Trump sparks cognitive decline fears again as he trips on foreign student visa query: 'His mind is gravy'

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump has time and again bragged about acing his cognitive test while questioning his predecessor Joe Biden’s mental health.

But fresh concerns were raised over the 78-year-old president’s cognitive health after he awkwardly fumbled a question regarding restarting visa interviews for foreign students.

Trump stumbles question about Harvard foreign student visas

The commander-in-chief was addressing a press conference on Wednesday, May 28, when a reporter asked him if the administration planned on resuming foreign student visa interviews.

This came as the Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students while also threatening to expand the crackdown to other colleges.

"When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students' visas?" the reporter asked, to which Trump replied, "On what?"

"For the foreign student visa. Yesterday was the —" she repeated before he cut her off, asking, "For the French?"

"Foreign. Foreign," other reporters said, along with the reporter. "All the foreign students," she again repeated herself, according to the Irish Star.

"Oh, for the foreign visas? What are you referring to — foreign visas for what?" Trump asked, confused. "Are you talking about colleges?"

"Ok, you're off to Israel. Now you're talking about colleges, right?" Trump questioned as the reporter affirmed.

"Ok. Well, we're gonna see," Trump finally answered and veered off the conversation to attack Harvard University.

Internet questions Trump’s cognitive health

Donald Trump’s mind-twisting response sparked concerns among internet users who asked whether the president's confusion could be part of a larger problem.

"The cognitive," one user exclaimed on X. “And they called Biden clueless?” another user mocked.

“His big a-brain can’t compute,” the third user trolled while the fourth user wrote, “Dementia Don isn’t running the White House. Who is in charge?”

“His mind is gravy,” the fifth user attacked.

Several users tagged CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who recently claimed Trump is not being transparent about his health information.

"But does he recognize George Clooney?@jaketapper," one user asked. "@jaketapper any comment or possibly any books on this? Asking for a nation," another one said.

Speech expert claims Trump shows signs of ‘cognitive decline’

Donald Trump’s rumbling response came as a rhetoric expert claimed that his rambling speeches and stream-of-consciousness press briefings could be symptoms of his “cognitive decline.”

“His lack of focus makes it seem as though he’s experiencing cognitive decline, that his brain is not well-disciplined, and he’s unable to maintain a thought and carry it through to a logical conclusion,” Dr Jennifer R Mercieca, professor of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University, told Daily Beast.

She stated that, while she is not a speech pathologist or an expert on aging, she understands how an audience might easily become confused by the way he talks.

“Trump sees himself as someone who is unscripted and not teleprompter. He likes to brand himself as a ‘truthteller’ who can and will say anything that comes to mind.”

“Unfortunately, that makes his speeches difficult to follow as he digresses from thought to thought—seemingly connecting ideas at random,” she added.

This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online.