THERE'S ONE FINAL PORTION OF THE INTERVIEW I WANT TO SHOW
YOU, THIS HAS TO DO WITH DONALD TRUMP'S MENTAL HEALTH.
OF COURSE
THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE'S DEALING
WITH ANY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
SPECULATING ABOUT THAT, I'M NOT A MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT, BUT
THEY TOUCH ON THAT TOPIC SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>>THE PRESIDENT'S CLOSE ADVISERS HAVE NOTED HIM REPEATING
STORIES, EXPRESSION FOR EXPRESSION YOU SAY, WITHIN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
>>IN A SHORTENED PERIOD.
THEY HAVE TRACKED THIS.
I KNOW PEOPLE
WILL POINT OUT THAT IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS LIKE EVERY 25
OR 30 MINUTES HE WOULD GET THE SAME THREE STORIES REPEATED, NOW
IT'S THE SAME THREE STORIES EVERY 10 MINUTES.
>>WHAT IS THE SUGGESTION, BECAUSE THAT GOES BEYOND SAYING
THE PRESIDENT ISN'T AN INTELLECTUAL.
WHAT ARE YOU
ARGUING THERE?
YOU SAY FOR EXAMPLE HE WAS AT MAR-A-LAGO AND
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE LIFELONG FRIENDS.
>>I WILL QUOTE STEVE BANNON, HE'S LOST IT.
>>CONGRESS WAS BRIEFED BY A PSYCHIATRIST, SOME MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, ALL DEMOCRATS, ON THE PRESIDENT'S MENTAL ACUITY RIGHT
NOW.
IT'S HARD TO DO THAT FROM AFAR, IT'S ALMOST ILLEGAL, IT IS
ILLEGAL FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS FROM AFAR, BUT THEY
ARE BRIEFING BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT -- ADD A CODICIL
TO THE 25TH AMENDMENT THAT SAYS THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO
JUDGE THE MENTAL FITNESS OF THE PRESIDENT.
>>I'M TORN ON THIS, NOT RECOGNIZING OLD FRIENDS RAISES
AN EYEBROW, BUT THAT'S ONE ANECDOTE, AS OPPOSED TO THE REST
OF THE BOOK THAT IS ON HIS LACK OF INTELLECT AND LACK OF
INTEREST IN LEARNING ANYTHING, THERE ARE A THOUSAND ANECDOTES.
AND PART OF THE REASON I'M TORN ISN'T BECAUSE I HAVE ANY
INTEREST IN DEFENDING DONALD TRUMP, QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
HE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN REALLY, REALLY STUPID.
I'M SERIOUS.
SO THIS NEW
TWIST WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF HE UNDERSTANDS
THINGS ANYMORE -- WHAT DO YOU MEAN ANYMORE?
I'VE NEVER KNOWN
DONALD TRUMP IN PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.
HE'S ALWAYS
HAD WILD, INSANE CONSPIRACY THEORIES, HE'S NEVER KNOWN A
THING ABOUT POLICY OR CARED TO, HE'S NEVER HAD ANY INTELLECT.
THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO, ONE OF MY FAVORITE ANECDOTES,
HIS ACCOUNTANTS, WHEN THEY ASKED HIM ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, HE SAID
COME HE NEVER ASKS ANY QUESTIONS COME HE JUST SAID MAKE MY TAXES
LOWER.
AND HIS WIFE, IVANA, WOULD ASK INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS.
THEN THEY ASKED ABOUT HIS DAD, AND THEY WERE LIKE, HIS DAD WAS
REALLY SMART.
NO, TRUMP HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INTELLECTUAL
LITTLE PERSON.
BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO USE THE 20TH AMENDMENT,
HMM.
>>LET ME JUST SAY SEPARATE FROM TRUMP, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A
PART OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
I THINK MAKING SURE THAT THE
MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PRESIDENT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND
REMEMBER, MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT ARE
OLDER, AND IT'S A NATURAL PART OF LIFE AS YOU GET OLDER TO LOSE
MEMORY AND CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN.
BUT ONE OTHER THING I
WANTED TO MENTION QUICKLY, SHE SPECIFICALLY TOUCHED ON THE FACT
THAT HE KEEPS REPEATING THE SAME STORIES WITHIN THE SAME BRIEF
PERIOD OF TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S ALWAYS DONE THAT, BUT IF
THAT IS A SERIOUS THING THAT'S HAPPENING THEN I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD.
>>IT'S HABITUAL TOO, ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL YOU WOULD GO FROM
EVENT TO EVENT COME HE WOULD MAKE THE SAME JOKES, THAT'S WHAT
THEY DO BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MATERIAL, AND IT MAY HAVE
PROGRAMMED THIS GUY.
>>HE HAS ALWAYS REPEATED THINGS, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
I'M
MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE 25TH AMENDMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT,
BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL QUESTION THE MENTAL CAPABILITY OF
THE PRESIDENT.
>>YOU ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THAN THE PRESIDENT.
>>YES, IN THAT CASE.
BUT IT'S AT LEAST SOMETHING WE SHOULD
BEGIN TO STUDY BECAUSE IT DOES HAPPEN, WE DON'T KNOW THAT IT
HAS HAPPENED HERE, THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW
YOU WOULD ASSESS IT, BUT IF IT DID HAPPEN, WHICH IS CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE, THAT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE NO MATTER DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN, IF THE PRESIDENT NO LONGER HAS HIS MENTAL
FACULTIES, SUCH AS THEY WERE