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The author of a new book about Donald Trump has said the former president “struggles” with the chronology of events.
Ramin Setoodeh, the co-editor-in-chief of Variety, was asked about six interviews he conducted with Trump since he left the White House for his book, “Apprentice in Wonderland,” during an appearance on CNN on Tuesday.
“What was he like? What did you observe from him when you sat down with him?” Kaitlan Collins asked Setoodeh.
Author who interviewed Trump six times: There were some cognitive questions… he would from time to time become confused. He confidently told me that Joan Rivers voted for him when he ran for President and she died 2014. pic.twitter.com/QKf7y8dWEv
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Setoodeh referenced a recent report from CNBC that said Trump, 78, was “remarkably meandering” and “could not keep a straight thought” during a meeting with top CEOs.
“That report you just talked about—about ‘meandering’ and ‘confusing’—is right,” Setoodeh said. “He goes from one story to the next. He struggles with the chronology of events. He seems very upset that he wasn’t respected by certain celebrities in the White House. And then he’d go to a story about The Apprentice.
“So as you know, Kaitlan, it’s very challenging to interview Donald Trump and to go toe-to-toe with him, but there were some cognitive questions about where he was and what he was thinking, and he would, from time to time, become confused.”
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