Overview

• The Governor Newsom Press Office posted an official tweet on October 12, 2025, asserting that President Trump failed to remember he was president on January 6, 2021 and shouting "Do something."
• The tweet characterized Trump’s “mental issues” as “very bad,” marking a rare on-the-record critique from a governor’s official communications account.
• An opinion piece in Lawyers, Guns & Money cites the tweet to argue that the president is experiencing serious and worsening cognitive and emotional problems.
• The same commentary contends that U.S. legal and political institutions have proved unable to respond effectively to the situation.
• The author suggests the tweet may have been ghostwritten and partly parodic while still reflecting what they view as an accurate description, and notes no formal diagnosis or institutional action has been reported.