Overview
- Mike Murphy, a veteran Republican strategist, labeled the speech meandering and low-energy in a post on X.
- The event was part of a push to have President Trump campaign more for GOP prospects ahead of the 2026 midterms.
- The Daily Beast described slowed speech, word-finding issues, repetition, and tangents, attributing the signs to aging in its coverage.
- Trump pushed back on Truth Social, calling a New York Times article on his condition “seditious” and “treasonous.”
- He claimed to have taken and passed more cognitive tests than any other president and referenced a recent test observed by medical staff at Walter Reed, a claim highlighted by MS NOW host Chris Hayes.