Right wing podcaster laments Trump’s 'dementia' after bungled Thursday speech

Right wing podcaster laments Trump’s 'dementia' after bungled Thursday speech
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a ceremony marking the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States at the Pentagon, in Washington D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025. REUTERS Evelyn Hockstein

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a ceremony marking the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States at the Pentagon, in Washington D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025. REUTERS Evelyn Hockstein

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The Daily Beast reports high-grossing MAGA podcaster Shawn Ryan appeared shaken at President Donald Trump’s meandering stumbles and senior citizen behavior at Thursday’s meeting of his "Board of Peace," unofficial gathering of countries.

Trump presided over the meeting attended by many nations with questionable human rights history, including Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Israel. Trump also sent invitations to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, both of whom have arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.

But what unnerved Ryan was the painfully aged appearance and behavior Trump revealed during his introduction speech.

“I’m proud to officially name the undispuut ...” Trump said before muttering unintelligibly for a couple of seconds, according to the Beast.

“When did this come out? Mr. Speaker,” he later proclaimed before getting back on track.

Beast reports Trump also “bragged about his past peace deals, complained about various grievances, reiterated his preference for women while lauding “young, handsome men,” and attacked political allies. After he finished speaking, he then struggled to stay awake while other leaders spoke.”

“Ummm ... I know we all thought the last guy had dementia but ...” Ryan wrote on X in response to a White House post boasting there is “nothing more important than PEACE.”

Ryan, who once hosted Trump on his podcast, is not the only person to point out Trump’s signs of decline, but the MAGA community hammered Ryan for making the suggestion.

“Damn Shawn, you are losing me a little,” said one MAGA commenter on X. “You are super extreme one sided of late. Zero credit for anything. All you do is blame Trump and no one else

“Dude, you been hanging out with the liberals too much,” said another. The f—— happened to you? Trump is doing a great job and Biden was an eggplant. You [and] Hunter hitting the crack pipe?”

Another MAGA critic complained: “Damn bro. I don’t think I’ll watch another one of your shows. It’s obvious you’re looking for other viewers and trying to reach the woke crowd. Count me out. Good luck with your new outlook.”

Still another posted on X that “You’ve gone too hard in this. I agree with you on the Epstein stuff, but you’ve stopped acknowledging any good this administration has done and seem to only attack them.”

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