How Trump, 79, Is Declining in Plain Sight: Doctor

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4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Dr. John Gartner returns to The Daily Beast Podcast to deliver an urgent, chilling analysis of Donald Trump’s rapidly deteriorating clinical condition as he approaches his 80th birthday. Moving far beyond typical signs of aging, Dr. Gartner details to Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty the alarming behavioral symptoms pointing toward frontotemporal dementia—including a complete loss of empathy, dangerous disinhibition, and increasingly disorganized thought processes. Dr. Gartner unpacks the psychology behind Trump’s late-night postings, his shocking new delusions of grandeur, and a calculated effort to "groom" the American public for an unthinkable nuclear conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.4	transparently mentally ill and cognitively deteriorating.
0:38.3	So at this point, it's so absurd to ask questions about, well, can you really make a valid diagnosis from a distance?
0:44.3	Not only can you make a valid diagnosis from a distance, you don't even need to be a doctor.
0:48.3	You don't even need to be a specialist. You just need to not be under the influence of MAGA drugs.
0:57.3	Welcome to the Daily Beast podcast. I'm Hugh Docti. I'm executive editor of The Daily Beast, and I am privileged to be sitting in for Joanna Coles. She will be back soon. Thank you to everybody who has been subscribing to The Daily Beast. If you do not subscribe to the Daily Beast YouTube channel, please hit that button, share this with your friends. We are close to 700,000 subscribers. With your help, we can reach a million and spread the word. Thanks to your support that we are able to bring you guests of the amazing caliber of Dr. John Gartner.
1:28.3	He is a psychologist and clinical psychotherapist who has for many years been sounding the alarm
1:35.7	on the questions that have to be asked about the president's mental state.
1:40.0	And we have so much to discuss.
1:44.7	Dr. Gartner, welcome to Daily Bee's podcast once again.
1:47.9	Thank you for joining us.
1:48.7	I should say this is the first time that I've had the privilege of speaking to you,
1:52.7	but everybody, everybody who listens to the Daily Bee's podcast
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