happening right now?" he asked.

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On the heels of the damning Wall Street Journal report on a birthday wish that Donald Trump allegedly wrote to accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, CNN's Aaron Blake claimed there needs to be more questions asked and answered about the relationship between the two.

In an analysis published on Saturday morning, Blake went a step further and singled out a curious comment the president made about Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell who went from socialite to convicted child sex trafficker.

According to the analyst, the president is known for saying "weird" things, but when asked about Maxwell who was facing jail time inn 2019, Trump attempted to distance himself from her despite having a history of having his picture taken with both her and Epstein.

According to Blake, "... his [Trump's] commentary the following year after Maxwell was charged was different — and somewhat bizarre."

"But I wish her well, whatever it is," he told a reporter only to elaborate at a later date when questioned by reporter Jonathan Swan.

“Yeah, I wish her well,” he told Swan. “I’d wish you well. I’d wish a lot of people well. Good luck. Let them prove somebody was guilty.”

When pressed, he added: “I do wish her well. I’m not looking for anything bad for her. I’m not looking bad for anybody.”

That led Blake to suggest, "Even for a president who often says weird things, this ranks near the top."

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A fuming Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday morning and complained about demands that his Department of Justice release the complete Jeffrey Epstein files.

After attempting to blow off the controversy of the Department of Justice keeping the files on the accused pedophile hidden from the public, claiming there is nothing more interested parties need to know, Trump grudgingly instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the court's approval to release secret grand jury transcripts.

On Saturday morning, the president once again stated his approval to seek the release but then complained that it won't satisfy his critics –– many of them supporters of his MAGA movement who are furious that he broke a promise to them.

On Truth Social, he wrote: "I have asked the Justice Department to release all Grand Jury testimony with respect to Jeffrey Epstein, subject only to Court Approval."

However, he was not done and continued by ranting, "With that being said, and even if the Court gave its full and unwavering approval, nothing will be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics making the request. It will always be more, more, more. MAGA!"

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According to MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, the Wall Street Journal will likely have more to say on Donald Trump in the Monday edition after the president filed a lawsuit over reporting on a letter the president allegedly wrote to accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Before going to commercial, Capehart noted the growing war between the president and the conservative Wall Street Journal that has led to a $10 billion lawsuit Trump has initiated after the Journal dropped its bombshell report.

As the MSNBC host pointed out, the Journal doesn't publish much on weekends so it is likely they are saving their ammo for Monday.

'You know, we keep talking about the Wall Street Journal story and now the president is suing," he stated to co-host Eugene Daniels

"I'm just wondering now, the Wall Street Journal is Monday through Friday –– they have their weekend edition, so not a whole lot of news comes out," he continued.

"But on Monday, y''all make sure you get a Wall Street Journal because they're like they're trying to say the president is, the administration are trying to say this is fake. But if the Wall Street Journal says, 'here it is'..." he said while smiling as his voice trailed off.

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Reacting to a report that Steve Bannon is reportedly sitting on hours of raw footage where he interviewed accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a stunned and excited MSNBC host blurted "Release it!" on Saturday morning.

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend," NBC reporter Vaughan Hillyard filled in co-hosts Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels on his reporting that Bannon had planned a documentary on Epstein and has a reported 15 to 16 hours of video of interviews with him before he died while in custody.

As Hilyard wrote, "Mark Epstein said that Bannon, the MAGA media personality, worked with his brother, then a convicted sex offender, after the Miami Herald in 2018 chronicled victims’ details of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. The two men filmed together before Epstein’s arrest by federal authorities in the summer of 2019."

On Saturday morning he told an open-mouthed Capehart, "Steve Bannon sat down and worked with Jeffrey Epstein and, according to Mark Epstein, the two men filmed about 15 to 16 hours worth of footage. Steve Bannon, after Jeffrey Epstein's death, actually had a meeting in New York with Mark Epstein and was talking to him about getting some funding to put together a documentary. Mark Epstein said, 'No, I'm not giving you any money for this documentary.'"

He then added, "The American public hasn't seen this 15 hours of footage. I reached out to Steve yesterday, haven't heard back from him. He has suggested last week on his own podcast that potentially he may release a documentary come next year. but that goes back to the whole thing of there's 15 hours of raw footage that Bannon has and while he's calling for full transparency and the unsealing of all the evidence of the files from the DOJ, he is yet to release his own."

"That's primary source reporting that Steve Bannon has right there!" Capehart exclaimed. "Then release it!"

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