
Donald Trump is āhauntedā by the fear that he might suffer the same cognitive decline that affected his father, Fred Trump, who died in 1999 after a long battle with Alzheimerās and dementia. Timothy L. OāBrien, senior editor at Bloomberg Opinion, said on MSNBC that Trump, who has expressed a desire for a third presidential termāwhich the U.S. Constitution prohibitsāis motivated more by self-preservation or self-aggrandizement than reality.
OāBrien noted that Trump, now 78 and approaching 79, looks significantly aged, and his healthāespecially his fear of mental declineāmay be a bigger obstacle to a third term than voters or legal barriers. Trump fears following his fatherās path, who, despite being diagnosed with dementia in 1991, continued working until late in life. Friends and family describe Fred Trump as someone who kept going until the day he was hospitalized.
However, Donald Trump rarely speaks publicly about this fear, especially since he has often mocked President Joe Bidenās mentalā¦