After a day of gaffes by means of former President Donald Trump throughout a few marketing campaign speeches, CBS’ Margaret Brennan puzzled a GOP Senator about Trump’s mental health.

In an interview on Face the Nation Sunday, Brennan performed a clip of Trump complicated President Joe Biden with former President Barack Obama. She then requested Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) about Trump’s cognitive operate.

“I do know you could have endorsed Mr. Trump,” Brennan said. “He seemed there to confuse Biden for Obama. He additionally instructed that there were U.S. troops serving in Ukraine. Are you comfy about his psychological fitness?”

“Compared to the current president?” Sullivan said. “100 ten %. And as your polling displays, I think the American folks have actual issues the place President Biden is in regards to his fitness for workplace, particularly his psychological acuity. And relative to President Biden — or relative to former President Trump — I don’t even think it’s an in depth name whilst you see the two in motion.”

The CBS ballot Sullivan cited showed most effective 32 p.c of voters consider Biden has the necessary psychological and cognitive well being to serve as president. However the identical ballot showed a majority of voters additionally don’t believe Trump has the important psychological and cognitive well being — with just forty nine percent believing trump exams those boxes, in comparison with fifty one p.c who don’t.

Brennan additionally mentioned that Trump claimed U.S. infantrymen are preventing on the bottom in Ukraine, which is false.

“To be clear, there are not any US troops serving on the battlefield in Ukraine,” Brennan stated. “There are military advisors. But there aren’t troops, right?”

Sullivan punted and spoke back, “I would return to who’s demonstrating more mental health to be the president and I don’t even think it’s an in depth call between President Trump and President Biden at this time.”

Watch above, by the use of CBS.

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