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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:15 PM Wednesday

Trump, 79, Wanders Off While Meeting Japanese Prime Minister

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Susan Rinkunas
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good headline, @newrepublic.com

Trump, 79, Wanders Off While Meeting Japanese Prime Minister
In an embarrassing moment caught on video, it’s clear Donald Trump gets confused and walks away from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
newrepublic.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM

good headline, @newrepublic.com

Susan Rinkunas (@susanrinkunas.com) 2025-10-29T20:15:19.348Z


Trump, 79, Wanders Off While Meeting Japanese Prime Minister

In an embarrassing moment caught on video, it’s clear Donald Trump gets confused and walks away from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.


Donald Trump walks away from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as Japanese troops are lined up to greet them during a welcoming ceremony at Akasaka Palace.
NICOLAS DATICHE/SIPA PRESS/BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES

Donald Trump walks away from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on October 28.

During a welcoming ceremony in Tokyo Tuesday, Donald Trump appeared to forget where he was going as he walked through a room filled with dignitaries and a military band, at one point even leaving Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi behind.


It’s another example of the president’s ongoing cognitive decline and health issues, which are becoming more apparent with each of his public appearances. On Monday, the president revealed on Air Force One that a visit to Walter Reed Medical Center earlier this month was to get an MRI as part of what he described as a “routine yearly checkup,” despite the fact that his yearly physical exam was six months ago.

Neither the president nor White House officials have revealed why he got the MRI, and Trump also talked at length about a very hard “aptitude test” he received at the military hospital, claiming that members of Congress such as Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett wouldn’t have performed well.

Trump said the tests at the time included questions about “tigers, an elephant, a giraffe,” which sounds like he took a test to check for Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other cognitive issues. Such tests being conducted only six months after his yearly physical are a worrying sign, especially considering that Trump has also been spotted with discoloration on his hands and mysterious bruises.

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Trump, 79, Wanders Off While Meeting Japanese Prime Minister (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday OP
He's confused because the PM is a female biophile Wednesday #1
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with bullshit. live love laugh Wednesday #2
He looks like a wind-up toy with a wayward spring. Maybe that's what America has become, as well. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Wednesday #3
She was laughing at him at one point. Srkdqltr Wednesday #4
She was guiding him around. She stopped and he wandered away like a two year old tikka Wednesday #5
Make hims RAM is on the fritz? struggle4progress Wednesday #6
I hope he wanders into the path of this fine fellow Blue Owl Yesterday #7
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