Trump’s rambling and angry speeches raise questions about his age and fitness to serve four years

Former President Donald Trump’s rambling and increasingly angry speeches focused on the past have increased concerns about his age and fitness to serve another term in the White House.

The 78-year-old former president has recently suggested there was an audience at his September 10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris when there was none, and he has indicated that North Korea is attempting to assassinate him when he’s likely to have meant Iran. He misspeaks and misremembers things to such a degree that it no longer appears to garner much attention.

In September, more than a month after President Joe Biden left the race, Trump was talking as if he was still running against him and not Harris.

Following the departure of Biden, Trump is the oldest nominee of a major party in US history and he would become the oldest president ever if he wins and finishes another term, at the end of which he would be 82 years old.

Over the course of the nine years that Trump has spent on the political scene, his speeches have grown bleaker, longer, and more focused on the past, according to a review byThe New York Times. The outlet found that Trump’s speeches now last on average 82 minutes compared to 45 minutes in 2016.

He also uses all-or-nothing terms such as “always” and “never” 13 percent more today than he did eight years ago. Some experts see this as an indication that someone is aging.

He uses 32 percent more negative words than positive ones currently – in 2016 that figure was 21 percent – another possible sign of changes in cognitive ability. He also uses 69 percent more swear words than during his first campaign.

Frequently during speeches, he reaches back to the 1980s and 1990s and often much further back in time, as he