Former Trump Aide Says Ex-President’s Recent Fumbles Are ‘Concerning’

Sarah Matthews, who served as White House deputy press secretary beneath Donald Trump, mentioned her former boss’ current talking gaffes are “a little bit concerning.”

Trump on Friday confused his GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) throughout a New Hampshire rally forward of Tuesday’s primaries.

Speaking to CNN Monday, Matthews mentioned that flub, noting that it adopted a string of current slip-ups for the previous president, together with repeatedly mixing up former President Barack Obama with President Joe Biden.

“This is not unique, and it is a little bit concerning,” Matthews mentioned. “And I do think that Nikki Haley was right to call this out.”

She went on: “I kind of wish that she had brought up these attacks sooner questioning Trump’s mental acuity, because this is something obviously we’ve seen her and other Republicans like Trump go after Biden for, but obviously Trump is not that much younger than Biden. He’s definitely no spring chicken.”

“I think it’s fair to question his mental acuity when you have these kinds of moments like this where he definitely seemed very confused,” Matthews added.

Republicans have relentlessly attacked Biden, 81, over his age and verbal slips, however not often give Trump, 77, the identical therapy. Haley, although, has ramped up her assaults on Trump in current days, seizing on the Haley-Pelosi blunder to query Trump’s psychological health.

Matthews held her publish on the White House for seven months. She resigned on Jan. 6, 2021, the day a mob of Trump supporters carried out a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. In 2022, she testified earlier than the House panel investigating the incident, and has since spoken out about Trump’s rhetoric.