Trump teased over rambling ‘word salad’ at rally as he insists he is ‘cognitively very strong’

Donald Trump has been mocked over his baffling “word salads” as he addressed his supporters at an election rally in Pennsylvania.

The 78-year-old Republican candidate meandered into strange topic directions – but insisted he is “cognitively very strong”.

Catching himself slipping, Trump reassured his crowd: “I almost said the state of Pennsylvania but I said, I meant the Commonwealth, I never said the state, I was able to catch it because I’m cognitively very strong.”

Throughout his diatribe, he used his “weave” strategy to hit out at Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, immigrants, and the press.

In the past, the business mogul turned politician has defended his mental sharpness and cognitive slips, and his biographer, Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald argued that his “convoluted explanations” are an attempt to remedy such murmurings, reported The Guardian.

Speaking to his MAGA crowd he said of Harris: “She had the other interview with the other guy who was a nice guy I think from Philadelphia from Pennsylvania, he was a nice guy, he was asking her all these (scrambles words) – the daily take – they don’t take like I do! Anybody wants to go, go what the hell differences they make – they have – and how dishonest was ABC..”

Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh criticized Trump’s MAGA clan and the former presidents’ scramblings on X, formerly Twitter: “Hey Trump supporters, take 20 seconds and listen to this heaping pile of hot mess, and then don’t ever complain again about “word salads” coming from Harris.”

Trump went on to spout baseless claims about inaccurate election polls and the media stating: “You know polls are fake also.”

He continued: “Just like these people (he