Former Governor Chris Christie is Concerned Over What He Perceives as Donald Trump’s Cognitive Decline.

Is anyone else noticing these things, too?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min read1 day ago
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With the 2024 election rapidly drawing to a close, I think we can all agree that while Trump has certainly attempted to recapture what he was able to achieve during the 2016 election, he’s undeniably fallen short. It doesn’t even feel the same as it did in 2020 in terms of energy, where while it might have been dark he still brought a level of energy to the campaign that was impossible to ignore.

That has been…lacking thus far in 2024, to say the least.

And even with all that being said, there’s also the uncomfortable notion that with Biden out of the race, it’s grown increasingly more difficult to ignore what some could consider signs of Donald Trump’s own potential cognitive declines.

At least, Chris Christie seems to think there are signs.

Rachel Sharp with The Independent writes:

“…The former New Jersey governor told The New York Times opinion journalist Frank Bruni that the Trump he saw during his first White House bid in 2016 appears to be very different to the man running for a third time today.

“He wasn’t as good in 2020 as he was in 2016,”…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx