Trump Lawyer Warns Cognitive Decline Has ‘Accelerated’ as Fitness Questions Grow
Washington is again grappling with questions about Donald Trump’s fitness after Ty Cobb, a former White House lawyer from Trump’s first term, said the president’s mental decline has “accelerated.” The claim matters now because it revives a politically volatile issue with a former insider, not just an outside critic, making the case publicly.
The tension is obvious. Cobb is arguing Trump’s behavior has worsened, while the White House’s own medical record says the opposite. That collision keeps the story alive even without a new diagnosis or new official exam.
According to The Independent, Cobb told Ari Melber that Trump appears “lost” and pointed to a smaller vocabulary, more profanity and threats, off-topic tangents, and late-night Truth Social posts as signs of decline. Reuters separately reported that Trump’s April 2025 physical found him in “excellent cognitive and physical health,” and that he scored 30 out of 30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
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The complication is that public behavior can drive political alarm without proving a medical condition. Reuters reported that experts caution against drawing firm conclusions about cognitive decline from verbal slips or unusual public remarks alone.
“He is somebody who is just lost,” Cobb said, according to The Independent.
That matters because the issue is no longer just partisan messaging. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 61% of Americans say Trump has become more erratic with age, including a notable minority of Republicans, suggesting the concern has moved beyond opponents and into broader voter perception.
What happens next is likely more scrutiny, not resolution. Unless Trump releases fuller independent medical documentation beyond the White House summary, the debate will keep turning on public appearances, insider accusations, and polling shifts rather than a definitive outside assessment.
For now, the story is still evolving faster politically than medically.
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