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Concerns over the president's cognitive health, which have followed him throughout his second term in office, continue.
09:58, Wed, Mar 4, 2026 Updated: 10:43, Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Speculation continues to surround the president's health (Image: Getty)
Historian Anthony Beevor has expressed his concern over Donald Trump’s mental state, claiming that the US President is displaying signs of dementia. The health of Trump has been a common talking point throughout his second term in office, with many expressing concern over strange bruising and potential cognitive impairment.
A series of rambling, incoherent speeches since his inauguration and unexplained MRI scans conducted on the president have only added to concerns. Beevor, who has written extensively about wartime leaders throughout history, has expressed concern over Trump’s ability to lead in the wake of his latest military strike in Iran
'There are increasing signs of dementia,' Beevor says (Image: Getty)
He told the Times: “There are a number of dangers. I mean, one is that there are increasing signs of dementia and his entourage are totally incapable of controlling him.
“Thank God, he’s now having to pull back on ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] in Minnesota, because obviously the strategy was ready to create an insurrection so that he can use it in the midterms — or as an excuse to cancel the midterms.”
Britain’s initial failure to aid the United States in its bombing of Iran saw Sir Keir Starmer face the wrath of Donald Trump who accused him of damaging the special relationship.
The comments are the latest in a line of outbursts from Trump against world leaders who he feels have acted against his or his country’s interests, with many, including Narendra Modi and Mark Carney, being slapped with tariffs as a result.
Beevor added that it is unusual for international relations to be so dependent on the whims of one person in the way that Trump’s second term in office has tended to be.
He said: “I don’t think anybody has actually had as much centralised power [as Trump].
“Even during the Second World War, Roosevelt still needed Republican support. We’ve never seen a one-man band effect on a major power, except, of course, Stalin in the Soviet Union.”
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War in Iran has raised concerns amongst some over the president's mental state (Image: Getty)
The war in Iran and Trump's messaging on the military operation have drawn concern from some, with the president pivoting from speaking about US service personnel killed in Iranian retaliation to discussing the construction of a ballroom in the White House.
Explosions sounded in Iran’s capital city on Wednesday as its war with the US and Israel entered a fifth day.
The latest attacks followed earlier strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and retaliatory strikes by the Islamic Republic across the Gulf region.
Iranian state television reported explosions around Tehran as dawn broke, while Israel said its air defences were activated due to incoming missile fire from Iran.
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The Israeli military said on Wednesday it conducted a series of strikes across Iran’s capital targeting its security forces.
It said it hit buildings associated with the Basij, the all-volunteer force of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which conducted the bloody crackdown on protesters in January that killed thousands and saw tens of thousands detained in the country.
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