'Huge issue': Trump's new interview spurs growing calls to cover his 'cognitive decline'

Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging NBC interview, and his various answers led to renewed discussion about his purported "cognitive decline."

Among other things, Trump was asked, "Your secretary of state says everyone who's here, citizens and noncitizens, deserve due process... Do you agree?" The president then replied, saying, "I don't know... I'm not, I'm not a lawyer. I don't know."

This answer and others led numerous high-profile observers to question Trump's mental capacity.

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Former Republican lawmaker Joe Walsh, for instance, pointed out that Trump said of the economy, "I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy."

"He is a horrible, pathetic human being. He’s everything you teach your children NOT to be," Walsh said before discussing Trump's potential decline.

"There should be coverage of Trump’s cognitive decline. Massive coverage," the ex-congressman said. "Because it’s an issue. A huge issue."

And Walsh wasn't the only one.

Independent journalist Aaron Rupar said that Trump's "Meet the Press interview was just the latest illustration that dude's brain is gone."

That led for MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan to chime in:

"I have a very similar piece to this coming out tomorrow, well done Public Notice for beating me to it lol," he wrote Sunday. "But we all need to keep the pressure on the rest of the media to focus on Trump's clear cognitive decline and nonsensical statements."

Democratic House insider Aaron Fritschner pointed to Trump's recent comments, as well as the latest photos of Trump portrayed as the pope and as a muscle-bound Jedi (or Sith).

"Any one of these from a previous president would have rightly caused widespread open speculation from the press and the public that something was genuinely wrong with their brain," he said on X.