In an interview last week, Donald Trump’s nephew talked about the family’s history of dementia and potential symptoms in his uncle.
In his book, Fred Trump III—the late brother of Donald Trump—discussed his grandfather’s struggle with Alzheimer’s illness. In 1999, eight years after being diagnosed with the neurological disease, Fred Trump Sr. passed away at the age of ninety-three.
When Fred Trump III appeared on “The Dean Obeidallah Show” on SiriusXM, he was asked whether there was anything about Donald Trump that made him think of his grandfather from those days.
“You know, Donald said, ‘Oh, my father was tiptop until the end.’ I can assure you, that was not the case,” he said.
“I know what I saw in my grandfather,” he added. “I know what I saw in Donald’s older sister, my aunt Maryanne, who in the end … I am not a doctor, I don’t pretend to be. I just, I know the warning signs from both of my grandfathers.”
Maryanne Trump Barry, the sister of Donald Trump, passed away in November of last year at the age of 86.
“Donald’s cousin, John Walters, had dementia. It runs in the family,” Fred Trump III went on, adding of his uncle: “He looks older. And I get it … anybody who is in that office looks different than when they come out. But the things he’s spewing and the craziness, and he just can’t stick to a message. And he used to be able to stick to a message.”
He brought to the Republican nominee’s inability to stay on topic during a speech he gave last week in North Carolina, which his campaign had promised would center on the economy.
“He had one goal. Talk about the economy,” he said.
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