This is being borne out in two new polls: the first one from the Washington Post, ABC, and Ipsos, which finds the number of people who think he lacks the mental sharpness to serve effectively is now climbing to 56%; and the second, from Reuters and Ipsos, which shows six in 10 Americans now say President Trump is becoming more erratic as he ages. The thing is, the company that makes Sharpies told the Washington Post the conversation the president said he had with the head of Sharpie about those pens never happened — which means, if true, he made it up and interrupted a cabinet meeting to tell a story he fabricated or hallucinated about his favorite pen. While a lot of this has always just been part of who Donald Trump is — a man who works the room, seeks attention, seeks applause — he’s now about to be 80 years old, and he’s launched a war that he does not seem to have a plan for.
Author: Alex Griffing
Published at: 2026-03-30 21:48:20
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