Gov. Gavin Newsom of California poured cold water on Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting on Tuesday by implying that the 79-year-old president is suffering from dementia.
About 30 minutes into the Cabinet meeting, President Trump took aim at Governor “Newscum” and repeated a claim—which he’s made several times—that the federal government had to force California to “turn on the water“ after wildfires earlier this year.
Newsom reposted a clip on X of Trump’s diatribe and responded with a barb of his own: a screenshot of an interaction with Grok, the platform’s built-in AI chatbot, in which Grok was asked, “Do people with dementia repeat false things over and over again?”
The chatbot responded in the affirmative: “Yes, people with dementia can repeat false statements or beliefs, a behavior often linked to memory impairments and cognitive changes.
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Gavin Newsom Attacks Trump, 79, With Dementia Post as Feud Goes Feral
- by: Jack Silvers
- 2025-08-27
- Source:
The Daily Beast
- 08/28/2025
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