One of the signs of Dementia is Immaturity, how does anyone know when the symptoms first appeared?
Dementia is more than just forgetfulness. Everybody has some cognitive decline as they age.
But Trump has a family history of it, he’s obese, which means he has inflammation going on, and then throw stress on top of that
He would need to be evaluated by a neurologist to determine if he truly has dementia. Dementia is a blanket diagnosis. It wasn’t that terribly long ago that the only way you could diagnose true Alzheimer’s disease was when the patient died. Now it can be diagnosed before death.
And I’m not talking about stupid things like holding his cup a certain way, or shuffling down a slippery ramp way, like the press tried making a bigger deal out of when he was president
MOCA tests are one part. But I knew a patient several years back who grew up in rural Kentucky who had an elementary school education who failed it, but was functional. He was able to complain about it enough that his doctor ordered no more testing for cognitive ability for him.