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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Trump Can't Seem to Recall 'Alzheimer's' While Insisting He Doesn't Have the Condition

Donald Trump (Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

In a pointed moment during a health interview, US President Donald Trump could not recall the term 'Alzheimer's' while describing his father's illness, even as he vigorously insisted that he himself does not have the condition.

The 79-year-old president made the remark in a sit-down with New York Magazine journalist Ben Terris, an interview that has become a focal point in an intensifying public discussion on his cognitive health.

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