Top Podcasts on Trump's Health Concerns
Updated: Apr 15, 2026 – 20 episodes
Recent reports have raised concerns about former President Donald Trump's health and cognitive abilities. These issues are drawing attention as he remains a significant figure in American politics, potentially impacting his future political ambitions and public perception.
Three very different takes here — start with Letters from an American for a deep dive into concerns about Trump's mental fitness, highlighting calls for a neuropsychological assessment. Legal AF by MeidasTouch is relentless in questioning Trump's refusal to release medical records, emphasizing honesty and transparency. For a more dramatic perspective, The MeidasTouch Podcast discusses the rapid deterioration of Trump's health and the potential invocation of the 25th Amendment. Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis offers a contrasting view, asserting that Trump shows no signs of mental decline, just fatigue from a busy schedule.
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“Raskin noted that experts have repeatedly warned that the President has been exhibiting signs consistent with dementia and cognitive decline. And in recent days the country has watched President Trump public statements and outbursts turn increasingly incoherent volatile profane deranged and threatening. Raskin wrote that Trump's apparently deteriorating condition has caused tremendous alarm across the nation and political spectrum about the president's cognitive function and continuing mental fitness for the office of president.”
Ridealong summary
Concerns about Trump's mental fitness are escalating, with calls for a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment due to his increasingly erratic behavior.
“Release the damn medical records, not records that say, oh, well, Donald Trump is in the best shape as evidenced by the fact that he wins lots of golf tournaments. Yeah, he's 6'3 and 220 pounds. No, he's not. Stop with the stupidness. For real, stop the stupidness. Stop the lies and just let's exist back in reality, people.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's refusal to release his medical records and cognitive exam results raises serious concerns about his health and honesty.
“Donald Trump's mental and physical health is deteriorating so fast that top Republicans are saying the 25th Amendment needs to be invoked immediately. And as Donald Trump's disastrous war in Iran continues to escalate and get more deadly and more dangerous for the United States and the world, we're seeing a lot of prominent Republicans calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's mental and physical health is deteriorating rapidly, prompting calls from top Republicans for the invocation of the 25th Amendment.
“"If you're repeating a basic cognitive assessment every month, that's not something that typically is warranted unless there's a reason first. But then secondarily, we're clearly seeing signs of cognitive decline. You know, these are not normal ways to give speech. and just his thought process, his sentence structure, his ability to articulate a speech, just the fundamentals of it are all seemingly impaired."”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's cognitive decline is evident in his impaired speech and erratic decision-making, which are not typical signs of normal aging.
“Trump claiming, he's like, you know, I'm not going to say who I talk to, but I talk to a president who loves what I'm doing. Well, all of them deny it. So somebody's lying here. And if I had to take a guess, the raging narcissist, Donald J. Trump, who probably lies more outrageously and consistently than maybe any figure ever, is probably the one line.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's recent claims and behavior highlight a concerning lack of leadership skills and a tendency towards outrageous and potentially dishonest statements.
“Donald Trump's health is collapsing. I mean, just look at him right here. His mental and physical health and complete paranoia has taken over during the war and Iran knows it. Iran is making videos playing on Donald Trump's paranoia to try to taunt and haunt and mock him. I want to give you some examples of Donald Trump physically and mentally deteriorating before our eyes and specifically talking about how he fears he's going to get hit by a drone and how he needs an underground bunker immediately.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's health and mental state are deteriorating, leading to paranoia and irrational behavior, such as obsessing over building bunkers to protect against imagined threats.
“Donald Trump is frothing at the mouth, spitting all over on Air Force One, while his hands and ankles are swollen to the size of a balloon because every single morning he rubs orange concealer on his face rather than actually, you know, taking care of himself. Or is it bronzer? Is it bronzer or concealer? It doesn't matter at this point, but let me zoom in to his ankles in this photo right here. His left ankle in the photo is startlingly swollen.”
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Donald Trump's health issues are exacerbating his narcissistic behavior, making him unfit to serve as president.
“"I know what I saw in my grandfather. I know what I saw in Donald's older sister, my Aunt Marianne... Donald's cousin, John Walters, had dementia. It runs in the family... the things he's spewing and the craziness and he just can't stick to a message there you have it folks."”
Ridealong summary
Concerns about Donald Trump's mental acuity are heightened by family history of dementia and his erratic behavior.
“Donald Trump just like falls flat on his face because Donald Trump can't walk really in straight lines anymore. He can't walk well. I mean, you all remember the photo, I mean, the video of Donald Trump with Putin in Alaska, where Trump couldn't walk in a straight line, right? Or Donald Trump in Japan with Prime Minister Taki, she can't walk in a straight line.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's physical and cognitive deterioration is evident as he struggles to walk in straight lines and denies falling during public appearances.
