President Donald Trump’s team has had to reschedule meetings with him due to escalating worries about his well-being. Since taking office, there have been persistent doubts about Trump’s physical fitness to complete his term, given his age of 79. Despite his doctor, Sean Barbabella, affirming his good health, there are speculations about Trump using a catheter and having dementia, which the White House has firmly denied.
Concerns about Trump’s health have been fueled by visible bruising on his hands, attributed to excessive handshaking, his apparent fatigue in some meetings, and occasional difficulty hearing. To address the hearing issue, those around him have reportedly started speaking louder during meetings to ensure he can hear them.
In response to claims about his hearing, Trump sarcastically remarked during a press conference, jokingly stating he couldn’t hear the person speaking. However, he later clarified that he struggles to hear when there is a lot of background noise. Despite this, some experts have put forth more serious theories regarding Trump’s physical condition.
Biographer Michael Wolff, speaking on the ‘Inside Trump’s head podcast,’ challenged White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ comparison of Trump to an “alcoholic personality,” proposing instead that Trump exhibits a different type of personality disorder. Wolff suggested that Trump’s age-related issues echo the challenges faced by Joe Biden during his presidency.
Wolff emphasized the difficulty in diagnosing the President objectively, noting the cognitive challenges Biden faced and the protective stance taken by those around him. He highlighted the lack of a mechanism for an objective diagnosis for Trump, stating that it is challenging to determine if he is experiencing alarming cognitive issues, despite the intriguing “alcoholic personality” comment made by Susie Wiles.