Trump's rhetorical walkabouts: A sign of 'genius' or cognitive decline?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The subject became most prominent in 2020, when Trump and Biden ran as two of the oldest candidates ever to seek the presidency.
50% : Before Biden and Trump, the media tended to treat the mental fitness of would-be presidents gingerly.
41% : Trump's supporters plead for a more generous interpretation when it comes to Trump on the stump: They say they go to the former reality TV star's rallies knowing that he will entertain -- including with convention-defying remarks and flights of fancy, as when he has mused about whether it would be preferable to die by shark attack or electrocution.
35% : "Trump suggested at a Tucson rally this month that it wasn't just his enemies questioning his onstage behavior.
34% : And should it factor into our votes or not?"Trump has made clear he's aware of the criticism, defending his speaking style repeatedly in recent weeks.
34% : And Trump has a long history of boasting.
33% : She said reporters should throw off the traditional journalistic imperative of brevity and simplicity and quote Trump in full, revealing how he actually expresses himself.
29% : In recent weeks, Trump has said he would deport Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, "back to Venezuela."
29% : Amid questions about his speaking style, media analyst Jamieson urged journalists to let Trump be Trump, but in a different sense.
24% : Trump famously challenged Biden to take a cognitive exam, boasting that he had passed such a test himself, in part by remembering a string of words: "Person.
21% : "Well, yeah, they might, but you look really bad," Trump said she replied.
12% : The topic became unavoidable when he and Trump debated in June, with Biden's incomplete thoughts and vacant stare setting off alarm bells among Democrats.
8% : Trump has repeatedly hurled critiques at former President Obama, when his real target seemed to be President Biden, misstatements he insisted were "sarcasm.
6% : Speaking in Savannah, Ga., on Tuesday, Trump sounded off on Biden's mental state and questioned the competency of Vice President Kamala Harris.
4% : Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris has "bigger cognitive problems " than President Biden.

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