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President Donald TrumpHis appearance at an Oval Office press conference on Friday drew attention from critics — and raised further questions about himcognitive health.

Trump was answering questions from White House journalists when he began to go off-topic regarding Venezuela and beauty contests.

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I’ve been familiar with them for a long time, I’ve known that country, and you know, I own the Miss Universe competition,” Trump stated. “Miss Venezuela has always performed very well in the Miss Universe competition.

Journalist Aaron Rupar capturedthe instance in a post on X, stating “a sleepy Trump speaks incoherently during an absurd White House event.”

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Other social media users and political analysts responded.

“This is akin to claiming you know Italy because you dined at Olive Garden,” writer Alex Coleposted on X.

“A completely ordinary statement, with no indication of any cognitive problems whatsoever,” Tom Nichols, a staff writer for The Atlantic,wrote on X.

“Like I mentioned. S— has hit the fan,” said user John Jackson, who identifies himself as a Ukrainian Armed Forces veteran, former GOP member, and former trial lawyer,wrote.

“You couldn’t invent something like this in a Netflix writers’ room. Truly crazy, almost unbelievable dialogue from the so-called leader of the free world,” said Mehdi Hasan from Zeteo.wrote on X.

“Surveys indicate there are individuals who support this president’s performance,” said Michael McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida.wrote on Bluesky.