Donald Trump’s senility is getting worse – and he knows it

When CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang asked Donald Trump a question he didn’t like today, Trump immediately responded by asking which news outlet she worked for. It was a clear giveaway that Trump had no idea who she was – which is remarkable when you consider that Trump famously got into a heated exchange with Jiang just two weeks ago.

So it wasn’t surprising that when another reporter asked a question Donald Trump didn’t like, Trump responded by saying “You don’t have the brains you were born with.” That’s a clunky way of accusing someone of going senile. Trump is projecting here, of course. He was surely aware that he knew Weijia Jiang from somewhere, and that he should know who she is, but he couldn’t place her – a reminder to himself that his mind is slipping.