The White House has denied that Donald Trump visited the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Easter Saturday. The denial comes amid claims from family members about the former president's cognitive state.
Mary Trump, Donald Trump's niece and a clinical psychologist, has observed behavior she believes is consistent with Alzheimer's disease. According to Daily Express - US News, Mary Trump described that Trump sometimes does not seem oriented to time and place and that his short-term memory appears to be deteriorating. Fred C. Trump III, Donald Trump's nephew, told Daily Express - US News that he sees striking parallels between Donald Trump's decline and the decline of his grandfather, Fred Trump Sr., who was diagnosed with dementia and died in 1999 at age 93. Fred C. Trump III noted that dementia runs in the Trump family.
Sometimes it does not seem like he's oriented to time and place. And on occasion, I do see that deer-in-the-headlights look.
Donald Trump has dismissed the claims about his health outright. It remains unclear whether Trump actually visited Walter Reed or what his current health status is. He has not been formally evaluated for Alzheimer's or dementia.
There are times I look at him, and I see my grandfather. I see that same look of confusion. I see that he does not always seem to be oriented to time and place. His short-term memory seems to be deteriorating. He doesn't know who he's talking to. He doesn't know where he is.