Convicted felon Donald Trump has “severe memory issues” that are obvious in the “vacant look” he often gives when speaking with people, according to an author who has written a book about the disgraced ex-president’s rise to national prominence as a result of his show “The Apprentice.”
Ramin Setoodeh, the co-editor-in-chief of Variety, interviewed Trump on six occasions as part of his research for a new book, Apprentice in Wonderland, and he revealed this morning on MSNBC that he believes the show was a major factor in Donald being elected president in 2016.
“This is the reason why Donald Trump became president of the United States,” Setoodeh said. “This is the reason why he is now the nominee and could become president of the United States again. I think the important thing about this book, what I want everyone to know, it is based on a lot of access to Donald Trump. I interviewed him starting in 2021. I, as a journalist, spent more time with him than any other journalist since he left the White House on the record. We talked a total of six times, we were sitting together in the board room at Trump Tower watching clips of ‘The Apprentice’ together. Yes, this is the show and the warped reality we all live in, but it is also a president in exile.”
Setoodeh also told “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough that the twice-impeached former president is still obsessed with him.
“Trump’s mental temperament after the White House, his fixation on revenge – Joe, he’s still fixated on you. He spoke in detail about an interview you did in 2015. Lawrence O’Donnell was questioning how much money he made off ‘The Apprentice.’ Most presidents post-presidency are thinking of happier thoughts, moving on with their life, but he was remembering every negative thing anyone said. This book is also a warning. Donald Trump knows how to use the media. He’s never been taken out. People keep saying, ‘Okay, Trump era is over,’ but he won’t leave because he is a reality star. Reality stars really know how to captivate their audience.”
But it’s Trump’s mental state that should worry every American, Setoodeh noted.
“I got to know Donald Trump post-presidency, got to see what he was like. Over the weekend, he was talking about how Joe Biden needs to take a cognitive test, Joe Biden isn’t all there. Donald Trump had severe memory issues. As the journalist who spent the most time with him, I have to say, he couldn’t remember things. He couldn’t even remember me. We spent an hour together in 2021 in May, then a few months later, I went back to the, I went back to Trump Tower to talk about his time in the White House. I said, you know, he had this vacant look. I said, do you remember me? He said no. He had no recollection of the lengthy interview we had, and he wasn’t doing a lot of interviews at that time. The American public really needs to see this portrait of Donald Trump. This shows what he is like and who he is and who he has always been.”
Some have suggested that Trump may be in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease, which led to the death of his father, Fred, in 1999.
There have also been rumors that Donald may be suffering from syphilis, which is known to cause dementia in its final stages.
Whatever is wrong with Donald Trump, it’s clear that he should never again have control of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
