In an interview with CBS News, former President Donald Trump vigorously denied suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), despite reports, including from Vanity Fair, suggesting that he would watch a 7-second video of his assassination attempt on repeat, which many experts believe could indicate signs of trouble.
Donald Trump told CBS News' @CHueyBurns yesterday that he has no PTSD from the attempt on his life, and suspects God saved him because “he wants to save this country — maybe save the world.” pic.twitter.com/KH1QnSRQyP
— The Recount (@therecount) August 20, 2024
On the other hand, some of those close to him point to his many erratic comments and behaviors as either a manifestation of his PTSD, or an attempt to self-sabotage his election campaign in protest at Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race.
Trump tells CBC News that rather than suffering from PTSD, he is convinced that God has preserved him because he wants Trump to save the country, if not the world.
Republican donors and Donald Trump campaign officials are struggling to understand why the former president seems to be sabotaging his own candidacy: “It’s like he’s choosing to lose.”@gabrielsherman reports: https://t.co/2zXK9f9r7e
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) August 14, 2024
It’s nothing new that Trump sees himself as chosen by God to save the world; indeed, this has been a major aspect for proponents of the QAnon theory for several years.
But while donors and members of the Republican Party encourage Trump to focus on his political agenda rather than engage in conspiracy theories or racial forwards, particularly against his rival Kamala Harris.
Instead, some believe he’s adopting these recent bizarre behaviors to sabotage his own campaign, suggesting he wouldn’t be able to respond effectively to Joe Biden’s official withdrawal.
According to some, Trump would feel cheated by Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 campaign. He would be in emotional mourning over his rival’s absence and would find it difficult to regain control of the situation, which had developed unexpectedly.
Instead, some people attribute the 78-year-old former president’s strange behavior to old age, including former Fox News host Megyn Kelly.
Megyn Kelly: Trump’s "rambling" is boring and probably "age-related" https://t.co/1VGJ0R5wqA
— The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2024
In her podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show, she recently asserted that Trump’s recent interview with Elon Musk revealed a Trump who had become boring and aged.
Kelly even believes that if Trump is angry with her, it’s mostly because she’s been raising the former president’s aging issues for a long time.
Many people find it increasingly difficult to follow Trump’s reasoning, not least because he quickly loses track of his ideas, repeats himself with the same old rhetoric, shares fake AI-generated images pretending they’re authentic… which seems an inevitable sign of old age… or that something more serious might be at play.
Recall that his father, Fred Trump Sr. was diagnosed late in life with mild senile dementia.
Although the symptoms currently observed in the former president are different from those of his father, it is possible that this is linked to genetic predisposition.
Does anyone know what Donald Trump is talking about anymore? https://t.co/hETyGh5vCC
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) August 16, 2024
Whether it’s due to old age, self-sabotage or PTSD, there’s clearly something wrong with Donald Trump.