'Enraged' Trump demands more public appearances as 'questions swirl' about his fitness

In MAGA media outlets, President Donald Trump is often depicted as having boundless energy. But Trump's critics are raising questions about his mental and physical health, pointing out that during the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, he repeatedly confused Greenland and Iceland during a rambling speech. Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb told MS Now's Ari Melber that he believes there is a "significant decline" in the president's mental fitness.

According to CNN reporters Kristen Holmes and Kevin Liptak, Trump is "beefing up" his public appearances in order to counter concerns about his physical and mental stamina.

Holmes and Liptak, in an article published on January 29, explain, "Despite near-daily appearances before cameras, some of them stretching for hours, Trump, 79, had become frustrated at a perception — fueled by analyses of his daily public schedules — that his days were lighter now than during his first four years in office. In his mind, it only contributed to questions swirling about his health and stamina, sources said. Shortly after, his team began noting private meetings on the daily schedule sent to reporters and posted online."

The CNN journalists add, "Aides said the goal is to better reflect what they believe are jam-packed days. They've also started listing meetings and interviews that typically wouldn’t appear on the public calendar."

The increase in public appearances, according to CNN sources, is something that Trump himself requested — and he want to make sure they are well-publicized.

"Long wary of appearing to slow down, despite his advanced age, Trump personally asked that more events be listed on his schedules," Holmes and Liptak report. "He had been enraged after a November article in The New York Times suggested his aging was impacting his job. The newspaper's analysis of Trump's official public schedules found his total number of official appearances had decreased by 39 percent compared to his first year in office in 2017, that his events were starting later on average, and that he had taken fewer domestic trips."

Read the full CNN article at this link.