Megyn Kelly attributed Donald Trump’s “rambling” performance in his interview with Elon Musk to Trump’s advanced age on Tuesday. She even went as far as stating that his lengthy diatribes result in the audience, including herself, becoming “bored” and “losing interest.”
Kelly’s remarks were made in response to elections expert Nate Silver’s suggestion that the media should study the health status of both President Joe Biden and Trump.
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“I would encourage more reporting on, you know, is Trump in some state of decline? I think that’s a fair question to ask of any 78-year-old,” said Silver.
“That is a fair question. Yeah, that’s absolutely a fair question,” affirmed Kelly. “And look, we-, one of the reasons why Trump gets upset with yours truly is because I have been raising that question for awhile. And when he has what appear to be senior moments, I will call him out on it and he doesn’t like that, and I can’t say that I blame him, but that’s my job.
“I will say that in that discussion with Elon, to me he seemed quite rambling. I mean it was like he rambles, he goes on too long — at his rallies and in these exchanges and at his presser the other day — to where you get kind of bored, you lose the thread, you lose interest, which is not something you’re used to with Trump,” continued Kelly. “Trump in 2016, he was tough to lose interest in, and I think that’s probably an age-related change. So I think this is one of the challenges of the people around him, who are I’m sure desperately trying to get him to stick on message.”
“No, look, for the first thirty minutes or so of the convention speech in Milwaukee — this is when Biden’s still the candidate, remember, and it’s just like a few days after Trump was shot at — it was a kinder, gentler, softer side of Trump and I’m like ‘OK, he’s just gonna win this election,’” replied Silver. “It was their election to lose — and they haven’t lost it yet, it’s 50-50, more or less — but they have fumbled the ball in a pretty profound way, I think.”
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