“"The flip side of that is that when Trump is extemporaneous, um he he does still seem to have like you know more of an ability to just kind of like riff... But he's not in a good place mentally, obviously. He does not have his fastball."”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump is not in a good place mentally and lacks the ability to effectively communicate or control his mental faculties.
“"Donald Trump when he was in his, I don't know, late 30s early 40s is the exact same Donald Trump you see today. So no, I not seen any mental decline yet at all. Does he look a little bit more tired as the overseas? Yeah, I mean I can tell you that with certainty. However, he less restrained in his statements in my opinion."”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump shows no signs of mental decline and remains consistent with his past behavior, despite appearing more tired due to his rigorous schedule.
“Erratic, can't finish sentences, often confused, illogical train of thought, word finding difficulties, developing and worsening gradually over time. The president is exhibiting all the signs of dementia. Let me repeat that again. A world renowned doctor who leads Midas Health is saying Donald Trump exhibits all the classic signs of dementia. And it's pretty obvious, in my opinion, when you look at Donald Trump, that that's exactly what's going on.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump is rapidly deteriorating mentally and physically, posing a significant threat to national and global security.
“Donald Trump couldn't walk straight. And the Secret Service was very jarred by the fact that Donald Trump can't really walk well. And so they told Donald Trump, hey, you got to get up, you got to get up. And then as Donald Trump is leaving, he falls flat. He almost like falls on his face, right? We're going to show you what went down. And the Secret Service had to pick him up and they had to basically drag him out of there.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's inability to walk straight and his fall at the White House Correspondents' Dinner raise serious concerns about his health and the lack of credible medical records.
“"I've been showing some clips there at the outset showing Donald Trump's physical and cognitive deterioration, which seems to be going at a significantly even more rapid pace recently. I want to talk about that. But, I mean, you have these alarming headlines like inside the White House, Trump aides are saying that Donald Trump just wants to kind of move on. He's getting bored by the war in Iran that he started."”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's physical and cognitive deterioration is accelerating, raising serious concerns about his ability to engage with complex political issues.
“I want to show you this clip of Donald Trump ranting for over a minute about a quote unquote cognitive exam that he took. But spoiler alert, this gets fact checked on Twitter because it says the test he's talking about is the montreal cognitive assessment a 10-minute dementia screening it contains no mathematical questions it's not an intelligence test like trump claims it only includes naming animals drawing a clock and counting back by sevens.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's claims about his cognitive test are misleading and fact-checked, revealing concerns about his mental acuity.
“And if there's something that's worrisome, and there's obviously multiple data points here that are worrisome when it comes to Trump's health, that we should be able to talk about it and to ask questions. And that's what you and I have been doing now for six, seven months now, asking questions, wondering why there's all these inconsistencies. And so when I look at the Tallarico to Newsom to VP Harris, that sort of progression of rambling thoughts, when you think about the fact that he has disorganized thinking just in general, he has fluctuating alertness, he falls asleep at inopportune times in the middle of a cabinet meeting.”
Ridealong summary
Concerns about Trump's health and mental acuity are justified due to his disorganized thinking, fluctuating alertness, and inconsistencies in public appearances.
“Donald Trump is a demented maniac. He's a crazy human being. Okay. He's an actual lunatic. And I don't want to use words that are maybe callous and are reflective of mental health issues or degrading. So I want to be careful with the words that I use. But Donald Trump is a sick human being. I mean, malignant, narcissistic sociopath and his decision-making tree makes bad decisions into terrible decisions, into catastrophic decisions, into bankruptcies, right?”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump is a demented maniac whose erratic decision-making is causing catastrophic consequences globally.
“And he starts talking about cognitive exams, that he takes cognitive exams all the time. He aces it. He says, let's play this clip. I'll say it right now. I say it because no person ever reports it. I'm the only president that ever took a cognitive test. I took it three times. It's actually a very hard test for a lot of people. It wasn't hard for me, but it's a cognitive test.”
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Donald Trump claims he has repeatedly aced cognitive tests, contrasting media narratives questioning his mental acuity.
“"He's insane when he rambles. He's insane when he posts social media. Oh, I mean, it's just words. The guy, first of all, the words of the president of the United States matter. And I'm tired of acting as if they don't matter like a lot. But also he has the goddamn nuclear codes. So, you know, that's not concerning at all."”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump is losing his mind, as evidenced by his incoherent statements and inability to maintain focus during important discussions.
“You had Marjorie Taylor Greene calling for the 25th Amendment and Trump's removal from office. She said what Trump was doing was, quote, evil and madness. You had Alex Jones agreeing with her, also calling for the 25th Amendment to be used. You had Candace Owens calling Trump a, quote, genocidal lunatic. I am glad and relieved the Tuesday night brought a ceasefire rather than a war crime.”
Ridealong summary
Donald Trump's recent actions and rhetoric suggest a decline in moral and cognitive judgment, raising concerns about his fitness for leadership.