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Donald Trump's 'mental fitness' is being questioned again after a series of blunders and confusion at his campaign rally.
Democrats are now questioning Trump's mental abilities, turning the tables after years of Republicans criticising Biden for being mentally unfit to serve due to his age. Now 81-year-old Biden has joined in, sharing a video of Trump's latest verbal slip-ups, including past confusing statements.
Just days ago, Donald Trump seemed to confuse Nancy Pelosi with Nikki Haley while talking about the January 6 Capitol attack. At a New Hampshire rally, Trump commented on the size of the crowd, saying: "You know when [Haley] comes here she gets like nine people, and the press never reports the crowds you know".
He continued: "By the way, they never report the crowd on Jan. 6. You know Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, you know, they - do you know they destroyed all of the information, all of the evidence, everything, deleted and destroyed all of it. All of it."
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Last week, Trump also appeared in public with mysterious red marks on his hands (AFP via Getty Images)Trump got mixed up and the Biden team quickly tweeted about it: "A deeply confused Trump confuses Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley multiple times: Nikki Haley was in charge on January 6. They don't want to talk about that." Democrats, including Biden, have been spreading a video of Trump mixing up former Speaker Nancy Pelosi with his political opponent Nikki Haley.
The Biden campaign also said: "Can you imagine the field day @FoxNews and Trump would have had if @JoeBiden had gone on, at length, confusing Gavin Newsom with Kevin McCarthy?!??" David Axelrod, who used to work with Obama, wrote this on X.
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Rochester Opera House (Getty Images)Last week, Trump showed up with odd red marks on his hands. He waved to everyone, and people saw three big red spots on his hand, making them wonder about his health. Some people online guessed he might be using a special ink or even that the marks could mean he has syphilis - a rumour that James Carville, who worked for Bill Clinton, seems to believe.
Despite wild rumours, it turns out the marks on his hands came from something way less dramatic. Confirming to TMZ, his team said it was merely a paper cut. He'd accidentally smeared the blood across his hand creating an illusion, it emerged. There was no sign of the cut by the time he went to his mother-in-law's funeral in Florida.
Former top Democrat posted a video on his YouTube channel making an outrageous, unverified claim. He suggested that Trump's hand marks were symptoms of syphilis, a sexually transmitted condition usually marked by sores. He claimed: "They don't look like cuts to me. They look like sores. And I've asked a number of MDs (doctors), what medical condition manifests itself through hand sores and the answer is immediate and unanimous - secondary syphilis."
Syphilis, a predominantly sexually transmitted infection, is typically characterised by red sores and a rash. There are four stages: primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary, each presenting different signs. Symptoms of the second stage often include sores around the mouth or genitals, as well as a rash on your palms or soles.
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